New
Delhi:
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to comply with the dates
announced by it for the counselling of NEET-MDS 2021 so that the process of
admission is completed within the timeline.
A
Bench of Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice MR Shah recorded the statement of
the Centre that it has decided to conduct NEET-MDS 2021 counselling from August
20 and it will conclude on October 10, 2021.
The
Bench while noting that students' grievance has been addressed, it disposed of
the plea filed by BDS students. It directed the Centre and the Medical
Counselling Committee (MCC) to comply with the counselling dates announced by
it.
Earlier,
the top court had observed that the delay in holding the counselling was
affecting the future of the students and it would lead to serious consequences
to the students, who have been waiting after the test results were announced on
December 31, 2020.
The
plea filed by NEET-MDS aspirants and who hold a BDS degree, sought directions
to conduct separate counselling for the NEET-MDS 2021 and not wait for NEET-PG
counselling for commencement of MDS counselling.
They
challenged the “unjust and infinite delay” caused by the MCC in announcing the
counselling schedule for NEET-MDS 2021.
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