Around 12 lakh students, who are seeking admissions in medical and dental colleges, heaved a sigh of relief on Monday when the Supreme Court ordered declaration of results of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) of 2017.
The court stayed a May 24 interim order of the Madras High Court which had restrained the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) from publishing the results of the NEET.
The apex court said it was inclined to grant a stay on the High Court’s order which was indirectly “diluting” the schedule for NEET 2017 earlier fixed by the apex court.
A vacation Bench comprising Justices PC Pant and Deepak Gupta directed the authorities concerned to proceed with the process of announcing the results, subsequent counselling and admission as per the schedule fixed by the apex court.
However, the SC said result declaration as well as the subsequent counselling and admission through NEET 2017 would be subject to the decision of the SC in the matter pending before it.