SC rejects TN govt plea to stay HC order on CET

The students who had scored better in the Class XII improvement examination were also given relief by the first bench, comprising Chief Justice Markandey Katju and Justice F.M. Ibrahim Kallifulla. The Bench held that the improvement examination, which the state government had abolished, would be valid for the current year.

Allowing a batch of over 400 petitions filed by students challenging the government order, the judges said they were not inclined to interfere with the order on the improvement examination as it was a policy decision. However, with the exam already conducted and results declared, it would not be proper for the state government to cancel it this year, it said.

Meanwhile, PMK founder S. Ramadoss, on Monday demanded that the state bring an ordinance to abolish the CET.