Summary:
But, by then, the last date for submission of NEET application (March 9) was already over. The Centre’s reply, however, failed to satisfy the court, which quashed the ministry’s order. On that basis, the association of Bihar Private Unani Medical Colleges challenged the ministry’s order.Petitioner’s counsel Abhinav Srivastava and Raushan argued that the Central Council for Indian Medicine, the regulatory body, framed regulations with respect to admission in AYUSH colleges in 2016 and did not make NEET mandatory for admission in BUMS course. The court agreed that unless the council amended the regulations making NEET mandatory, the ministry could not impose such condition by its executive order.The court had asked the central government to reply on the issue. Accordingly, Bihar government issued a letter on March 23..