SC dismisses review pleas, JEE, NEET remain on schedule

Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad activists holds posters during a protest against the Union government for conducting NEET and JEE exams amid the coronavirus pandemic, in Kolkata on August 28, 2020. (Express Photo: Partha Paul)

CLEARING THE way for NEET and JEE (Main), the Supreme Court Friday dismissed a clutch of petitions, including one filed by Ministers from six Opposition-ruled states, seeking a review of its August 17 order that allowed the entrance exams for medical and engineering courses to be conducted.

“We have carefully gone through the review petitions and the connected papers. We find no merit in the review petitions and the same…