Supreme Court asks Centre to include Urdu in NEET from 2018-19 onwards

Supreme Court asks Centre to include Urdu in NEET from 2018-19 onwards

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to include Urdu as a language in the NEET exam, the common test for admission into medical courses, from academic session 2018-19 onwards.     

A bench comprising justices Dipak Misra, A M Khanwilkar and M M Shantanagoudar told the petitioner, who has sought a direction for making Urdu as a medium for NEET 2017 scheduled on May 7, that it would not be possible for the government to include Urdu this year.     

"We direct the Union of India to include Urdu as a language in NEET examination from academic session 2018-19 onwards," the bench said.