Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has written to
the Prime Minister justifying the need for retaining the National
Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admissions to MBBS, BDS and PG
courses in all medical colleges.
Last month the Supreme Court has quashed the common entrance test with a
majority judgment. The Ministry has decided to file the review petition
and has also sought the advice of the department of Legal Affairs in
the matter, the Minister said in his letter.
Mr. Azad’s letter comes within days after the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister,
J. Jayalalithaa wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh protesting
against the Centre’s decision to file a petition in the Supreme Court
seeking review of its judgment quashing the National
Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET).
In a dissenting judgment, Justice A.R. Dave had upheld the Medical
Council of India’s decision to conduct this common entrance exam saying
that holding of NEET is “legal, practical and need of the society.”
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