NEET PG 2026: Plea Challenging Re Exam for 2445 Candidates Reaches Supreme Court; CJI Refuses Urgent Listing
NEET PG 2026 SC hearing regarding a petition challenging re-examination for 2,445 candidates reached the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Chief Justice Surya Kant refused an immediate urgent hearing, directing the lawyers to approach the main Justice PS Narasimha NEET bench handling all related medical entrance cases.
NEET PG 2026 SC News: A new petition has challenged the NEET PG 2026 re exam in the Supreme Court. The plea opposes conducting a separate test for 2,445 candidates who could not appear for the entrance test on August 30. Lawyers highlight this as an urgent matter. The petition was presented before a three-judge bench of the apex court comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi, and Justice V Mohana.
The petitioner's advocate argued that the NEET PG re-exam order breaches previous court rulings. They requested the apex court to schedule an immediate urgent hearing today and consider the request.
However, the Supreme Court bench declined to grant an instant hearing on the NEET PG re exam 2026. The Chief Justice questioned the nature of the application. The lawyers explained that the test was for students who missed the main NEET PG 2026 exam on August 30 due to power failure in one of the exam centres. The court redirected the legal team to the appropriate ongoing bench, i.e. Justice PS Narasimha, who has been handling all NEET-related matters recently.
NEET PG 2026 SC Hearing: CJI Surya Kant Questions Re-Exam Plea
Commonly asked questions
NBE conducting body has not specified any limit regarding number of attempts in NEET PG exam. At same time, there is no age limit for exam. Candidates can appear as many times as they want in their prusuit of postgraduate medical courses. Candidates are advised to check official information brochure, comprising eligibility criteria and other crucial details related to exam.
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500 plus marks is considered a decent score in NEET PG exam. If a candidate score 535 marks that means his/her rank will be somewhere around 1000-2000. With that score, there is a chance to get admission in government college. Good score also depends on difficulty level of the question paper. If the question paper is difficult then cut off will be low. In 2023-24 session, general category cut off was 291 while the cut off for SC/ST was 257. Overall 500 plus marks will enable you to get admission in good college for PG course.
Yes. MCC has reduced NEET PG 2025 cutoff percentile as well as score for each category. NEET PG 2025 percentile has bene reduced by 7th percentile for general category and 0th percentile for SC/ST category. For general category revised cutoff score is 103.
Reportedly, an advocate claimed the NEET PG 2026 re exam order as a violation of old judicial orders. Chief Justice Surya Kant asked, "Re-examination of what?".
The advocate explained the issue clearly to the bench, saying that the test was for 2,445 students who could not appear for the NEET PG 2026 in an exam centre in Jaipur due to a power failure. The Chief Justice refused to take the matter on his list and reminded them about the judicial arrangements for NEET-related cases.
NEET PG 2026: Case's Background
The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has decided to conduct a re-examination for the 2,445 candidates affected by technical disruptions during NEET-PG 2026.
The NEET-PG examination was held on August 30. Of the total 2,65,980 candidates who appeared, the examination was successfully completed for 2,63,535 candidates. However, 2,445 was unable to appear for the examination at iON Digital Zone Sitapura, Jaipur due to a sudden power outage at the exam centre.
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