CUET PG 2025 Answer Key Row: High Court Orders NTA to Revise Marks, Admissions May Be Impacted

Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed NTA to revise CUET PG 2025 answer key marks for Political Science, impacting PG admissions across universities.

Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld a legal challenge to CUET PG 2025 answer key and has directed National Testing Agency (NTA) to award revised marks in Political Science paper. This decision will impact CUET PG based admissions across central, state, and deemed universities.

High Court was hearing a petition filed by a Political Science student who disputed correctness of an answer listed in CUET PG provisional key. Question was about constitutional amendments, and court noted that petitioner’s answer was factually and historically accurate. NTA had taken a “hyper-technical” view of question, resulting in an unjust denial of marks, court said.

As reported by The Indian Express, this ruling could set a legal precedent and compel NTA to re-evaluate scores, affecting merit ranks of thousands of students across disciplines. The court’s directions come at a sensitive time when universities such as Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Panjab University have already begun PG admissions based on CUET PG 2025 scores.

Counselling processes and seat allotments may now have to be revised once NTA updates affected candidates’ scores. University admission authorities have been advised to wait for final directions from the NTA regarding revised scorecards and merit lists.

Candidates are advised to keep checking the official CUET PG and NTA websites for updates on re-evaluated scores and revised merit rankings.