Tamil Nadu girl Anitha who spearheaded fight against NEET commits suicide

[EndangeredSpecies]

Looks like all private one then govt medical collage

AIIMS and AFMC are private? When did that happen?

 

[manlion]

 

[manlion]

An ugly conflict between India and Tamil Nadu appears nearer with every passing news cycle.

The idea of NEET being implemented against the wishes of the state in the name of standardising entrance criterion across the country is not just an assault on the rights of the states, but is also bad policy.

A file photo shows parents of the students preparing for medical entrance exams forming a human chain to protest NEET in Tamil Nadu. Credit: PTI

The educational climate in India is uneven. In some parts of the country, like Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, one in four women in the age group of 15-24 are illiterate. There are other states such as Kerala and Tamil Nadu where almost all women in that age group are in school and literate.

Not only are the young people in Tamil Nadu more likely to go to school, they are also more likely to stay in school. The state has one of the lowest dropout rates from its schools. Further, Tamil Nadu enrolls 44.3% of those who finish high school into higher educational institutes. That’s the highest gross enrolment ratio into higher education (GER) among all states in India, at twice the national average and about ten percentage points more than the global average. In other words, at least half the population will have had a college
education in Tamil Nadu, if this trend continues for a few more years.

It’s in this context that one needs to situate Anitha, a 17-year-old Dalit medical aspirant and a National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) petitioner who recently committed suicide. In most other states in India, she would not have completed school, if at all she got to go to a school in the first place. She was poor and from an obscure hamlet that very few of us can point to on a map. That she had ambitions for medical school and would have made it into one, had the old system continued, is an achievement of Tamil Nadu’s education system. Tamil Nadu’s decision to broad-base its education instead of filtering through entrance exams at the gates of colleges is a conscious policy choice. The political platform of the state aims to keep children in school and get them to college over and above testing them for “quality”. The introduction of NEET entrance exam disturbs a settled political question in the state.

A global research suggests that standardised tests do not predict life outcomes but grades do. There’s also an ongoing discussion in countries such as the US on whether standardised tests like the SAT should be used at all in deciding college admissions. Research indicates that school grades are a much better predictor of the personality, which in turn determines a student’s actual success. After all, what a standardised test ends up measuring is how socially advantaged a student is – given that access to coaching classes, preparation guides and the like have a massive influence on test scores.

In India, the idea of standardised tests being a measure of merit, however, is assumed to be axiomatic. More than measuring merit, entrance exams such as the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) have become symbols of pride. Recently, a British college student was subjected to abuse because he thought it’d be interesting to solve the JEE question paper. He ended up solving it with 100% correct answers, which somehow hurt the pride of many Indians. It’s this perversion of the education system that Tamil Nadu seeks to avoid by using only class 12 grades as its criterion of admission. It is no one’s case that this form of admission is perfect; it sure has its own set of problems. But a society elects state governments to make these kind of choices on policies related to health and education. Tamil Nadu has made such a choice by providing a broad-based education.

Protests in Tamil Nadu over Anitha’s death. Credit: Twitter/ANI

The proof of how well the system works is in the outcome it generates. If the purpose of medical education is producing doctors who provide healthcare for the society, then by all accounts, Tamil Nadu has a good system. After all, the state has India’s best healthcare system that’s been held up as a model for other developing countries by the Lancet report on Good Health at low cost: Lessons for the future of health systems strengthening.

In such a scenario, the idea of NEET being implemented against the wishes of the state in the name of standardising entrance criterion across the country is not just an assault on the rights of the states, but is also bad policy. After all, isn’t the purpose of federalism one of having states as laboratories of policy? Why would any country kill that? Especially, why would any country shut down what seems to be a reasonably successful policy experiment?

BJP politicians in the state who are accusing the protests against NEET as being politically motivated to tarnish the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi seem to not understand what politics exists for. It’s not for playing Modi against Rahul Gandhi. No one in Tamil Nadu cares for either of them. Politics exists to organise the society on the principles agreed in an implicit social contract. Anitha was a textbook case of such a system being unfair to an upstanding citizen. The reason why Rosa Parks was chosen as the case on which African Americans launched the Montgomery bus boycott, though there were many who refused to give up their seat before her, was that she would move the white moderate. Anitha, like Rosa Parks, moves the apolitical Tamil city dweller to tears. The reason why other states which are comparable to Tamil Nadu in many aspects, such as Maharashtra, aren’t protesting as much is because NEET does not disturb the basis of their social contract. In Tamil Nadu, it does. And Anitha symbolises that.

The instinct of the central government in implementing NEET, which is merely one of its many tools in implementing a ‘one nation, one policy’ standard, is understandable. No large system likes outliers. No central government likes to yield control to a state; politicians exist to concentrate power. But the problem for Tamil Nadu is that this comes at the cost of its hard won success and a struggle for educational opportunity that goes back to 1920s. India wants Tamil Nadu to regress to the mean; whether that is the 14th Finance Commission or Goods and Services Tax or NEET or the National Food Security Act. Tamil Nadu, naturally, resists every one of these to retain the progress it’s made already. An ugly conflict between India and Tamil Nadu appears nearer with every passing news cycle.

https://thewire.in/173963/tamil-nadu-neet/

Tamilnadu BJP using a tragedy for its political mud-slinging campaign.

 

[RPK]

AIIMS and AFMC are private? When did that happen?

It looks like Paid list. No other Govt med collages are listed. list means Govt med collages are good enough

 

[manlion]

Tamilnadu's independence is on the horizon

https://twitter.com/x/status/904955792398336001

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Thanks to infighting and inept state govt and false promise made by the Central govt this girl had to lose her life. TN knows that it has to implement NEET from the past 2 years where it had been getting exemption. And they had Jayalalitha who got an exemption just by writing an letter to Modi. Now the govt is in Chaos. Nor did they change the syllabus to sync with NEET, the students had no idea whether they need to prepare for the NEET as the state ministers were telling that they will get exemption this year too. They know too well that they cant exemption every year. Private Medical colleges were giving a lot of money to have this NEET postponed as they make a lot of money. As a result the students didnt prepare for NEET exam at all.

Then came the last straw. Nirmala Sitharaman asked State govt to prepare an ordinance and send it to Centre. And they did an under balti at SC telling they are giving no exemption to anyone this year. So I am not sure who is more guilty - the centre or the state.

And people commenting here, "the std of education is low, students cant crack it, bla bla bla" , please remember you are treated by doctors who havent written NEET. And Tamil Nadu is at the top in providing healthcare to its people and have low child deaths, 100% delivery rate in hospitals and its doctors are those who came from Rural/Tier2,3 (all layers of society- rich, poor, caste and religion) cities and serve the state. NEET is good, but its not the ultimate standard for commenting on somebody's quality and in this case Anitha. A young budding girl who would have been the first doctor from this locality. RIP Dr. Anitha.

 

[EndangeredSpecies]

False argument. NEET is for Undergrad admission and NOT postgrad admission.

It looks like Paid list. No other Govt med collages are listed. list means Govt med collages are good enough

Ugh! You know a lot of medical colleges in India have christian names because they are from British time.

Let see.

1. AIIMS Delhi --- Govt
2. Grants Medical College, Mumbai --- Govt funded, its name is The Grant Government medical College
3. Lady Hardinge Medical College Delhi --- Govt funded and under Delhi university.
4. Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) Pune --- Govt
5. Kasturba Medical College Manipal --- Private
6. CMC Vellore --- Private
7. Jwaharlal Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) Pondicherry --- Govt.
8. Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) Delhi --- Govt.
9. Madras Medical College Chennai --- Govt
10. Lady Hardinge Medical College Delhi NCR --- Govt
11. Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Medical University Lucknow --- Govt
12. Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) Kochi --- Private
13. Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute Bangalore --- Govt of Karnataka
14. St. Johns Medical College Bangalore --- Private
15. Government Medical College and Hospital Chandigarh --- Govt
16. Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College Mumbai --- Private
17. King George's Medical College Lucknow --- Govt
18. CMC Ludiana --- Private
19. BJ Medical College Pune --- Govt Funded, Maharashtra Govt
20. Sri Ramachandra Medical College Chennai --- Private

13 Govt colleges
7 Private

 

[manlion]

An ugly conflict between India and Tamil Nadu appears nearer with every passing news cycle.

Tamilnadu BJP using a tragedy for its political mud-slinging campaign.

https://twitter.com/x/status/905035871136522240

 

[manlion]

False argument. NEET is for Undergrad admission and NOT postgrad admission.

thats page 2 of her letter, you need to know the content in page 1 she isnt stupid not to know NEET is not post graduate admission (will post page 1 when have access to it)

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TNM takes a look at some of the letters written by the late CM, reiterating the state’s strong objection to the implementation of NEET.

July 2013: National test out of tune with the prevailing socio-economic milieu

On July 28, 2013 Jayalalithaa wrote to the then PM Manmohan Singh ten days after the Supreme Court quashed the Medical Council of India’s notification for holding NEET for MBBS, BDS and postgraduate medical courses, and called it ultra vires to the Constitution.

“This has finally brought to an end a long pending and vexatious issue relating to a policy by which students aspiring for Medical and Dental seats at the Undergraduate and Post Graduate levels had to go through the agony of an uncertain selection process which militated against their interest and the interests of the State of Tamil Nadu,” wrote Jayalalithaa following the SC verdict.

But the reason she was writing to the PM was because then Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had hinted that the Centre would move the apex court for a review.

Objecting to the Centre’s move, Jayalalithaa then wrote, “This has again created confusion and frustration in the minds of thousands of students of Tamil Nadu who have already been covered by a fair and transparent admission policy laid down by the Government of Tamil Nadu which has been working well. Tamil Nadu strongly objects to any such fresh purported attempts by the Government of India to seek a review of the judgment of the Supreme Court and efforts for reintroduction of NEET in any manner as it infringes upon the State’s rights and admission policies to medical institutions in Tamil Nadu.”

Emphasising the state’s objections to NEET, Jayalalithaa argued that from 2005 the Tamil Nadu government had taken a number of steps to abolish a common entrance examination for professional undergraduate courses in the state. She pointed out that common entrance examinations put rural students at a “great disadvantage” because they lacked resources to enrol at coaching centres and access material available to urban students. She also explained that the state has followed a reservation policy of 69% for backward and most backward communities, and scheduled caste and tribes in professional courses.

Arguing that NEET would go against Tamil Nadu’s socio-economic objectives, she urged then PM Manmohan Singh to drop the review petition.

“The introduction of NEET would confound the implementation of these policy initiatives and socio-economic objectives of the State, since we would have to fall in line with the regulations of the national test, which did not have such enabling provisions. The national test would be out of tune with the prevailing socio-economic milieu and administrative requirements of Tamil Nadu. The reported move of the Union Health Minister in seeking to file a review petition before the Supreme Court of India to reintroduce NEET should be immediately dropped. The Government of India should accept the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court without seeking a review,” Jayalalithaa wrote.

June 2014: Withdraw review petition, abide by SC

The following year after the BJP swept to power at the Centre, Jayalalithaa presented Prime Minister Narendra Modi a memorandum, with the state’s wish-list. One of the issues covered in the June 2014 memorandum was NEET. Quickly summarising Tamil Nadu’s objections to the common entrance examination, Jayalalithaa urged PM Modi “to review the stand taken by the UPA Government and withdraw the review petition and abide by the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court


October 2015: Infringes upon State’s rights

Jayalalithaa shot off another letter to PM Modi in October 2015 following reports that the Centre was attempting to reintroduce NEET.

“Tamil Nadu strongly objects to any such purported fresh attempts by the Government of India to review the judgement of the Supreme Court seeking re-introduction of NEET or by introducing it in any other name or manner, as it infringes upon the State’s rights and admission policies to medical institutions in Tamil Nadu,” said Jayalalithaa.

The then CM was also quick to remind the PM of the Tamil Nadu government’s “consistent stand that rural students and students from poorer socio-economic backgrounds were unable to compete with urban elite students in such Common Entrance Examinations, which are designed to favour the urban elite.”

May 2016: Ensure state is not forced implement NEET in future

The last letter Jayalalithaa wrote to the Prime Minister over the issue of NEET before her demise was on May 25 2016, just days after she won the 2016 Assembly Election. She began by thanking the PM Modi for the “speedy promulgation of an Ordinance” exempting Tamil Nadu from NEET for the year 2016-2017.

She wrote, “While the Ordinance would temporarily address the issue for the current year, Tamil Nadu’s situation is distinct and different from other States.” She reiterated that the state had taken a number of steps over the years to ensure a level playing field for rural students, including abolishing a common entrance examination. Jayalalithaa concluded her letter requesting that “necessary measures may be taken to ensure that Tamil Nadu is permitted to continue its existing fair and transparent system of admission to medical colleges and dental colleges in the State and not forced to implement the NEET even in the future.”

 

[EndangeredSpecies]

thats page 2 of her letter, you need to know the content in page 1 she isnt stupid not to know NEET is not post graduate admission (will post page 1 when have access to it)

Where is the first page then?

What is the reason she even mentioned that NEET will undo efforts that her government has done in the PG programs to ensure that those trained doctors provide their services to Tamil Nadu's rural areas?

Why did you even post the second page in a discussion with NEET and undergrad degree?

She was not stupid but she was certainly a demagogue. Her argument about PG Studies and her government's policies and impact of NEET with regards to them is a pure sophistry.

India like a lot of nations need to standardize her education system and exams. Same exam and same standard of competition is a must. I dont see Tamil Nadu students yelling at US universities for making GRE compulsory. Why here then?

Also, 85% seats are still going to be available to only Tamil Nadu residents irrespective of exam. So her major competition is against Tamil Nadu natives. Why so much of brouhaha then?

The school syllabus should be standardized across whole of India. State should only be able to translate it to the regional language for those who want to pursue their studies in the native language and add one optional regional language subject and a supplementary history specific of the state.

 

[manlion]

Also, 85% seats are still going to be available to only Tamil Nadu residents irrespective of exam. So her major competition is against Tamil Nadu natives. Why so much of brouhaha then?

can you post the evidence to support the " 85% seat "to TN students , thanks

No 85 per cent Tamil Nadu state board quota in medical seats

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nati...-nadu-state-board-quota-in-medical-seats.html

CMC halts admissions over NEET

The institution’s decision is consequent to being forced to give up its own admission process and take students through single window counselling, based on NEET marks.

The Christian Medical College (CMC) in Vellore has decided to suspend admissions to its MBBS and super specialities courses for 2017-2018 as it is unable to follow its established admission process after the NEET became operational.

It will admit just one candidate in MBBS and one student in super specialities owing to prior commitments. As a result, 99 seats in MBBS and 61 in the super specialities will not be filled, the CMC’s Council decided on Saturday.

The move is seen as a consequence of the post-NEET scenario where the government decreed that all admissions to medical courses would be filled up through single window counselling on the basis of NEET marks.

The MBBS course will be run for a single student, a Central Government nominee who happens to be the son of a martyr this year, and a single candidate will be admitted to the DM Cardiology, as mandated by a Supreme Court order earlier this year, explained Sunil Chandy, Director, CMC.

PG admissions to 182 courses were filled up as per usual admission process as the prescription of single window counselling came at the eleventh hour by which time the College had completed its admissions, and as per the Notification issued by the National Board of Examinations. The Supreme Court ratified this in favour of the college, Solomon Sathishkumar, principal-in-charge, CMC, said.

“The Council was perturbed by the position taken by the MCI and the Government of India to whittle down or obliterate the benefit of Article 30 (1) to a proven institution,” says Krishna Srinivasan, senior lawyer who has appeared for the college over several decades.

Article 30(1) guarantees minorities, both religious and linguistic, the right “to establish and administer educational institutions” of their choice. This right, incidentally, has been recognised from the year 1957 by a series of judgments of the Supreme Court, including the landmark decision rendered by the eleven-judge bench of the Supreme Court in the Pai case.

Mr Srinivasan said, “We have challenged the Regulations prescribing common counselling for both UG and PG courses in the Supreme Court, in which we have also filed two interlocutory petitions, one for under graduate admissions, and another for admission to super specialities. In October, the Court will decide the validity of our plea to make our own admissions.”

“We are not happy to do this. It will also translate to a deficit in our frontline patient management systems. It is a sacrifice we are making. But we have to judge a student by our objective of the role we envision for our candidates,” Dr. Chandy said.

“The government defines merit as marks alone. For the kind of doctors we need, we have to assess suitability criteria, including commitment to serving the public, leadership skills, and ability to work as part of our team, enshrined in our three-day selection process. This does not come through in the current admission system.”

Thomas Samuel Ram, CMC Council secretary, said, “We want to run the course, but our hands are tied. Ours is a system that has been recognised and even commended by several judgements as fair and non-exploitative. The fees (₹3000 per annum) is heavily subsidised by patient care.” He added that the assessment of a candidate is against a particular role the college expects him or her to perform.

Out of the 100 seats available for the MBBS course, 85 seats are reserved for the minority community, in this case, Christians and 15 seats are in the open category. Students admitted under the minority category are required to serve in one of the mission hospitals run by the society for two years after completing the course.

“Even the other students are inspired, and are glad for opportunities to serve in remote locations. Ninety per cent of our students continue to stay and serve,” said Dr. Chandy. He explained that students come from all over the country, and the heavily-subsidised education allows them students from different backgrounds to take up a course. In some instances, mission hospitals support under privileged children with aptitude from their areas to study at CMC. The history of the college is replete with stories of students returning home to establish medical facilities, in some instances, for the first ever time, he adds, quoting some examples.

Mr. Srinivasan pointed out that the CMC’s admission system has been in place since 1946 and has been enriched through inputs from experts in different fields. In 1993 when CMC was asked to surrender 50% of its seats pursuant to the Unnikrishnan judgement which framed a scheme for admission to professional colleges, the court recognised the relevance of CMC’s admission process and carved it out as an exception.

 

[EndangeredSpecies]

can you post the evidence to support the " 85% seat "to TN students , thanks

No 85 per cent Tamil Nadu state board quota in medical seats

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nati...-nadu-state-board-quota-in-medical-seats.html

CMC halts admissions over NEET

The institution’s decision is consequent to being forced to give up its own admission process and take students through single window counselling, based on NEET marks.

The Christian Medical College (CMC) in Vellore has decided to suspend admissions to its MBBS and super specialities courses for 2017-2018 as it is unable to follow its established admission process after the NEET became operational.

It will admit just one candidate in MBBS and one student in super specialities owing to prior commitments. As a result, 99 seats in MBBS and 61 in the super specialities will not be filled, the CMC’s Council decided on Saturday.

The move is seen as a consequence of the post-NEET scenario where the government decreed that all admissions to medical courses would be filled up through single window counselling on the basis of NEET marks.

The MBBS course will be run for a single student, a Central Government nominee who happens to be the son of a martyr this year, and a single candidate will be admitted to the DM Cardiology, as mandated by a Supreme Court order earlier this year, explained Sunil Chandy, Director, CMC.

PG admissions to 182 courses were filled up as per usual admission process as the prescription of single window counselling came at the eleventh hour by which time the College had completed its admissions, and as per the Notification issued by the National Board of Examinations. The Supreme Court ratified this in favour of the college, Solomon Sathishkumar, principal-in-charge, CMC, said.

“The Council was perturbed by the position taken by the MCI and the Government of India to whittle down or obliterate the benefit of Article 30 (1) to a proven institution,” says Krishna Srinivasan, senior lawyer who has appeared for the college over several decades.

Article 30(1) guarantees minorities, both religious and linguistic, the right “to establish and administer educational institutions” of their choice. This right, incidentally, has been recognised from the year 1957 by a series of judgments of the Supreme Court, including the landmark decision rendered by the eleven-judge bench of the Supreme Court in the Pai case.

Mr Srinivasan said, “We have challenged the Regulations prescribing common counselling for both UG and PG courses in the Supreme Court, in which we have also filed two interlocutory petitions, one for under graduate admissions, and another for admission to super specialities. In October, the Court will decide the validity of our plea to make our own admissions.”

“We are not happy to do this. It will also translate to a deficit in our frontline patient management systems. It is a sacrifice we are making. But we have to judge a student by our objective of the role we envision for our candidates,” Dr. Chandy said.

“The government defines merit as marks alone. For the kind of doctors we need, we have to assess suitability criteria, including commitment to serving the public, leadership skills, and ability to work as part of our team, enshrined in our three-day selection process. This does not come through in the current admission system.”

Thomas Samuel Ram, CMC Council secretary, said, “We want to run the course, but our hands are tied. Ours is a system that has been recognised and even commended by several judgements as fair and non-exploitative. The fees (₹3000 per annum) is heavily subsidised by patient care.” He added that the assessment of a candidate is against a particular role the college expects him or her to perform.

Out of the 100 seats available for the MBBS course, 85 seats are reserved for the minority community, in this case, Christians and 15 seats are in the open category. Students admitted under the minority category are required to serve in one of the mission hospitals run by the society for two years after completing the course.

“Even the other students are inspired, and are glad for opportunities to serve in remote locations. Ninety per cent of our students continue to stay and serve,” said Dr. Chandy. He explained that students come from all over the country, and the heavily-subsidised education allows them students from different backgrounds to take up a course. In some instances, mission hospitals support under privileged children with aptitude from their areas to study at CMC. The history of the college is replete with stories of students returning home to establish medical facilities, in some instances, for the first ever time, he adds, quoting some examples.

Mr. Srinivasan pointed out that the CMC’s admission system has been in place since 1946 and has been enriched through inputs from experts in different fields. In 1993 when CMC was asked to surrender 50% of its seats pursuant to the Unnikrishnan judgement which framed a scheme for admission to professional colleges, the court recognised the relevance of CMC’s admission process and carved it out as an exception.

Sure why not!

http://www.neet2017.in/tamil-nadu-mbbs-bds-entrance-test-2017-through-neet-ug-2017/

Update 24 June 2017: TN State Govt has surrendered 15% seats to ALL INDIA QUOTA, so only 85% seats in Medical and Dental Colleges in Tamil Nadu State are reserved for the TN Domicile Students. According to the data around 90,000 candidates have appeared in NEET 2017 entrance exam and 90% belongs to State Board.

http://mcc.nic.in/mccres/Show-Pdf?T...F&ID=C66C65175FECC3103B3B587BE9B5B230889C8628

Q. No. 3: What is All India Quota Rank? Ans: This is the rank for the purpose of All India Quota seat allotment, after excluding candidates from Andhra Pradesh (AP) and J&K. As per directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court the candidates from AP and J&K are not eligible to participate for 15 % All India Quota Counseling (Please also see clause 9 of, Information Bulletin of AIPMT for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses published by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for details).

http://cbseneet.nic.in/cbseneet/Sho...F&ID=80E28A51CBC26FA4BD34938C5E593B36146F5E0C

Admissions to all seats of MBBS/BDS courses will be done through NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY CUM ENTRANCE TEST (UG), 2017. The seats are classified in the following categories :-
(i) All India Quota Seats
(ii) State Government Quota Seats
(iii) State/Private/Management/NRI Quota Seats in all Private Medical / Dental Colleges or any Private/ Deemed University
(iv) Central Pool Quota Seats

3 Eligibility for 15% All India Quota Seats (a) Indian Nationals, Non Resident Indians (NRIs), Oversees Citizen of India (OCIs), Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) & Foreign Nationals are eligible for 15% All India Quota Seats.

There are two quotas in seats in college. All India Quota (15%) for all india students and State Quota (85%) for state domicile students (here Tamil Nadu).

Also do not confuse domicile with state board. A student can be studying in CBSE but living in Tamil Nadu for whole of his/her life. He is TN domicile. Earmarking seats for state-board students is unfair and high court quashed that as you noted in your post.

 

[manlion]

Sure why not!

Update 24 June 2017: TN State Govt has surrendered 15% seats to ALL INDIA QUOTA, so only 85% seats in Medical and Dental Colleges in Tamil Nadu State are reserved for the TN Domicile Students. According to the data around 90,000 candidates have appeared in NEET 2017 entrance exam and 90% belongs to State Board.

There are two quotas in seats in college. All India Quota (15%) for all india students and State Quota (85%) for state domicile students (here Tamil Nadu).

Also do not confuse domicile with state board. A student can be studying in CBSE but living in Tamil Nadu for whole of his/her life. He is TN domicile. Earmarking seats for state-board students is unfair and high court quashed that as you noted in your post.

the latest update -

No 85% reservation, no NEET exemption: SC quashes Tamil Nadu's appeal, students left floundering

12 August 2017

https://in.news.yahoo.com/no-85-reservation-no-neet-123300185.html

 

[EndangeredSpecies]

the latest update -

No 85% reservation, no NEET exemption: SC quashes Tamil Nadu's appeal, students left floundering

12 August 2017

https://in.news.yahoo.com/no-85-reservation-no-neet-123300185.html

From your own article...

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In a major setback to Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court has quashed its decision set apart 85% of seats in government medical and dental colleges for state board students. The apex court called it discriminatory against those from CBSE and other streams.
"

It is question of board. Domicile will still apply. 85% of seats will be for students of Tamil Nadu State Domicile.

You are confusing state board with domicile.