Following the back-to-back suicides of children in Tamil Nadu due to fear of NEET, film actor Suriya openly condemned the nature of these entrance examinations along with raising the point, "Fearing threat to lives due to Covid-19, judges were dispensing justice via video conferencing, but ordered students to write NEET exam without fear,"

The strongly-worded statement of his was released at 8 PM on Sunday on all his socials and within hours, Madras High Court judge Justice SM Subramaniam had written a letter to Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi seeking to initiate contempt proceedings against the actor. 

Justice Subramaniam wrote that Suriya's statement amounts to contempt of court as the integrity and devotion of the judges as well as the judicial system is not only undermined but criticized in bad shape. This poses a threat for the public confidence on the judiciary and therefore warrants contempt proceedings.