The Supreme Court on Monday refused the plea for deferment of medical and engineering entrance exams -Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and the National Entrance Eligibility Test (NEET) in plea seeing directions for postponement and cancellation of the exams scheduled to be held in September.

Solicitor Gerneral Tushar Mehta, representing The National Testing Agency(NTA), assured the court that all necessary precaution will be taken in view of Covid-19 pandemic. The apex court bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra ordered for the dismissal of the petition and said “Career of students cannot be put under jeopardy for long."

Justice Mishra said "Life cannot be stopped. We have to move ahead with all safeguards and all.... Education should be opened up. COVID may continue for a year more. Are you going to wait another year? Do you know what is the loss to the country and peril to the students."

The Supreme Court on Monday refused the plea for deferment of medical and engineering entrance exams -Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and the National Entrance Eligibility Test (NEET) in plea seeing directions for postponement and cancellation of the exams scheduled to be held in September.

Solicitor Gerneral Tushar Mehta, representing The National Testing Agency(NTA), assured the court that all necessary precaution will be taken in view of Covid-19 pandemic. The apex court bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra ordered for the dismissal of the petition and said “Career of students cannot be put under jeopardy for long."

Justice Mishra said "Life cannot be stopped. We have to move ahead with all safeguards and all.... Education should be opened up. COVID may continue for a year more. Are you going to wait another year? Do you know what is the loss to the country and peril to the students."