SC bars NEET Counselling for Tamil Nadu

New Delhi Aug 17: A shock has been received. Supreme Court today ordered to continue status quo on medical admission in Tamil Nadu until Tuesday, in practice, it barred the admission process for MBBS and BDS till August 22 in the southern state.

Tamil Nadu government while defending its move argued Court can't stop state bringing an ordinance for the benefit of students. Supreme Court also directed Tamil Nadu Government to inform the court how many from state board qualified in NEET in the state.

The union law ministry yesterday cleared an ordinance of the Tamil Nadu government which seeks to exempt medical students from appearing in the common entrance test NEET.



Sources say that the ordinance cleared will be applicable only to government colleges, and not private ones.

Earlier in the day, the court asked Tamil Nadu to comply Supreme Court order which quashed state's notification of 85% quota to the state board and 15% quota for CBSE and other boards in medical admission.

When petitioner argued about Centre doing quid pro quo for AIADMK voting for NDA candidate for President and Vice President, the supreme court said these kinds of arguments can't be tolerated.

Petitioner lawyer Nalini Chidambaram argued that mandate of court is to conduct counseling but not doing and trying to bring an ordinance.