The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking directions to the National Board of Examinations (NBE) to reschedule the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-PG 2024, which is scheduled for August 11.  Senior advocate Sanjay Hegde, representing the petitioners, submitted before a bench headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud that the administration cut down the number of examination centres for the NEET-PG exam from 1,200 to 500 against the backdrop of allegations of paper leaks and other irregularities in the conduct of the NEET-UG exam this year. Due to the decrease in the number of centres, the NEET-PG will be conducted in two shifts, said Hegde, flagging the risks arising from the normalisation process. Declining to exercise its discretionary jurisdiction, the bench, also comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, remarked that the examination where two lakh students are going to appear cannot be halted at the instance of four petitioners. As it dismissed the plea, the apex court said, “We will not reschedule or pass any orders. There are 2 lakh students and close to 4 lakh parents who would weep if we touched on this matter. At the behest of four-five petitioners, we cannot jeopardise the careers of two lakh students. We will not do it.”