Supreme Court (SC) Hearing on JEE Main and NEET 2020 Postponement PILs, Check Live Updates
PILs have been filed in Supreme Court with regard to the postponement of JEE Main and NEET UG 2020 exams. The SC took up the hearing on August 17, 2020 and dismissed the plea stating that NEET and JEE Main 2020 will not be postponed.
Various PILs (Public Interest Litigations) have been filed in Supreme Court with regard to the postponement of JEE Main and NEET UG 2020 exams, which are scheduled to be conducted on September 01-06 and September 13 respectively. The apex court will take up the hearing on August 17, 2020. The admit card for JEE Main 2020, which was supposed to be released on August 15, 2020, has been delayed due to the fresh PILs filed in SC. Candidates can check the live updates on SC hearing on NEET and JEE Main postponement.
Live Updates on SC Hearing on JEE Main and NEET UG Postponement
Time | Live Updates |
| 12:19, 17 Aug 2020 | JEE Main 2020 will be conducted as per schedule from September 01 to 06 and NEET 2020 will be conducted on September 13. No change in exam dates. |
| 12:14, 17 Aug 2020 | JEE Main and NEET not postponed. |
| 12:11, 17 Aug 2020 | The Supreme Court dismisses the plea and indicated that the students' future can't be put in jeopardy for long. Postponement of JEE Main and NEET not possible. |
| 12:10, 17 Aug 2020 | SG Tushar Mehta indicated that NTA will take all safety measures. |
| 12:07, 17 Aug 2020 | Alok Srivastava pointed out that the petitioners are not looking for indefinite postponement. AIBE and ICAI exams have also been postponed. On the other hand, there is no vaccine for Covid-19 |
| 12:04, 17 Aug 2020 | Alok Srivastava (representing petitioners): Many students are waiting for SC relief |
| 12:02, 17 Aug 2020 | Arun J Mishra - "Life cannot be stopped. We have to move ahead with all safeguards and all... Are you(students) ready to waste one whole year?" |
| 12:00, 17 Aug 2020 | Hearing begins on JEE Main and NEET |
| 11:58, 17 Aug 2020 | The hearing reached 13th matter in the list. 14th hearing is on JEE Main and NEET. |
| 11:52, 17 Aug 2020 | The JEE and NEET matter will start in some time, as it is on the 14tn number in the list. |
| 11;45, 17 Aug 2020 | NEET and JEE matter is 14th on the list. At present, hearing is going on in 9th matter. |
| 11:30, 17 Aug 2020 | A Bench of Justices Arun Mishra, BR Gavai and Krishna Murari has assembled and will soon begin to hear the NEET JEE matter. |
11:10, 17 Aug 2020 | Arun Mishra J. Led Bench will hear the PIL filed by 11 students seeking to postpone JEE Main and NEET |
10:10, 17 Aug 2020 | The petitioners urged the NTA to conduct the exams only after the restoration of normalcy. |
9:10, 17 Aug 2020 | NTA will print exam slots and time on the admit card. The slot-based exam will reduce overcrowding at the exam centres. |
JEE Main and NEET UG 2020 exams have been postponed twice. While some students & parents are demanding no change in September exam dates, most students are demanding the government to defer exam dates due to the rapid hike in the number of Covid-19 cases.
States likes Karnataka and Kerala have already conducted KCET and KEAM, state-level exams for B.Tech admission. While 3-4 lakh students attend these exams, over 25 lakh students appear for JEE Main and NEET. Therefore, conducting the exam may be a challenging task with al safety measures.