SC asks Centre: Can STs skip med entrance test?

23 September 2008: The Times of India 
NEW DELHI: In what could open a flood of identical requests from socially backward classes, the Supreme Court on Monday gave four days to the Centre to respond to its question: ¶Can ST students be exempted from the rigours of entrance test for admission to MBBS and BDS courses?¶

The question to additional solicitor-general Gopal Subramaniam came from a Bench headed by CJI K G Balakrishnan after five ST students from the CJI’s home state Kerala said they had fared pretty well in the plus-two examination but had not been able to get even 40% in the common entrance test as they could not afford special coaching classes.

It appealed to the Bench, which asked Subramaniam to get back to the court with a response from Centre whether ST students, could be admitted on the basis of their board marks. 
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