Use NEET as only basis for admission, SC tells Tamil Nadu medical colleges
The
Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the TamilNadu medical
colleges to follow the common National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for
admissions (NEET).The court observed that NEET will be the only basis for
admissions and the counselling will begin on August 24.
The court stated that the counselling
should be conducted immediately and the process should end by September 4.On
August 16, the medical students from Tamil Nadu moved the Supreme Court seeking
directive for the State Government to start medical counselling soon.
This came after the National
Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET), which was made mandatory for
admission in the MBBS and the BDS courses across India last year, got separate
petitions filed at the Madras andGujarat High Courts, where medical aspirants
demanded cancellation of the NEET 2017 as theGujarati and Tamil medium paper
were allegedly tougher than the English and Hindi medium.
The medical aspirants in the case
are being represented by Nalini Chidambaram before
the Apex court.Earlier on May 24, the Madras High Court had stayed any
proceedings on the NEET result.Keeping the urgency of the result in mind and
the starting of counselling sessions for successful candidates in mind, the
apex court has stayed the Madras High Court order.

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