NEET UG 2025 Power Outage Row: Supreme Court Denies Interim Relief for Counselling Process

The Supreme Court has denied provisional permission to NEET UG 2025 candidates from Madhya Pradesh who alleged faced a power outage during the exam, ruling out their participation in the ongoing NEET UG counselling process.

NEET 2025 Latest News and Updates: The Supreme Court of India has refused to grant a provisional nod to two candidates in order to appear for the NEET UG 2025 counselling process owing to the power outage in their examination centres in Madhya Pradesh on the May 4, 2025, examination. The SC bench comprising Justices P.S. Narasimha and A.S. Chandurkar has scheduled the NEET UG 2025 petitions filed by Navya Nayak and S. Sai Priya.

 Further, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the National Testing Agency (NTA), argued before the Supreme Court that the petitioners’ demand for a NEET UG 2025 re-test could not be entertained, as it would impact lakhs of students who appeared for the exam. Considering this, the bench declined to issue interim directions and postponed the hearing.

The division bench of the High Court overturned the single judge's order in favour of the National Testing Agency (NTA), while cautioning the agency to prevent such incidents in the future. The court also considered an expert panel report, which acknowledged power outages at some NEET UG 2025 centres but stated that natural light was sufficient for candidates to complete the exam.

NEET UG Counselling 2025: Round 1 Registration Extended till July 31

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has extended the last date for round 1 NEET counselling registration 2025 till July 31, 2025. Students who have qualified the NEET UG exam 2025 can apply for registation and choice filling at mcc.nic.in. 

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