The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition alleging serious errors in three questions of the NEET-UG 2025 examination, advising the petitioner to seek redressal before the appropriate high court instead.
A bench comprising Justices P S Narasimha and A S Chandurkar heard the plea, which challenged the validity of three questions in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2025 conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). The petitioner’s counsel contended that the questions were “absolutely wrong” and claimed to have secured two expert opinions corroborating the assertion. He further argued that the errors cost the petitioner 13 crucial marks.
“This examination is already over. You withdraw this and go to the High Court,” the bench remarked, adding that it did not wish to foreclose the petitioner’s legal remedy.
Despite a request from the counsel to constitute a panel of experts to review the questions within three days, the bench remained unconvinced. The plea was ultimately withdrawn in light of the court’s observations.
This is not the first instance of litigation over the NEET-UG 2025 exam. On July 4, the apex court had declined to entertain a separate petition that challenged the results based on an alleged error in one of the questions.
NEET-UG is the gateway for admission into MBBS, BDS, AYUSH, and other undergraduate medical courses in India and is administered annually by the NTA. The examination has frequently come under judicial scrutiny over question clarity, result discrepancies, and procedural fairness.
