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Supreme Court stays Madras High Court order, permits declaration of NEET 2017 results

  • The Supreme Court has finally ordered the declaration of the results of NEET examination that was stayed by the Madras High Court
  • The exam would decide the fate of 12 lakh students hoping on joining dental and medical colleges across the country
  • The Madras High Court had stayed the declaration of NEET results based on petitions alleging that a uniform question paper was not given to the candidates
  • The CBSE had moved the Supreme seeking a stay on the Madras High Court order
Supreme Court stays Madras High Court order permits declaration of NEET 2017 results

The Supreme Court has finally ordered the declaration of the results of NEET examination. The exam would decide the fate of 12 lakh students hoping on joining dental and medical colleges across the country.

The Madras High Court had restrained the Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE) from publishing the results of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) of 2017. The Supreme Court has said that the Madras High Court was interfering in the annual schedule of NEET that was set by the apex court. It has also asked other high courts to not entertain any petitions against NEET.

The NEET exam was held on May 7, 2017, and after this order, the counselling and admission for 56,000 MBBS/BDS seats in the country can finally start.

The court noted the arguments of Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Maninder Singh, appearing for CBSE, and other petitioners who challenged the May 24 order on the ground that it was against the order passed by the Supreme Court in which the NEET 2017 schedule was fixed. 

The Madras High Court had on May 24 granted an interim stay on the declaration of NEET results. It was based on petitions alleging that a uniform question paper was not given to the candidates and that there was a vast difference between the English and Tamil papers.

During the arguments, Singh said NEET examination 2017 was conducted by the CBSE and this year the test was conducted in eight regional languages apart from Hindi and English.

He said around 10.5 lakh aspirants had given the test in either English or Hindi while 1.30 lakh-1.50 lakh candidates had opted for regional languages. 

He stated that the questions might have been different, but the difficulty level of the questions was same.  

The CBSE had on June 9 moved the Supreme Court seeking an immediate stay of the Madras High Court order. The board had also requested the transfer of petitions on NEET 2017 from various high courts to the Supreme Court.

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