NTA NEET 2021 ALERT! Will NEET age criteria be REDUCED? Delhi HC said THIS - Check important updates on admit cards, exam date and other details

NEET Age Limit Eligibility: As the NEET UG 2021 candidates are eagerly waiting for their admit cards for the upcoming exam, some also had their eyes on a case filed by a medical aspirant challenging the minimum age criteria of 17 years.

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News agency PTI reported that the Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed with Rs 10,000 costs a medical aspirant's plea challenging the minimum age criteria of 17 years to appear for the National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test (NEET) which is organised by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admission to the MBBS course.

According to a PTI report, a bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh said that fixing eligibility criteria was a matter of policy and it saw no reason to interfere with it.

"We see no reason to reduce the age of eligibility. It ought to be kept in mind that the primary role of courts is to interpret the law as it is, especially when the law is explicitly clear and unambiguous. The court is not concerned with law as it ought to be", the bench said.

As per the PTI report, the counsel for the petitioner student said that his client, who wanted to pursue medicine, was only around 13 months underage and the minimum age should be reduced to 15 years from 17 years. The counsel further added that this generation is much more advanced from the generation two decades ago.

The court said that the plea to allow the petitioner to sit was for NEET by condoning the age eligibility was impressible as it would be contrary to the existing conditions under the Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997.

The bench said that if one petitioner is allowed, tomorrow another petitioner will come to court, informed PTI. The bench said that there is no substance in the writ petition and is dismissed with a cost of Rs 10,000, it said.

The NEET 2021 candidates appearing for the NEET UG 2021 Exam must note that the exam will take place on September 12, 2021. As per the Information Bulletin, the admit cards will be released three days before the exam.

The NEET 2021 candidates must keep an eye on the NTA website at nta.nic.in and the NEET website at ntaneet.nic.in for any latest updates on the exam.