Supreme Court refuses to quash the government ordinance on NEET
Posted on: 15/Jul/2016 2:24:03 PM
NEET was first introduced by the Medical Council of India and other bodies that govern examinations for undergraduate and post graduate dental and medical courses in 2012. This would be an entrance exam which students across India will have to pass in order to gain admission to private and government colleges.
The Supreme Court cleared decks for holding of NEET in two phases for the academic year 2016-17. The first phase has been conducted on May 1 and the second phase is to be held on July 24.
Amid strong reservations expressed by several states including Tamil Nadu against conducting the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) this year, the NDA government Friday paved the way for an ordinance to keep state governments’ exams out of the ambit of the common test. In view of this, President Pranab Mukherjee signed the controversial ordinance exempting state governments from the requirement of conducting the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test this year
Challenging the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) ordinance, activist Anand Rai filed a petition in the Supreme Court.
A three-judge bench, comprising Justices Anil R Dave, Shivakirti Singh and Adarsh Kumar Goel, however, did not stay the May 24 ordinance saying it would affect lakhs of students. The validity of the ordinance was questionable and patently bad, expressing unhappiness with the manner in which the government had hastily drawn up the ordinance.
