SC rejects plea against NEET-UG exam results over question paper error

The Court acknowledged the submission that there may be multiple correct options in the said question, but was of the view that to interfere in an All India-level examination is going to affect many students.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a petition that had challenged the NEET-UG examination 2025 results over an error in the question paper.

The Court acknowledged the submission that there may be multiple correct options in the said question, but was of the view that to interfere in an All India-level examination is going to affect many students.

A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and R Mahadevan said it had dismissed another matter on the day before yesterday and it can't deal with individual examinations, which was identical to the current matter.

The petitioner's lawyer replied that the Supreme Court interfered in the 2024 NEET-UG exam and ordered the correction of mistakes based on an expert report given by IIT-Delhi. "It is a matter affecting the career of the students.

One mark difference will mean a lot. So many students are affected by his," Balasubramaniam submitted. He requested the constitution of an expert committee to ascertain the matter.

However, the bench refused to change its stand, saying that it cannot interfere in an individual matter in a national exam. Justice Narasimha said that the Supreme Court's interference in 2024 was due to widespread grievances regarding the discrepancies and shortcomings in the conduct of the exam.

The petitioner has secured an All India Rank of 6783 and a General Category Rank of 3195. If the incorrect answer is corrected, the petitioner will get 5 more marks, improving his position, the petition states.

The petitioner sought a direction to the NTA to correct the alleged error in the answer key as per the authoritative NCERT texts and revise the results accordingly. He also seeks stay of the counselling process as an interim relief.