NEET PG 2025: Supreme Court likely hearing transparency plea today

Petitioners in the NEET PG case argued that NBEMS had initially promised to release the complete set of questions with the answer key, but later issued a “corrective notice” restricting disclosure to only question IDs.

This year, the 2025 NEET PG counselling started only on October 17, about 59 days after the results on August 19. The delay coincides with a Supreme Court hearing over alleged irregularities and transparency issues in the exam.

This year, the 2025 NEET PG counselling started only on October 17. The delay coincides with a Supreme Court hearing over alleged irregularities and transparency issues in the exam. )Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana/ representative)

The Supreme Court today, October 28 will be hearing up matters linked to the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET PG) 2025 transparency issue. The case challenging the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) notification on releasing only question IDs instead of full papers of NEET PG 2025 will be heard with all other NEET PG cases.

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Petitioners in the NEET PG case argued that NBEMS had initially promised to release the complete set of questions with the answer key, but later issued a “corrective notice” restricting disclosure to only question IDs.

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On August 21, NBEMS, for the first time, said that it would release the NEET PG answer key along with a response sheet and questions. However, it later rolled back this decision, stating that only question IDs would be shared instead of the full set of questions.

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Doctors and aspirants argued that this format was “not transparent enough,” since providing only question IDs, answer keys, and responses against a master set would make the disclosure “non-verifiable” for most candidates.

Over 2.42 lakh candidates took NEET PG this year. The exam was conducted online in a single shift across 301 cities and in 1052 test centres. NEET PG was held on August 3 this year.

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has released the schedule for 50% All India Quota (AIQ) counselling for Doctor of Medicine (MD), Master of Surgery (MS), and postgraduate diploma programmes under the 2025–26 academic session.

Candidates participating under the NRI quota can send their relevant documents in support of their claim of NRI status through e-mail at nri.adgmemcc1@gmail.com till 12 noon today, October 28.