New Delhi: A fresh petition is expected to be filed in
the Supreme Court to oppose the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET)
ordinance.
Dubbing as ‘lame and frivolous’ the government’s stand
on the NEET, Sanklap Charitable Trust will file a fresh petition in the Supreme
Court to oppose the ordinance while alleging it is against the Constitution,
law and separation of power aimed at eventually stalling reforms in medical
fields.
Amit Kumar, the lawyer for Sanklap Charitable Trust,
says, “The ordinance is also against the balance which is there in our
Constitution because the executive cannot overwrite the decision of the
judiciary by ordinance that is against the Constitution, adding the decision of
the judiciary is final and binding.”
“What the ordinance is saying that the decision of the
Supreme Court will not be enforced for period of one year. This kind of
ordinance has never been issued in our history and, therefore, this ordinance
will be challenged as early as possible as and when it is promulgated and notified
in the gazette,” he added.
Union Health and Family Welfare Minister J.P. Nadda on
Tuesday had said that the government was clear from the very beginning and has
always been in favor of NEET.
President Pranab Mukherjee earlier signed the
ordinance to keep state boards out of NEET for MBBS and dental courses for this
year.
The ordinance on NEET is aimed at partially
overturning an apex court order that had taken into account the multiple
medical entrance tests by states and private colleges as well as allegations of
corruption.
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