“The issuance of the notification constituting the NEET impact study committee does not exceed the authority of the State, as long as the State does not do anything to upset the procedure for admission to medical institutions as established by law and hence does not call for any interference,” the bench said. It further held, “For all we know, the commission may come up with some material that the State may use to persuade the Union government to modify the process or make it more inclusive for students belonging to the economically and socially weaker sections to participate in the process.” While advocate Raghavachari appearing for the petitioner failed to impress upon the court that the constitution of the committee was illegal or unconstitutional, he took refuge in the observation of the court expressing concern earlier as to whether the committee could be constituted without the express leave of the Supreme Court and the court had responded by questioning whether a stray oral observation can be made the basis of the petitioner’s case.
