New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the validity of the NEET for admissions in medical courses in colleges across the nation, claiming that the single window common test is violative of the federalism’s principle.
The NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) is a pre-medical entrance exam conducted to grant admissions in undergraduate medical courses such as MBBS and BDS and also for post-graduate courses in government and private medical colleges.
In a lawsuit, the state government has claimed that the principle of federalism, which is a part of the basic structure of the constitution, is being violated by the entrance examinations like NEET as it takes away the autonomy of states to make decisions regarding education.
The petition was filed by a lawyer named Amit Anand Tiwari. He stated in the petition that the validity of NEET was upheld in the year 2020 by the apex court on grounds that it was required to curb the evil of unfair practices.
He further shared that practices such as granting admission on the basis of paying the capacity of students, charging capitation fees, large-scale malpractices, exploitation of students, profiteering, and commercialisation need to be eliminated from the process.
Such grounds are not applicable to admissions to government colleges. The reasoning of judgment is applicable only to the private universities’ seats, it added. The verdict upholding NEET does not bind a state as far as admissions to government colleges are concerned.
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