Calcutta HC dismisses NEET applicant's challenge to State lockdown on Sept 11-12; directs State to secure her accommodation near test center

The Calcutta High Court has directed the State to provide accommodation to a student writing the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and her parents from September 10-14, 2020.

The NEET aspirant had moved a plea protesting the Government's decision to a declare lockdown in the State on the days immediately preceding the NEET, which is scheduled on September 13 (Jayatri Paul v. State of West Bengal).