CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Government, the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the National Medical Commission (NMC) to ensure that all deemed-to-be universities in the State collect only the fees fixed by the Fee Fixation Committee.

The direction came while the court was hearing petitions filed by students of the Chettinad Academy of Research and Education (CARE), a private deemed university in Kelambakkam, Kancheepuram district.

Students admitted to medical courses had alleged that the institution instructed them to pay an additional Rs 2 lakh per subject as “break fees” for special classes conducted for students who had failed in certain papers.

The petitioners submitted that after they refused to pay this additional amount, the university denied t

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