The State of Tamil Nadu 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 Bill seeks to exempt the State from the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and restore admissions based on Class XII marks with a scientific system of normalization.

The decision withholding assent was conveyed by the Governor's Secretariat on March 4, 2025. The State has termed the action patently unconstitutional and a serious violation of the constitutional framework that regulates Centre State relations in legislative matters.

According to the suit filed under Article 131, the President withheld assent mechanically on the aid and advice of the Union Government without of

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