BJP leader’s case against NEET panel dismissed

Merely constituting a committee can’t be an act of defiance against SC orders: HC

The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation petition filed by BJP State secretary K. Nagarajan, which sought to quash an order issued by the Tamil Nadu government to constitute a high-level committee headed by Justice A.K. Rajan to study the impact of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) on medical aspirants. Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy held that the constitution of the committee “does not amount to subverting any process of admission, far less an act of defiance to any order passed by the Supreme Court” or pose even the remotest challenge to the exclusive authority of the Union to enact a law setting standards for higher education.