Thursday, October 27, 2016

NEET 2016: Petition filed regarding vacant MBBS and BDS seats in Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will hear the petition regarding the vacant MBBS and BDS seats in Supreme Court on October 28. The petition has asked the top court to fill all seats in all medical and dental colleges by way of centralised counselling and on the basis of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) ranking of the candidates. The petitioner Dr Gulshan Garg, from Sankalp Trust said that they have calculated the vacant seats listed on various states websites. Approximately 5000 seats are not filled.

The reasons cited for the petition stated that since due to the situation created by the introduction of NEET and late finalization of modalities of the counselling processes for admission to medical and dental colleges, most of the seats in various states could not be filled by September 30, 2016. The Supreme Court will hear a plea on this matter on October 28. The case will be represented by senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan.

The Supreme Court ordered for combined counselling for all unfilled medical seats in Maharashtra. The court had also clarified the admissions already made would not get affected. Thousands of medical students, who cleared National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) this year, have already got seats in various collegesThis year, NEET was made mandatory for admission to private and deemed institutes, just two days before the AIPMT held on May 1.

As per the directives of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and the Ordinances promulgated by the Central Government on May 24, 2016, National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test-II (UG), 2016 was conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Delhi for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses in Medical/Dental Colleges run with the approval of Medical Council of India/Dental Council of India under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.

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