Tamil Nadu government’s move to assess NEET impact hits high court hurdle

The Madras High Court asked the Tamil Nadu government to file a reply within a week, regarding a petition moved by the state BJP, challenging the government-constituted AK Rajan Committee.

Chennai: The first bench of the Madras High Court has observed that without the nod of the Supreme Court, the Tamil Nadu Government cannot form a committee to study the impact of NEET on socially backward students. The Madras High Court asked the Tamil Nadu government to file a reply within a week, regarding a petition moved by the state BJP, challenging the government-constituted AK Rajan Committee. The plea filed by BJP State General Secretary Karu Nagarajan, who called the 9-member AK Rajan Committee unconstitutional, illegal, unfair and unreasonable. Nagarajan’s plea wanted the Court to restrain the committee from proceeding further.