Can’t form panel to study impact of NEET without SC’s nod says Madras HC

“There can be a little room for the state to set up any committee for the purpose of ascertaining whether the NEET-based admission process has prejudicially affected socially backward students,” a bench comprising of Chief Justice Sanjib Banjerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy said.

Madras HC on Tuesday stated that the Tamil Nadu government cannot form a committee or panel to study the impact of NEET on the medical aspirants from socially backward classes without Supreme Court’s indications.

A bench comprising of Chief Justice Sanjib Banjerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy stated, “There can be a little room for the state to set up any committee for the purpose of ascertaining whether the NEET-based admission process has prejudicially affected socially backward students.”

It also added, the Court gave Tamil Nadu government a week’s time to respond to the order and the court have also observed that any recommendation made by the committee cannot be implemented in the wake of the orders passed by Supreme Court on the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test.

Mr Kanagaraju quoted that, “The High Court questioned the Advocate General R Shunmugasundaram because NEET in Tamil Nadu was introduced after an order from the Supreme Court. The SC said that TN is not a separate country, it is a state in India. Without keeping that in mind, a committee has been formed for what purpose?”

He also added, “How can the committee analyse this after the SC’s orders? We challenged many things in the writ petition…” This includes the constitutional validity, the state and Central government’s power and who does education come under. “We are very satisfied with the Chief Justice’s move,” he concluded.

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