Madras High Court dismisses case against Justice A.K. Rajan NEET committee

The mere constitution of a committee cannot be considered an act of defiance against the Supreme Court order, the Court said, rejecting a PIL petition filed by BJP State secretary K. Nagarajan

The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation petition filed by BJP State secretary K. Nagarajan with a plea to quash an order issued by the Tamil Nadu government on June 10, constituting on medical aspirants. Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy rejected the plea on the ground that the mere constitution of a committee could not be considered an act of defiance to any order passed by the Supreme Court in favour of NEET. They said the committee does not pose even the remotest challenge to the constitutional right of the Centre to fix standards for higher education.