Supreme Court will hear Jammu and Kashmir's plea of seeking exclusion from the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) for making admissions in medical colleges of the state on Thursday, May 5.
J&K has the legitimate right to conduct the test according to constitution: Gopal Subramanium
The state government's counsel and former solicitor general of India Gopal Subramanium challenged the court's verdict citing the fact that the state was entitled to conduct the test according to the constitutional provision of Article 370, Article 35 A and Section 6 of the state constitution.
Subramanium told, Daily Excelsior.com "Further, on the educational aspect, only the State Government has the legislative competence and Centre cannot interfere in it."
When will the Supreme Court hear the plea?
The court will hear the J&K's plea scheduled on Thursday at 2 pm and listen to arguments of other affected states.
The apex court had rejected opposition for holding NEET on April 28 :
The apex court on April 28 had rejected the opposition for holding NEET by states including Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Association of Karnataka Medical Colleges, besides minority institutions like CMC, Vellore.
The court's order had implied that the admission to government colleges, deemed universities and private medical colleges would only be held through NEET and those examinations which have already taken place or scheduled should be scrapped.
Source: Indiatoday.
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