Thousands of students will be affected: SC refuses plea challenging NEET-UG 2025 results

A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and R Mahadevan said it had dismissed a similar petition two days ago and it can't deal with individual examinations.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to consider a plea alleging error in the final answer key to National Eligibility cum Entrance Test undergraduate exam 2025, conducted by the National Testing Agency.

A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and R Mahadevan dismissed the petition filed by a candidate, Shivam Gandhi Raina.

The petitioner led by senior advocate R Balasubramanium claimed that the answer declared by the National Testing Agency (NTA) was incorrect.

He sought a stay on the ongoing counselling process and revision of the final result.

The court, however, said that it would not consider such individual challenges once results have declared for a pan-India competitive exam.

The counsel submitted last year, this court made a similar intervention in NEET-UG 2024 and relied on an expert report submitted by IIT-Delhi to direct corrections.

He also said it was a matter, which affected the career of the students as one mark difference would mean a lot for the candidates.

The bench, however, said in the previous year, there was a widespread grievances with regard to the discrepancies and shortcomings in the conduct of the exam. The court also clarified one question may have several correct answers.