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News18
05-07-2025
- Politics
- News18
Madras High Court Dismisses Appeal Challenging NEET UG 2025 Re-Exam Order
The Madras High Court dismissed an appeal seeking NEET re-exam, stating it would severely impact over two million students across the country. The Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by a group of medical aspirants seeking a re-examination of NEET UG 2025. The court observed that allowing such a request would significantly impact over two million students who took the test across the country, as reported by news agency PTI. The appeal was filed by S Sai Priya and 11 others against the High Court's earlier order on June 6, which had rejected a batch of petitions requesting that the National Testing Agency (NTA) be restrained from declaring the results of NEET UG 2025. The petitioners had argued that they experienced power outages at four examination centres in Chennai and urged the court to direct the NTA to conduct a re-exam for affected students. However, a division bench comprising Justice J Nisha Banu and Justice M Jothiraman upheld the earlier verdict and dismissed the appeal. The bench stated, 'It is to be noted that the integrity of the exam is particularly ensured through human supervision including the presence of the Centre Superintendent, Invigilators, NTA appointed Observers and City Coordinator. All these officials have examined and confirmed that the examination was conducted smoothly. A factual enquiry was undertaken by the NTA and the enquiry was conducted with regard to the field verification through the reports of the examination functionaries and an independent statistical analysis of candidate performance data." The court further noted that an expert committee conducted a statistical analysis using anonymised data, comparing the average number of questions attempted by students at the concerned centres with those from other centres in Thiruvallur District. 'This analysis found no statistically significant difference in the number of questions attempted, confirming that the alleged power outage did not materially impact candidate performance. Furthermore, NEET (UG) 2025 is a time sensitive and large scale national examination," the bench observed. Highlighting the importance of maintaining the integrity of educational assessments, the court said, 'This Court cannot sit in an appellate jurisdiction against the considered decision of the speaking order passed by the NTA, after field verification of examination centre and statistical analysis by an independent expert committee with no affiliation to the NTA, unless such decision is demonstrated to be manifestly arbitrary, mala fide or illegal." The bench concluded that allowing a re-exam under such circumstances would severely disrupt the process and disadvantage the larger pool of candidates. 'In such circumstances, if any re-examination is permitted, the same would severely affect more than two million candidates. Therefore, we do not find any reason to interfere with the order impugned and the writ appeal lacks merit and the same is liable to be dismissed. In the result, this writ appeal stands dismissed," the court ruled.
Indian Express
04-07-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Madras HC dismisses appeal against order on NEET UG 2025 re-examination
The Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal from a set of medical aspirants against a single judge order refusing re-examination of NEET, saying any such move would severely affect over two million students. S Sai Priya and 11 others had preferred the appeal against a June 6 order where the HC had dismissed a batch of petitions that sought to restrain the National Testing Agency (NTA) from declaring the results. In their petitions, Priya and other students also sought a direction to the NTA to conduct re-examination for candidates, who had experienced power outages at four centres in Chennai, where they appeared for the examination. On Thursday, a Division bench of Justice J Nisha Banu and Justice M Jothiraman dismissed the appeal. 'It is to be noted that the integrity of the exam is particularly ensured through human supervision including the presence of the Centre Superintendent, Invigilators, NTA appointed Observers and City Coordinator. All these officials have examined and confirmed that the examination was conducted smoothly. A factual enquiry was undertaken by the NTA and the enquiry was conducted with regard to the field verification through the reports of the examination functionaries and an independent statistical analysis of candidate performance data,' the bench said. It said statistical analysis was conducted by an independent expert committee and it carried out an analysis based on anonymised data relating to the average number of questions attempted by the candidates at the said centre, and comparisons with other centres in Thiruvallur District are statistically comparable across the centres in the district, where the examination was conducted smoothly. 'This analysis found no statistically significant difference in the number of questions attempted, confirming that the alleged power outage did not materially impact candidate performance. Furthermore, NEET (UG) 2025 is a time sensitive and large scale national examination,' the court said. It was crucial to uphold the integrity of the educational assessments in conducting examinations and 'this Court cannot sit in an appellate jurisdiction against the considered decision of the speaking order passed by the NTA, after field verification of examination centre and statistical analysis by an independent expert committee with no affiliation to the NTA, unless such decision is demonstrated to be manifestly arbitrary, mala fide or illegal.' 'In such circumstances, if any re-examination is permitted, the same would severely affect more than two million candidates. Therefore, we do not find any reason to interfere with the order impugned and the writ appeal lacks merit and the same is liable to be dismissed. In the result, this writ appeal stands dismissed,' the court ruled. Meanwhile, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday stayed the retest of candidates affected by power cuts at exam centres in Indore and Ujjain during NEET UG held on May 4 for admission to undergraduate medical courses.
News18
09-06-2025
- General
- News18
NEET Result 2025: How To Check UG Medical Entrance Result Once Announced
Last Updated: NEET UG 2025 results will be declared soon at Over 22.7 lakh students who appeared for the exam are waiting for their scorecards. The National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to announce the NEET UG 2025 results soon. Candidates who appeared for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) can check their results on the official website at Before declaring the result, NTA will release the final answer key. The provisional answer key, along with response sheets and question papers, has already been published. Candidates were allowed to challenge the provisional key by paying a non-refundable fee of Rs 200 per question. These challenges are now being reviewed by subject experts. If any objections are found to be valid, the final answer key will be updated accordingly. NEET UG 2025 was conducted on May 4 in a single shift from 2 PM to 5 PM across 5,453 centres in over 500 cities nationwide. This year, more than 22.7 lakh candidates registered for the medical entrance exam. Once the results are announced, candidates can check their NEET UG 2025 scores by following these steps: Step 3: Enter your login credentials (application number and date of birth). Step 4: Submit the details to view and download your result. On June 6, the Madras High Court dismissed petitions seeking a re-exam for NEET UG 2025, clearing the way for the National Testing Agency (NTA) to release the results. The petitions, filed by S Sai Priya and 15 other students, had requested a fresh exam for candidates who faced power outages at four centres in Chennai during the test. Dismissing the plea, Justice C Kumarappan said, 'In the present case, I find no mala fide intent on the part of the respondents. Nationwide, approximately 22 lakh students appeared for the NEET (UG) 2025. Allowing a re-exam based on such localised and minor disruptions would undermine the level playing field for millions of candidates." The court, therefore, found no merit in the writ petitions. First Published: June 09, 2025, 15:10 IST
Indian Express
06-06-2025
- General
- Indian Express
NEET UG Result 2025: Madras High Court dismisses petitions seeking re-exam over power outage
Decks have been cleared for the declaration of results of NEET (UG) 2025 examination with the Madras high court on Friday dismissing a batch of petitions, which sought to restrain the National Testing Agency (NTA) from declaring the results. In their petitions, S Sai Priya and 15 other students also sought a direction to the NTA to conduct re-examination for candidates, who had experienced power outages at four centres in Chennai, where they appeared for the examination. Dismissing the petitions, Justice C Kumarappan said, 'In the instant cases, I do not find any mala fides on the part of the respondents. Furthermore, all over India, there were about 22 lakhs students have participated in the NEET (UG) 2025 examination.' Against this background, if any re-examination is permitted on trivial grounds, the same would seriously affect the level playing field of more than two million candidates. Hence, the court does not find any merit in these writ petitions. In an interim order, a vacation judge had on May 17 restrained NTA from releasing the results of NEET-2025 due to alleged difficulties faced by a group of students because of power outage at four examination centres. In his order, Justice Kumarappan said 'If we look at the contention of the petitioners, the main ground urged by them is that on account of power outage, there was poor light in the Centres, which caused a distracting environment, and hampered the candidates' ability to concentrate and to perform at their best'. It was pertinent to mention here that the power outage happened due to sudden rain and storm. As rightly contended by the Additional Solicitor General, the examination was conducted during day time between 2 pm to 5 pm, where there was a natural ambient light, the judge added. When the authority (NTA), after field verification and with the scientific method, had arrived at a reasonable conclusion that there are no grounds for re-examination, the same needs to be accepted, unless the said report is tainted with mala fides', the judge added.
Hindustan Times
06-06-2025
- General
- Hindustan Times
Madras HC clears decks for NEET result declaration
Chennai, Decks have been cleared for the declaration of results of NEET 2025 examination with the Madras high court on Friday dismissing a batch of petitions, which sought to restrain the National Testing Agency from declaring the results. In their petitions, S Sai Priya and 15 other students also sought a direction to the NTA to conduct re-examination for candidates, who had experienced power outages at four centres in Chennai, where they appeared for the examination. Dismissing the petitions, Justice C Kumarappan said, "In the instant cases, I do not find any mala fides on the part of the respondents. Furthermore, all over India, there were about 22 lakhs students have participated in the NEET 2025 examination." Against this background, if any re-examination is permitted on trivial grounds, the same would seriously affect the level playing field of more than two million candidates. Hence, the court does not find any merit in these writ petitions. In an interim order, a vacation judge had on May 17 restrained NTA from releasing the results of NEET-2025 due to alleged difficulties faced by a group of students because of power outage at four examination centres. In his order, Justice Kumarappan said "If we look at the contention of the petitioners, the main ground urged by them is that on account of power outage, there was poor light in the Centres, which caused a distracting environment, and hampered the candidates' ability to concentrate and to perform at their best". It was pertinent to mention here that the power outage happened due to sudden rain and storm. As rightly contended by the Additional Solicitor General, the examination was conducted during day time between 2.00 PM to 5.00 PM, where there was a natural ambient light, the judge added. When the authority , after field verification and with the scientific method, had arrived at a reasonable conclusion that there are no grounds for re-examination, the same needs to be accepted, unless the said report is tainted with mala fides", the judge added.
