The fate of thousands of medical students who cleared NEET is in the hands of the Supreme Court as the Maharashtra government and deemed universities in the State are engaged in a tug-of-war over who has the right to hold counselling sessions.
With days numbered before medical and dental admissions close for the academic year, a Bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and L. Nageswara Rao has to decide whether the State has the right to conduct centralised counselling. Deemed universities argue that the State is stepping on their fundamental right to administer their own institutions and hold individual counselling for students.
Already admittedTo make matters worse, several thousand students in the State have already been admitted to these deemed universities on the basis of individual counselling done by the varsities. These students have already started classes. The State prefers them to be sent back for a combined re-counselling. Both the Maharashtra government and the Centre termed the admissions of these students “provisional.”
Poser to govt.“These universities say that 85 per cent of their seats have already been filled up? What will happen to all these students who have already started classes?” a concerned Justice Sikri asked the government.
