The Supreme Court has observed what many others believe in i.e. Governments may come and go but the thoughts and legacy of compassion and justice must live on. Hence, despite persistent efforts of the striking students and a large number of petitions challenging the NTA and its functionaries in different courts of the country, the Apex Court has taken , what I feel is a right decision of issuing notices to the Centre and NTA on NEET UG 2024 and seeking their reply by the 08 th. July 2024 when the courts re-open besides staying all similar proceedings before different High Courts.

It further decided that councelling will take place as per schedule on the 06 th. July 2024, something on which the striking students disagreed because this meant that once the process starts, there are very little chances of reverting back and if this is done, I fear that the students who have got their preferred colleges will approach the court, which means that the entire problem will get overblown and head towards a never ending legal process complicating the issue further.

Instead, the Supreme Court should have directed its energies and concentrated on the FIRs lodged in Gujarat and Bihar over alleged paper leaks and other irregularities and directed the investigating agencies to submit ' status report ' on its findings in these two states.