Petitioner’s counsel, Senior Advocate R Balasubramanium argued that a similar intervention was done last year in NEET UG 2024.
The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition by a NEET candidate who was seeking correction of an alleged error in the final answer key to National Eligibility cum Entrance Test undergraduate exam 2025 (NEET UG 2025).
Through this plea (Shivam Gandhi Raina vs. National Testing Agency & Ors.), the student was demanding a review of the final answer key of NEET UG 2025 and revision of result on the basis of the revised final answer key. As per Bar and Bench, Shivam claimed there was an error in the answer of question No. 136 from code No. 47 of the NEET UG 2025 question paper. He also sought a stay on the ongoing counselling process and revision of the final result.
However, the plea was dismissed by a Bench of Justices PS Narasimha and R Mahadevan. The Bench stated that it would not interfere with the results of a nationwide examination solely based on an individual’s grievance, even if the error claimed was a genuine one.
To this, the petitioner’s counsel, Senior Advocate R Balasubramanium argued that a similar intervention was done last year in NEET UG 2024. “It is a matter affecting the career of the students. One mark difference will mean a lot. So many students are affected by this,” Balasubramaniam submitted, and requested for an expert committee to look into the matter.
The Apex Court, however, reiterated that there was a lot of difference in last year’s and this year’s situation. “The Supreme Court’s interference in 2024 was due to widespread grievances regarding the discrepancies and shortcomings in the conduct of the exam,” Justice Narasimha said.