NEET Face-Off: Tamil Nadu Moves Supreme Court Against President Over Anti-NEET Bill.

This special report covers the escalating confrontation between the Tamil Nadu government and the Centre, following the state's decision to move the Supreme Court against the President for withholding assent to its anti-NEET bill. The legislation, titled the Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Medical Degree Courses Bill, 2021, seeks to exempt the state from the national entrance test and instead use normalised Class 12 marks for medical admissions. The report explains the state's argument that NEET as an exam is 'elitist and it excludes students from rural and non-English speaking populations'. The Tamil Nadu government is asking the Supreme Court to declare the President's decision to withhold assent as unconstitutional.