The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused a plea for early hearing of a PIL for judiciary inquiry into the death of NEET aspirant S Anitha in Tamil Nadu.

Petitioner-Advocate G S Mani mentioned his PIL before a three-judge bench presided over by Chief Justice for an urgent listing of the matter. The court, however, said the petition would come up for consideration in due course.

The petitioner sought direction from the court to the Tamil Nadu government to improve the state syllabus of class XI and XII to the CBSE standard so that the students do not suffer.

He also sought restraint order to the political parties from resorting to agitation against the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) or the Supreme Court judgement that had approved one examination for admission to the MBBS and BDS courses in medical colleges across the country.

17-year-old Anitha, a Dalit girl, scored 1176 out of 1200 marks in her class XII board examinations but was unable to join the MBBS course due to her poor marks in NEET. She ended her life in Ariyalur district on September 1. It was contended that she was one of the respondents in the petition filed in the apex court challenging the validity of the NEET.

“The innocent girl has ended her life due to instigation by the political parties, their leaders and inaction by the state and the central governments,” Mani claimed.

SC refuses early hearing on PIL for judicial probe into death of NEET aspirant