The controversy surrounding the conduct of the exam had hardly died down, when certain students from Tamil Nadu have moved the Supreme Court challenging NEET..The case was heard today by a Bench comprising Justices Kurian Joseph and Shiva Kirti Singh, which proceeded to issue notice to the Centre, CBSE, Medical Council of India and Tamil Nadu..The contention of the petitioners is that students who studied under State Board syllabus have not been groomed to take an objective-type test, and would, therefore, fare very badly at an exam which follows CBSE syllabus. The petition states the following:.“The syllabus of CBSE and method of teaching are totally different from the syllabus and method of teaching in the State Board. The students studying in the Tamil Nadu State Board are not trained for objective type of entrance test. Normally, the students aspiring for All India Medical Entrance Test start their preparation from 8th standard. Since the Tamil Nadu state follows the final marks in 12th standard in the Tamil Nadu Sate Board as criteria for admission in Medical Colleges in Tamil Nadu, the students aspiring for the State Government seats, spent entire time to prepare for the Board Exam only. Now compelling the State Board Students to study different syllabus, to write different type of exam in a short span of two months and to compete with CBSE students is treating unequal as equal and the same would violate article 14 of the Constitution of India.”.Another ground for the petitioners’ dissatisfaction, as stated in the petition, is that pursuant to the ordinance by the Central government, Section 10D has been introduced in the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. This provision allegedly discriminates between students who get admitted to government colleges on the basis of their score in the class 12 exams and those who do not..The petition claims that,.“The Ordinance perpetuates more discrimination among the students who have studied in State syllabus. It is submitted that especially the students from Tamil Nadu are in a disadvantageous position. For example, a Student who gets 97% will be joining Government Colleges without any exams, whereas a student gets 95% or less will have to undergo a stiffer exam in the form of NEET. Therefore in effect a student who is more brilliant and who got more marks does not have to undergo any entrance exam, whereas a student who has secured slightly lesser marks will have to suffer NEET. This is a clear discrimination and merely punitive.”.The petitioners have also objected to the fact that the exam is held in only two languages – English and Hindi..“It is further submitted that permitting CBSE to conduct entrance test only in English and Hindi languages violates the federal system and affects the basic structure of the Constitution of India.”.Based on the above grounds, the petitioners have prayed for striking down NEET as arbitrary and unconstitutional and for a declaration,.“..to the effect that the Government and private colleges in Tamil Nadu be allowed to fill up the respective seats in Medical/Dental Colleges for the Academic Year 2016-17 as well as for the year 2017-2018 as in previous years or in the alternative provide a proportionate quota to the students who studied in Tamil Nadu State Board and participated in the NEET exam conducted for the Academic year 2016-2017.”.The Court after hearing the petitioners issued notice to the respondents. However, it refused to grant the interim prayer to have separate rank lists for State Board and CBSE students..A battery of lawyers, including Sanjay Hegde, Jayanth Muthu Raj, Rahul Srivastava, V. Balaji appeared for the petitioners..Last week, a student had approached the Supreme Court alleging that NEET question paper was leaked. The petitioner had prayed for a court monitored investigation but the same was turned down by the Court.
The controversy surrounding the conduct of the exam had hardly died down, when certain students from Tamil Nadu have moved the Supreme Court challenging NEET..The case was heard today by a Bench comprising Justices Kurian Joseph and Shiva Kirti Singh, which proceeded to issue notice to the Centre, CBSE, Medical Council of India and Tamil Nadu..The contention of the petitioners is that students who studied under State Board syllabus have not been groomed to take an objective-type test, and would, therefore, fare very badly at an exam which follows CBSE syllabus. The petition states the following:.“The syllabus of CBSE and method of teaching are totally different from the syllabus and method of teaching in the State Board. The students studying in the Tamil Nadu State Board are not trained for objective type of entrance test. Normally, the students aspiring for All India Medical Entrance Test start their preparation from 8th standard. Since the Tamil Nadu state follows the final marks in 12th standard in the Tamil Nadu Sate Board as criteria for admission in Medical Colleges in Tamil Nadu, the students aspiring for the State Government seats, spent entire time to prepare for the Board Exam only. Now compelling the State Board Students to study different syllabus, to write different type of exam in a short span of two months and to compete with CBSE students is treating unequal as equal and the same would violate article 14 of the Constitution of India.”.Another ground for the petitioners’ dissatisfaction, as stated in the petition, is that pursuant to the ordinance by the Central government, Section 10D has been introduced in the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. This provision allegedly discriminates between students who get admitted to government colleges on the basis of their score in the class 12 exams and those who do not..The petition claims that,.“The Ordinance perpetuates more discrimination among the students who have studied in State syllabus. It is submitted that especially the students from Tamil Nadu are in a disadvantageous position. For example, a Student who gets 97% will be joining Government Colleges without any exams, whereas a student gets 95% or less will have to undergo a stiffer exam in the form of NEET. Therefore in effect a student who is more brilliant and who got more marks does not have to undergo any entrance exam, whereas a student who has secured slightly lesser marks will have to suffer NEET. This is a clear discrimination and merely punitive.”.The petitioners have also objected to the fact that the exam is held in only two languages – English and Hindi..“It is further submitted that permitting CBSE to conduct entrance test only in English and Hindi languages violates the federal system and affects the basic structure of the Constitution of India.”.Based on the above grounds, the petitioners have prayed for striking down NEET as arbitrary and unconstitutional and for a declaration,.“..to the effect that the Government and private colleges in Tamil Nadu be allowed to fill up the respective seats in Medical/Dental Colleges for the Academic Year 2016-17 as well as for the year 2017-2018 as in previous years or in the alternative provide a proportionate quota to the students who studied in Tamil Nadu State Board and participated in the NEET exam conducted for the Academic year 2016-2017.”.The Court after hearing the petitioners issued notice to the respondents. However, it refused to grant the interim prayer to have separate rank lists for State Board and CBSE students..A battery of lawyers, including Sanjay Hegde, Jayanth Muthu Raj, Rahul Srivastava, V. Balaji appeared for the petitioners..Last week, a student had approached the Supreme Court alleging that NEET question paper was leaked. The petitioner had prayed for a court monitored investigation but the same was turned down by the Court.
