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The Supreme Court will hear all pending matters linked to the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET PG) 2025 transparency issue on September 23, according to media reports. The apex court was scheduled to hear transparency plea on Friday. 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 along with other NEET PG cases.
Originally slated for a hearing in October, the plea was taken up on September 4 and then was heard on September 12. 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.
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 reversed this decision, stating that only question IDs would be shared, rather than the full set of questions.
Doctors and aspirants argued that this format was “not transparent enough,” as it provided only question IDs, answer keys, and responses against a master set, making 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) is preparing to announce the schedule for 50 per cent All India Quota (AIQ) counselling for Doctor of Medicine (MD), Master of Surgery (MS), and postgraduate diploma programmes under the 2025–26 academic session.
