The Supreme Court (SC) of India on Monday directed that the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for postgraduation programme (NEET- PG) be conducted in a single shift instead of two shifts. This verdict overturned the earlier decision of the National Board of Examinations (NBE) to conduct the exams in two shifts on June 15, reported PTI.

A bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath, Sanjay Kumar, and NV Anjaria stressed that conducting the examination in two shifts could lead to ‘arbitrariness’. Both the question papers could differ as they cannot have the same level of difficulties, developing potential disadvantages for some candidates, the court stated. 

"Any two question papers can never be said to be having an identical level of difficulty or ease,” the bench said.