Supreme Court today cleared the decks for holding National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET), a single common entrance test, for admission to MBBS and BDS courses for the academic year 2016-17. The apex court approved the schedule put before it by the Centre, CBSE and the Medical Medical Council of India (MCI) for treating All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) fixed for May 1 as NEET-1.<br/><br/>A bench comprising Justices A R Dave, Shiva Kirti Singh and A K Goel said that those who have not applied for AIPMT will be given opportunity to appear in NEET-II, which will be held on July 24. The bench said, the combined result will be declared on August 17 and admission process will be completed by September 30.<br/><br/>The order would imply that all government colleges, deemed universities and private medical colleges will be covered under the NEET. Those examinations which have already taken place or slated to be conducted separately stands scrapped. The apex court rejected objections raised by States such as Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh. <br/><br/>The court also rejected objections raised by Association of Karnataka Medical Colleges and minority institutions like CMC Vellore which had contended that NEET cannot be imposed on them.The apex court order also revives the Government's Decemeber 21, 2010 notification for holding single common entrance test through NEET with a clarification that any challenge on the issue would directly come before it and no High Court can interfere in it.<br/><br/>Health Minister J P Nadda has welcomed the order of the Supreme Court in the matter of conducting the entrance examination for admission to MBBS and Post Graduate Medical Courses through National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) this year. Mr Nadda said that it is a milestone judgment and the Ministry has been making efforts in this direction since a long time. The Minister said, that despite the challenges to conduct the exam this year the Ministry is geared up to work with other partners and stakeholders to ensure that the entrance exams are successfully held.

Supreme Court today cleared the decks for holding National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET), a single common entrance test, for admission to MBBS and BDS courses for the academic year 2016-17. The apex court approved the schedule put before it by the Centre, CBSE and the Medical Medical Council of India (MCI) for treating All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) fixed for May 1 as NEET-1.<br/><br/>A bench comprising Justices A R Dave, Shiva Kirti Singh and A K Goel said that those who have not applied for AIPMT will be given opportunity to appear in NEET-II, which will be held on July 24. The bench said, the combined result will be declared on August 17 and admission process will be completed by September 30.<br/><br/>The order would imply that all government colleges, deemed universities and private medical colleges will be covered under the NEET. Those examinations which have already taken place or slated to be conducted separately stands scrapped. The apex court rejected objections raised by States such as Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh. <br/><br/>The court also rejected objections raised by Association of Karnataka Medical Colleges and minority institutions like CMC Vellore which had contended that NEET cannot be imposed on them.The apex court order also revives the Government's Decemeber 21, 2010 notification for holding single common entrance test through NEET with a clarification that any challenge on the issue would directly come before it and no High Court can interfere in it.