NEET 2022 Upper Age Limit Case Hearing Adjourned till March by SC

The Supreme Court of India has adjourned the case on the matter regarding the upper age limit in NEET 2022 till March 2022.

The apex court of the country today took up the matter of the upper age limit in NEET 2022 which is pending since 2018 without any final decision. As per Twitter, the case that was filed by Dr Amit Gupta is being led by his counsel Amit Kumar who is fighting the case. 

Meanwhile, Dr Amit Gupta's Twitter, Facebook account is flooded with questions from NEET candidates on Supreme Court hearing outcome today. While replying on Twitter, he said, "Matter adjourned for March (order awaited) Meanwhile Relief to all age limit & 0ther candidates will continue Students are advised to concentrate in their studies , rather than unnecessarily taking stress Most probably government itself will roll back the age limit rule."

In an earlier tweet, he said, "All students preparing #NEET2022 should not worry at all & focus on their studies. Age Limit, NIOS, Additional Biology, Private, Gap years at the moment every one of these are eligible for NEET and we will make sure that they remain eligible. Everything will be taken care of."

What's the NEET upper age limit case is all about?

Before 2017, there was no upper limit for appearing in the NEET entrance examination. However, a student in 2017 raised a grievance regarding the same and asked about the upper age limit for writing the examination. Addressing this, it was decided that the upper age limit of the unreserved category will be fixed to 25 years and that of the reserved category, it will be 30 years from 2018 to 2019 academic year.

However, this implementation met widespread criticism from NEET candidates who were above the recommended ages and a case regarding this is pending in the top court of the country. Dr Amit is one of the prominent figures who has been standing with students throughout this ongoing case.

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