‘Not Footballs’: Supreme Court Pulls Up Centre Over Changes In NEET PG SS Syllabus

The Supreme Court of India rapped the central government on Tuesday over the plea challenging last minute changes to syllabus for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Post-Graduate Super Specialty (NEET SS) exam 2021.

The Supreme Court of India rapped the central government on Tuesday over the plea challenging last minute changes to syllabus for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Post-Graduate Super Specialty (NEET SS) exam 2021. The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to hold meetings with the concerned authorities and submit a response on October 4.

A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and BV Nagarathna heard the matter today and questioned the government for tweaking the exam pattern at the last minute. It said: “What is the NMC (National Medical Commission) doing? We're dealing with lives of doctors. You issue notice and then change the pattern?”

“Students start preparing for super speciality courses months & months in advance. Why is the need to change the same last minutes before the exam? Why can you not proceed with the changes from the following year?” it added.

"Don't treat these young doctors as footballs in the game of power...We can't put these doctors at the mercy of insensitive bureaucrats...Put your house in order...Just because somebody has the power, you can't yield the power in any manner," Justice Chandrachud said.