SC agrees to hear plea challenging NEET-PG 2025 in two shifts

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a plea challenging a decision of the National Board of Examination to hold the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Post-Graduation (NEET-PG) 2025 in two shifts.

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The exam will be conducted on June 15 in two shifts on a computer-based platform and the results will be declared on July 15.

A Bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih agreed to its hearing in the next couple of days, the petitioner’s counsel said, as it was an “extremely urgent” matter.

On May 23, the Bench had said that the plea will be listed for hearing next week, but  it was not. The lawyer pointed it out again on Monday.

"The Bench said that it would list the matter this week. It is extremely urgent as the admit cards will be issued on June 2," the lawyer said.

On May 5 , the Bench had sought a response from the NBE, National Medical Council and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on the plea.

Recently, the top court delivered 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.

The petition, challenging the conduct of NEET-PG examination in two shifts, said it has the potential for unfairness due to varying difficulty levels between shifts. It also sought a direction to the NBE to conduct the exam in a single shift to maintain "just, fair, reasonable and equitable" grounds of competition for all the candidates.