NEW DELHI: 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 Bill, which was unanimously passed by the Legislative Assembly, sought 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 normalisation.

The Tamil Nadu government has said that the communication from the Governor's Secretariat on March 4 showed that assent to the Bill was withheld mechanically on the aid and advice of the Union government and without assigning any reasons.

However, in contrast, the state government had furnished detailed replies to every objection raised b

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