Calcutta HC dismisses NEET applicant's challenge to State lockdown on Sept 11-12; directs State to secure her accommodation near test center

"Court is not inclined to go into adjudication on merits of the case urged. Instead, State is directed to provide decent accommodation of one room, to the petitioner and her accompanying either parent", the Court said.

Calcutta High Court

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11 Sep 2020, 10:26 am

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The Calcutta High Court has directed the State to provide accommodation to a student writing the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and her parents from September 10-14, 2020.

The NEET aspirant had moved a plea protesting the Government's decision to a declare lockdown in the State on the days immediately preceding the NEET, which is scheduled on September 13 (Jayatri Paul v. State of West Bengal).

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