NEET 2025 Result: Madras High Court Removes Stay Order; Dismisses Retest Plea
The Madras High Court has removed the stay order levied earlier on the NEET 2025 result declaration, based on the writ petitions filed by candidates stating inconvenience in writing the exam due to power cut at the exam centre, on the hearing dated June 6, 2025.
Madras High Court Removes Stay Order on Result
The Madras High Court has removed the stay order levied earlier on the NEET 2025 result declaration, based on the writ petitions filed by candidates stating inconvenience in writing the exam due to power cut at the exam centre. The Court heard the case on Friday, June 6, 2025, led by Justice C Kumarappan. The hearing also saw dismissal of the plea to conduct a retest for NEET 2025.
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The National Testing Agency had submitted a report a June 2, 2025, based on which the verdict has been given. Justice Kumarappan has said that after field verification, NTA has observed that the power outage had not impacted the candidates’ performance. Such a conclusion must be accepted by the court, unless there was any malafide intention.
Justice Kumarappan has been quoted by The Hindu as, “In the instant case, I do not find any malafides on the part of the respondent. Further, all over India, there were about 22 lakh students who had participated in NEET-UG 2025 examination. In such view of the matter, if any re-examination is ordered, it would seriously affect level playing field of two million candidates.”
NEET 2025 Was Conducted in Broad Daylight: Additional Solicitor General
Additional Solicitor General AR.L. Sundaresan stated during the hearing dated June 6, 2025, that there was no significant impact on candidates’ performance due to the power cut, as the NEET 2025 exam was conducted in broad daylight on May 4, 2025, from 2 PM to 5 PM. The observation has been made based on the scientific assessment made by NTA.
Moreover, the report has also stated that the petitioners’ number of questions attempted in NEET 2025 is more than the district average.
Earlier, the Madras High Court had put a stay order on the NEET 2025 result, scheduled to be declared by June 14, 2025. As many as 13 candidates have filed a petition in the Madras High Court, who were affected at the PM Shri Kendriya Vidyalaya CRPF, Avadi exam centre due to a power cut caused by a thunderstorm. Justice V Lakshminarayanan of the Vacation Bench passed the interim order on Friday after hearing a joint writ petition filed by the students.
NTA had released the NEET provisional answer keys 2025 and candidates’ OMR response sheets on June 3, 2025. The objection window, which was opened on the same date, concluded on June 5, 2025. The final answer keys will be released along with the NEET 2025 result on or before June 14, 2025.
The NEET result is declared on the official websites of NTA and NEET. The URLs where the result or the scorecard of NEET 2025 are available for download are as follows:
- neet.nta.nic.in
- nta.ac.in
The above-mentioned websites carry the official notice about the NEET result declaration, procedure and links to download the NEET 2025 scorecard.
NTA announces the NEET result or scorecard download information on the official exam website. Various media portals and social media platforms also announce the declaration of results. Test takers are advised to keep a check on the official websites as well as opt for notifications or alerts at the news and social media platforms to get instantly notified about the declaration of NEET result. Moreover, they also get the NEET result information from their teachers or peers.
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The National Testing Agency announced the NEET 2025 result on June 14, 2025. The NEET 2025 final answer key was released on the same date. Last year, the date of NEET result declaration was June 14, but the result was announced 10 days in advance, on June 4, 2024.