New Delhi [India], August 30 (ANI): Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) on Monday rescheduled the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET-PG) counselling in order to include more seats for the benefit of the candidates.

New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking to conduct a Special Stray Round of counselling to allow the candidates to contest for the vacant seats which are available after the conduct of the stray vacancy round of All India Quota (AIQ).

New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): A plea was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking to direct Respondent Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) to conduct a Special Stray Round of counselling to allow the candidates to participate for the vacant seats which are available after the conduct of stray vacancy round of All India Quota (AIQ).

New Delhi Mar 31 PTI The Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled the All India Quota mop-up round counselling for NEET-PG 2021-22 admissions to resolve the anomalies over 146 fresh seats which were not available for candidates who participated in round one and two of the process A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud Surya Kant and Bela M Trivedi directed holding of a special round of counselling for 146 fresh seats and allowed the students who have joined the All India Quota AIQ or state quota in round two to participate in it The bench directed the Director General of Health Services DGHS to invite options from students within 24 hours and complete the process within 72 hours after the cut-off time for the options The bench clarified that all the directions have been issued in exercise of its jurisdiction under Article 142 of the Constitution At the outset additional solicitor general Aishwarya Bhati appearing for the Centre said that DGHS has decided to drop the 146 fresh seats which were added for the first time in the mop-up roundOn the advisory of March 16 Bhati said that it is in tune with the earlier verdict of the top court but the problem was that many states had not informed the Centre on time about the number of students who had taken admission under State quotaThe suggestion of dropping the seats did not go well with the court as the bench said You can very well have an additional round for filling of 146 seats and we will have 146 more doctors You dont have to drop the seatsit is a criminal way to drop the seatsThe bench said that DGHS may hold a fresh round of counselling for 146 seats after asking for options from the students within 24 hour and complete the process within one weekWe will uphold the advisory of March 16 that students who had participated in round two of the counselling for state quota will not participate in the mop-up of the All India Quota the bench saidAdvocate Shivendra Singh appearing for some of the doctors said that the March 16 advisory is against the scheme contemplated in the earlier verdict of the top court and it is like changing the rules in between as students were given to believe that those who have taken state quota will be eligible to participate in the mop-up round of AIQThe bench said that although Singh has been persuasive it cannot grant relief to his clients as not everyone can be pleasedBhati suggested to the court that if the it is allowing the students who participated in round two of AIQ to participate for 146 seats then students from state quota could also be allowed to ensure parityShe said that option be confined to round two only as the seats are always added in that round and it has not been problematic as round one candidates get free exit as an optionOn Wednesday the top court had directed the Centre to maintain status quo till Thursday in the mop-up round of NEET-PG 2021-22 counselling and asked the Director General of Health Services DGHS to reconsider issues including the decision of adding 146 new seatsThe apex court had observed that these 146 seats were not available to the candidates in the previous rounds of counselling and they had no opportunity to participate in these seatsIt had said that these 146 seats have been allocated to students who are lower in merit than those who were allotted seats in the rounds one and two of the counsellingThe top court is hearing petitions filed by a group of doctors seeking to participate in the mop-up round of NEET-PG 2021-22 counsellingOne group of petitions filed through advocate Tanvi Dubey said that the doctors who had appeared in NEET-PG and participated in round one of the counselling and had joined were not provided upgrade in round twoAnother group of petitions challenged the March 16 advisory of the Medical Counselling Committee which restricts the candidate from participating in mop-up round if has chosen a seat in State quotaOn March 28 the apex court had asked the DGHS to respond to a batch of petitions filed by a group of doctors seeking to participate in the mop-up round of NEET-PG 2021-22 counsellingSenior advocate Gopal Sankaranaryanan appearing for some of the petitioners had said that notices have been issued by the DGHS bringing in new seats which were not available to them and now students who were below in merit will be getting better seats PTI MNL SA

New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled the All India Quota Mop-Up round counselling for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET-PG 2021-22 admissions in order to resolve the anomalies over 146 seats.

New Delhi Mar 30 PTI The Supreme Court Wednesday directed the Centre to maintain status quo till Thursday in the mop-up round of NEET-PG 2021-22 counselling and asked the Director General of Health Services DGHS to reconsider the issues including the decision of adding 146 new seatsThe apex court observed that these 146 seats were not available to the candidates in the previous rounds of counselling and they had no opportunity to participate in these seatsA bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud said these seats have been allocated to students who are lower in merits than those who were allotted seats in the rounds one and two of the counsellingThe bench also comprising Justices Surya Kant and Bela M Trivedi said this is one of the aspects which needs to be revisited by the DGHSThe top court is hearing petitions filed by a group of doctors seeking to participate in mop-up round of NEET-PG 2021-22 counselling During the hearing the bench observed that the second aspect was regarding non-uniform application of the March 16 noticeIn one of the petitions the petitioners have challenged the Medical Counselling Committee notice dated March 16 which restrains the participation in the mop-up round counselling if the candidate has already picked up seats in state quotaThe bench observed that as a consequence of the March 16 notice candidates who are allotted seats in rounds one and two in the state quota are prevented from participating in the mop-up counselling for the All India quotaIt observed that prima facie the notice has not been followed uniformly and this might cast a doubt as to whether allocation of seats in the All India quota in mop-up round is fairThe bench asked the Centre to respond on these issues on Thursday and said until then status quo in the mop-up round counselling be maintainedOn March 28 the apex court had asked the DGHS to respond to a batch of petitions filed by a group of doctors seeking to participate in the mop-up round of NEET-PG 2021-22 counsellingSenior advocate Gopal Sankaranaryanan appearing for some of the petitioners had said that notices have been issued by the DGHS bringing into new seats which were not available to them and now students who were below in merit will be getting better seatsOne group of petitions before the top court filed by doctors said that they had participated in round one of the counselling and had joined one discipline but were not allowed to upgrade in round two and sought permission to appear in mop-up round PTI MNL ABA SA

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New Delhi [India], November 25 (ANI): The Central government on Thursday told Supreme Court that it has taken a considered decision to revisit the limit of Rs 8 lakh annual income fixed for determining the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) category for reservation in NEET admissions for postgraduate medical courses.