A petition has been filed in Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking suo motu cognizance of the doctors’ protest and directing the Centre to form a committee to address the issue.
Advocate Vineet Jindal has filed a petition demanding a day-to-day hearing of NEET-PG reservation matters in court.
The plea highlighted the issue of the clashes between the protesting resident doctors with the police and the delay in counseling for admission to NEET-PG courses.
The petition focuses on the need to address doctors’ issues as soon as possible in the backdrop of the looming Omicron threat.
The plea demands action against police personnel who have misbehaved with the doctors.
The plea reads:
“Direct the Commissioner of police Delhi to initiate an inquiry and take stern action on culprits into the incident of physical assault on the protesting doctors by the Delhi police.”
The plea demands the Apex Court to direct the Centre to take appropriate steps on the matter.
The plea also demands NEET-PG reservation matter hearing on a day-to-day basis.
The plea reads:
“To pre-pone the hearing of the matter pertaining economic reservation in NEET-PG course and initiate day to day hearing.”
About 5,000 to 6,000 resident doctors continued to boycott work for the 13th day on Wednesday as a protest against the delay in NEET-PG counselling.
On Tuesday, a meeting between a delegation of the Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) and Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had taken place at Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi but the doctors’ body was unsatisfactory with the response.
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NEET-PG Councelling
Doctors after completing their MBBS degree and internship have to appear for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for postgraduate courses NEET-PG to study for a particular specialisation such as medicine or surgery. This test usually takes place in January.
But in November 2020 due to Covid-19 situation, the National Board of Examination that conducts the test postponed it until further notice.