Can age-limit be prescribed for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) in the absence of any regulation or procedure under the MCI Act authorising the same?.If today’s submissions by Senior Counsel Vikas Singh are anything to go by, MCI will take a stand that age-limit can be prescribed for NEET despite the absence of any such empowering regulations..The Supreme Court bench of Justices Dipak Misra, AM Khanwilkar and M Shantana Goudar today posted the case challenging NEET age-limit for March 20..“List on March 20 to enable Senior Counsel Vikas Singh to satisfy the Court that age-limit can be fixed without any regulation”, the Court said in today’s order..The Court also noted in its order that if the petitioner succeeds, then those who have not approached the Supreme Court or any of the High Courts challenging the age-limit will not be entitled to take the benefit of the order of the court..The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had taken the decision to introduce a cap on age-limit in January this year following a meeting of the University Grants Committee in January this year. According to the notification issued on January 31, the upper age-limit to be eligible to sit for NEET is 25 years..There is also a cap of three attempts, but NEET 2017 is to be counted as the first attempt for all students..This was challenged by the petitioner, Rai Sabyasachi contending that there is no regulation or procedure under the MCI Act authorising prescription of such an age-limit criteria..Court had issued notice to the Central government and Medical Council of India in the matter on February 17.
Can age-limit be prescribed for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) in the absence of any regulation or procedure under the MCI Act authorising the same?.If today’s submissions by Senior Counsel Vikas Singh are anything to go by, MCI will take a stand that age-limit can be prescribed for NEET despite the absence of any such empowering regulations..The Supreme Court bench of Justices Dipak Misra, AM Khanwilkar and M Shantana Goudar today posted the case challenging NEET age-limit for March 20..“List on March 20 to enable Senior Counsel Vikas Singh to satisfy the Court that age-limit can be fixed without any regulation”, the Court said in today’s order..The Court also noted in its order that if the petitioner succeeds, then those who have not approached the Supreme Court or any of the High Courts challenging the age-limit will not be entitled to take the benefit of the order of the court..The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had taken the decision to introduce a cap on age-limit in January this year following a meeting of the University Grants Committee in January this year. According to the notification issued on January 31, the upper age-limit to be eligible to sit for NEET is 25 years..There is also a cap of three attempts, but NEET 2017 is to be counted as the first attempt for all students..This was challenged by the petitioner, Rai Sabyasachi contending that there is no regulation or procedure under the MCI Act authorising prescription of such an age-limit criteria..Court had issued notice to the Central government and Medical Council of India in the matter on February 17.
