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Supreme Court adjourns hearing to May 5
The Supreme Court, which resumed the crucial hearing in the pleas of State governments, private medical colleges and minority institutions seeking nod to hold pre-scheduled separate entrance exams for MBBS and BDS courses, on Tuesday, said that there was no urgency to pass order on fresh pleas and adjourned the case to May 5.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, which resumed the crucial hearing in the pleas of State governments, private medical colleges and minority institutions seeking nod to hold pre-scheduled separate entrance exams for MBBS and BDS courses, on Tuesday, said that there was no urgency to pass order on fresh pleas and adjourned the case to May 5.
However, it assured to pleas of hear all the stakeholders before delivering the verdict.The States, opposing National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET), alleged that there are marked differences in syllabus for the State entrance tests and the NEET.
Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for Gujarat, said the State ‘per se" was not against the NEET but would be ‘tragic" for the students, preparing for the State tests, will have to take up NEET in such a short span of time.
The similar plea was raised by the counsel for states like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and others.
The counsels from Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana cited special constitutional provisions to contend that only the State can have the say in holding examination for MBBS and BDS courses.
Jammu and Kashmir government cited constitutional provision of Article 370 read with Article 35 A and section 6 of the J&K constitution to contend that it is the State, which is entitled to conduct the test and the students cannot be admitted to these courses from outside the State through NEET.
Further, only the State government has the legislative competence and Centre cannot interfere in it. The day's hearing also saw Karnataka Private Medical and Dental College Association, Christian Medical College, Vellore and Christian Medical College, Ludhiana along with Tamil Nadu government seeking exemption from the NEET citing various reasons.
Meanwhile, the apex court took note of the ‘peaceful’ holding of the first phase of the single common entrance test through National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) on May 1 and asked the Centre and CBSE to give wide publicity about holding of the second phase of NEET on July 24.
The court said it would resume hearing in the matter on Thursday and asked the Centre, CBSE and the MCI to either file their responses to various pleas in the registry before the hearing or hand over the same in the court.
