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D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, SURYA KANT, BELA M. TRIVEDI
Shikhar – Appellant
Versus
National Board of Examination – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, J. - The petition under Article 32 of the Constitution has been instituted by doctors who are aspirants of NEET- PG 2022. They have challenged the deadline set for the completion of internship for appearing for NEET-PG 2022. The facts which give rise to the present petition are set out below.
2. On 15 January 2022, the first respondent released the NEET-PG 2022-23 Information Bulletin 1[Information Bulletin] providing the examination schedule and eligibility criteria. Clause 4.4 of the Information Bulletin stipulates amongst the eligibility criteria that the internship completion certificate has to be submitted at the time of counselling / admission to the allotted medical college and that the internship should have been completed by 31 May 2022.
3. On 8 February 2022, this Court, while considering a petition 2[Shivam Satyarthee v Union of India, Writ Petition (C) No 68 of 2022] under Article 32 of the Constitution, permitted the petitioners, who were seeking a postponement of the internship deadline, to submit a representation before the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. This Court observed:
The issue which has been raised by the pet
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The court emphasized that it cannot substitute the decision of the Body charged with fixing the cut-off date for completion of the internship and granting relief would result in discrimination agains....
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