INI CET Exam Postponement Latest News 2021: Supreme Court directs AIIMS to hold PG medical entrance test after one month

The Supreme Court on Friday directed All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to hold the post graduate medical entrance test after one month saying that fixing June 16 for holding the exam is "arbitrary".

"Supreme Court orders postponement of INI-CET 2021 exam for admission to postgraduate medical courses in all AIIMS, JIPMER, PGIMER and NIMHANS, scheduled for June 16, by at least one month in view of COVID19 situation," ANI tweeted.

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As per a PTI report, a vacation bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and M R Shah disposed of a plea filed by doctors seeking admission in PG medical and challenging the notification of fixing June 16 as date of INI CET 2021.

The bench said that having regard to the difficulty faced by the candidates due to the examination and many placed far way due to Covid duty from the examination centre, the exam needs to be postponed.

Supreme Court orders postponement of INI-CET 2021 exam for admission to postgraduate medical courses in all AIIMS, JIPMER, PGIMER and NIMHANS, scheduled for June 16, by at least one month in view of COVID19 situation pic.twitter.com/p4ih31xDrV

— ANI (@ANI) June 11, 2021

Around 80,000 candidates are vying for 815 seats in the national level examination which is being held by AIIMS. The 815 seats are spread across 8 institutes of AIIMS and JIPMER, Puducherry, NIMHANS, Bengaluru and PGIMER, Chandigarh, as per a PTI report.

The INI CET 2021 was initially scheduled to be held on May 8 but was rescheduled to June 16 due to the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, June 7, twenty-six doctors from various states knocked on the doors of the Supreme Court seeking a direction for the postponement of the INI-CET examination.