Daijiworld Media Network – New Delhi

New Delhi, Nov 15: In a major escalation of the long-running NEET exemption row, the Tamil Nadu government has approached the Supreme Court challenging the President of India’s decision to withhold assent to the Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Medical Degree Courses Bill, 2021. The state has urged the apex court to declare that the bill should be treated as having received Presidential assent under Article 254(2) of the Constitution.

According to the petition, the communication of the President’s decision—relayed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to the Tamil Nadu Governor and subsequently conveyed to the state government—is “patently unconstitutional” and “liable to be set aside”. The state has also sought fresh consideration of the bill b

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