The Tamil Nadu government has approached the Supreme Court against the President of India's withholding of assent for the NEET exemption bill passed by the state assembly.

It sought a direction to hold and declare that the Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Medical Degree Courses Bill, 2021, is deemed to have received the assent of the President of India under Article 254(2) of the Constitution of India.

The TN government in its plea alleged that the President has withheld assent to the bill, which was communicated by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to the Governor of Tamil Nadu. In turn, the Governor of Tamil Nadu conveyed the communication to the state government.

The petition sought to declare the action of the President in withholding assent to the bill, as communicated by the

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