New Delhi: Taking into consideration the interests of lakhs of students, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay the NEET ordinance exempting states from its purview for this academic year, though it observed that the ordinance violated the spirit of the May 9 order.
A bench headed by Justice A.R. Dave reacted sharply to the contention of attorney general Mukul Rohatgi that it should not take the ordinance to its “ego” as it pertains to the welfare of students who have prepared for months for various state medical examinations.
The bench, also comprising Justices Shiva Kirti Singh and A.K. Goel, made it clear to Tamil Nadu that the law enacted by it abolishing entrance tests will not help them next year as the May 24 ordinance itself says that there should be a CET for medical admissions.
In its order, the bench said, “Hearing of the petitions against the ordinance expedited. Though prima facie the validity of the ordinance is open to debate, since almost 50 per cent of the states have conducted their own tests for MBBS/BDS, we do not want to grant any interim relief."
