Justice N Kirubakaran, who was hearing a petition filed by a student after the suicide by 17-year-old NEET aspirant Anitha, posted the matter for further hearing tomorrow.
He directed the government to clarify how many protests have been carried out against the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) and whether any cases have been registered so far in this regard.
The court also wanted to know whether any organisation was responsible for instigating the students to protest against NEET.
The judge had on August 24 directed the government to provide counselling to the students, who failed in the NEET for admission in the MBBS course and also to their parents.
The directions came a day after the Supreme Court asked the Tamil Nadu government to apprise it about the steps taken to control the protests over NEET examination which had intensified after the suicide of the Dalit medical aspirant.
It had also directed the government to prosecute anyone indulging in any activity that created a law and order problem and stalled normal life in the state.
Anitha had allegedly committed suicide on September 1, a week after the top court had ruled that medical college admissions in Tamil Nadu will be based on the NEET exam.
The apex court had said that every citizen had a fundamental right to peacefully protest and demonstrate, but they cannot cause a situation that resulted in violence and paralysed the law and order situation.
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