New Delhi: The Central government has filed a review petition against Supreme Court verdict scrapping NEET, a single-window examination for filling MBBS, BDS and post-graduation seats in medical colleges.
Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday had said the Central government’s decision was in the larger interest of the society and students aspiring to study medicine to have NEET.
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court by a two-to-one majority on July 18 had scrapped holding of NEET and held that Medical Council of India (MCI) is not empowered to prescribe all India medical entrance tests and the MCI notification was in violation of Articles 19, 25, 26, 29 and 30 of the Constitution.