The Supreme Court has rejected the review plea filed by 7 ministers from different states across India, seeking the postponement of the NEET and JEE 2020 examinations, which are to be conducted in September 2020. The decision to reject the plea was announced by the Supreme Court today i.e. September 4.
The Supreme Court has refused to review the earlier order which allowed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to conducted the NEET and JEE examinations this year in September, amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
The review plea filed by the 7 ministers from non- BJP states such as Maharashtra, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Punjab was asking the court to postpone the NEET and JEE 2020 exams for the safety of the students who are appearing for the exams in the middle of the pandemic.
The debate surrounding the NEET and JEE 2020 exams took a political turn when many political leaders such as Mamata Banerjee, MK Stalin and Rahul Gandhi decided to raise their voices against the conduction of these exams in the middle of a global pandemic.