The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Tamil Nadu government to apprise it about steps taken to control the protests over NEET examination, which had intensified after the alleged suicide of a Dalit medical course aspirant.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud asked the chief secretary of the State to file an affidavit in this regard in two weeks and posted the matter for further hearing on October 19.
The top court had, on September 8, asked the State to prevent any agitation over National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) examination issue which had intensified after the suicide of a 17-year-old S. Anitha.
It had also directed the government to prosecute anyone indulging in activity that…
