Several candidates who appeared for the NEET-UG 2025 exam in Madhya Pradesh have now approached the Supreme Court after power cuts at their exam centres. These students are challenging the Madhya Pradesh High Court's decision that rejected their reexamination request.
On July 16, the matter was mentioned as urgent before a bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi. The counsel for the petitioners urged the court to list the matter early due to the upcoming counselling process scheduled on July 21. However, the bench said:
“There are multiple rounds of counselling. If you are successful in the case, you will still have an opportunity.”
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So, the court scheduled the matter for next week, but refused to list it earlier.
Earlier, a single bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court had sided with the students and directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to conduct a re-examination for the affected students at Indore and Ujjain centres. The court had clearly stated:
“The candidates have suffered loss without any fault of theirs. Re-examination is justified. The ongoing counselling process will be subject to the result of the re-examination.”
However, in a major change of developments, a division bench of the high court set aside the order last week. Citing a report of an expert committee, the bench said:
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“Despite power outages at some centres, there was adequate natural light, enabling the examination to continue smoothly.”
It also noted that only 70 of the 27,264 students from the affected areas had filed original petitions, indicating that the disruption may not have had a significant impact on the entire candidate base.
The petitioners now hope that the Supreme Court will acknowledge the unfair injustice done to them and restore their chances through re-examination. The decision in the coming week will be crucial for these students as the counselling process progresses.`