Common Entrance Test CET mandatory Law Courses Madras High Court

Common Entrance Test - CET mandatory for all Law Courses

Common Entrance Test - CET mandatory for all Law Courses

Chennai: The Madras High Court has made common entrance test (CET) for all law courses mandatory in Tamil Nadu.

Quashing an April 19 Government Order, abolishing the CET for law courses, the First Bench, comprising Chief Justice A.P. Shah and Justice P. Jyothimani, directed the Government and Tamil Nadu Dr, Ambedkar Law University to hold the CET in six weeks.

The authorities "are directed to hold the GET as was done earlier for law courses within a period of six weeks and make admissions to all the law classes on the basis of the results in such a CET, The notification shall be issued within a period of two weeks from today.

The examination and admission process shall be completed within a period of four weeks thereafter".

The judges were passing orders on a writ petition filed by Bagyaraj of Pudukuppam, who said abolition of the CET and introduction of a normalisation scheme for law admissions could not be prudent method of admissions.

In the order, the First Bench said the Government was unable to give any valid reason for discontinuing the CET, "A student with any degree can apply for law courses, and therefore, normalisation scheme is not possible. Since the candidates, who are eligible for joining B.L. courses are from various disciplines, the CET is necessary to achieve uniform evaluation before selecting candidates for admissions".

The Bench also concluded, "In our opinion, the decision to abolish the CET is wholly arbitrary and violative of Article 14 (Right to Equality) of the Constitution."

Common Entrance Test - CET mandatory for all Law Courses

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