NEET MDS: SC dismisses plea seeking extension of internship deadline

Supreme Court has dismissed the plea seeking extension of the internship deadline for NEET MDS and said ultimately the course will have to begin.

The top court of India has dismissed a writ petition which sought postponement of the National Eligibility Entrance Test – Master of Dental Surgery Entrance Examination (NEET MDS) 2022 and also an extension of the compulsory internship for NEET MDS.

The court has observed that ultimately the course will have to begin.

The presiding judge of the bench, Justice DY Chandrachud said that earlier the exam was scheduled for March 12, 2022, which was postponed for May 2022. Also, the internship deadline was extended from March 31, 2022, to July 31, 2022.

"Now they've extended the cut off date, you want to further extend the date? Now you're saying extend it further to October that means the medical course will not begin. Because some people will be on this side and some people will be on the other side?" said Justice Chandrachud, as reported by Live Law.

Extending NEET MDS internship deadline to July 31 is incongruent: Petitioners

The petitioners submitted in the court that the Competent Authority decided to extend the date of completion of a compulsory rotating internship for eligibility for admission to MDS courses at July 31, 2022, instead of March 31, 2022, by issuing notification dated February 17, 2022, and also issued a notice dated March 1, 2022, postponing the exam to May 2, 2022.

Against this backdrop, the petitioners stated that extending the internship period up to July 31, 2022, is incongruent since various colleges declared their result as late in the month of September/October 2021.

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