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NEET-PG-21 counselling: Education and people’s health cannot be compromised, says SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday said there has to be a limit to the stray round of counselling for All India Quota in NEET-PG-21 and the students cannot be given delayed admission after one-and-half years, while compromising on education and the health of people.

The observation was made by a vacation bench of Justices M. R. Shah and Aniruddha Bose which reserved its order for Friday on a batch of petitions seeking a special stray round of counselling to fill the 1,456 seats in NEET-PG-21 that have remained vacant after the conduct of a stray round of counselling for All India Quota.

“Special stray rounds, special stray rounds – there must be a limit. For many years, the seats have remained vacant and it is not for the very first time.

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