SC agrees to hear plea against NEET-PG 2025 exam in 2 shifts

The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Postgraduate courses (NEET-PG), 2025, will be conducted on June 15, in two shifts on a computer-based platform. Its results will be declared by July 15.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea challenging a decision of the National Board of Examination (NBE) to conduct the NEET-PG exam in two shifts.

A bench of Chief Justice of India B R Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih said that the plea will be listed for hearing soon.

The petition sought a direction from the top court to the NBE to conduct the exam in a single shift -- rather than conducting in two shifts -- to maintain "just, fair, reasonable and equitable" grounds of competition for all the candidates.

Petitioner Aditi and others challenged the conduct of NEET-PG exam in two shifts as the move "has the potential for unfairness due to varying difficulty levels between shifts".

The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Postgraduate courses (NEET-PG), 2025, is scheduled to be conducted on June 15, in two shifts on a computer-based platform. Its results will be declared by July 15.

Earlier on May 5, the court had sought a response from the NBE, National Medical Council (NMC), and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on the said plea.

The court had on May 22 in another plea pronounced a verdict issuing a slew of directions to stop seat-blocking in NEET-PG counselling and directed publication of raw scores, answer keys, and normalisation formulae of the exam.