Supreme Court turns down plea on six non-BJP States of JEE and NEET 2020 Exams

The state ministers on August 28 moved SC and demanded that the examinations be postponed by at least six to eight weeks keeping in mind the surge in coronavirus cases and health concerns of students.It alleged that the government’s decision to go ahead with examinations despite the 3.3 million COVID cases with over 60,000 deaths, “reveals non-application of mind, and is an unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious exercise of power".The review plea has been filed by ministers from West Bengal (Moloy Ghatak), Jharkhand (Rameshwar Oraon), Rajasthan (Raghu Sharma), Chhattisgarh (Amarjeet Bhagat), Punjab (B S Sidhu), and Maharashtra (Uday Ravindra Sawant).

A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, B R Gavai, and Krishna Murari considered the review plea in chambers.