MP High Court Orders NEET-UG 2025 Re-Exam After Power Cut Disrupts May 4 Test
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Energy outage hit NEET-UG centres in Indore and Ujjain on Could 4. Courtroom directs NTA to reconduct examination for 75 affected college students.
Indore: Right now, on June 30, In a big ruling, the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh Excessive Courtroom has directed the Nationwide Testing Company (NTA) to re-conduct the NEET-UG 2025 examination for round 75 college students.
These college students had confronted severe points through the unique examination held on Could 4, 2025, attributable to energy cuts at varied examination centres in Indore and Ujjain.
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The affected college students approached the courtroom earlier than June 3, 2025, claiming that the facility failure on examination day disturbed their focus and efficiency.
Accepting their plea, the courtroom clearly stated that the re-examination should be carried out as quickly as potential and that
“solely the scores of the re-examination can be thought-about for figuring out the petitioners’ rankings.”
To grasp the circumstances underneath which college students appeared for the examination, the decide recreated the examination corridor state of affairs through the listening to by turning off all of the lights within the courtroom.
This motion was meant to focus on the poor lighting circumstances confronted by some candidates. The decide’s transfer despatched a robust message in regards to the seriousness of the difficulty.
In a 19-page detailed judgment, the Excessive Courtroom identified that many college students have been positioned at a drawback for no fault of their very own.
The courtroom wrote that
“college students have been put at a drawback regardless of no fault of their very own.”
Some examinees sat in rooms that have been darkish or poorly lit, whereas others on the similar centre had a bonus attributable to pure daylight. This unequal state of affairs was thought-about unjust by the courtroom.
Throughout the June 9 listening to, Solicitor Basic Tushar Mehta, together with panel lawyer Rupesh Kumar and Deputy Solicitor Basic Romesh Dave, represented the NTA just about.
They instructed the courtroom that backup energy programs have been out there on the examination centres. However advocate Mridul Bhatnagar, who was showing for the scholars, disagreed.
He introduced proof, together with a report from an observer appointed by the NTA itself. The report clearly said that some centres didn’t have turbines or correct lighting preparations.
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Mridul Bhatnagar additionally requested the courtroom to evaluate reviews from six examination centres in Ujjain that have been reportedly affected by the facility failure.
This situation began on Could 4 when a number of centres in Indore and Ujjain suffered from energy outages throughout a thunderstorm. Round 600 college students have been disturbed through the examination attributable to this. On Could 15, the Excessive Courtroom took discover of the matter, stayed the consequence declaration, and requested the NTA for a reply.
Later, on Could 19, NTA admitted in courtroom that energy disruptions of 10 minutes to at least one hour occurred at totally different centres.
Between Could 22 and 29, the variety of petitioners elevated from 50 to over 85. Nonetheless, the courtroom fastened June 3, 2025, because the final date for petitioners to be eligible for the re-exam.
The petitioners had urged the courtroom to permit all candidates from the affected centres to reappear for the examination.
They instructed the courtroom that
“two hours of outage in Indore and 40–45 minutes in Ujjain”
severely impacted their efficiency and focus. In addition they demanded CCTV footage from the examination halls and wished the NEET-UG outcomes to be delayed till a good choice was made.
Apparently, the NTA’s place modified through the hearings. At first, they stated 24 centres in Indore have been affected. Later, they corrected it to 18 centres in Indore and 6 in Ujjain.
The NTA additionally said that over 2,000 college students took their exams at these centres.
They claimed that
“satisfactory lighting was supplied utilizing turbines and candles,”
however the report submitted to the courtroom contradicted this.
It confirmed that
“energy provide was disrupted at a number of centres.”
The NTA instructed the courtroom that it was planning to arrange a committee to look into the matter and resolve in regards to the re-exam. However the courtroom overruled this and gave a direct order as a substitute.
The ultimate verdict makes it clear that solely these 75 college students who filed their petitions earlier than June 3, 2025, are eligible for the re-exam. Additionally, college students who already obtained their NEET-UG outcomes however had filed petitions earlier than June 3 won’t be allowed to retake the examination.
The Excessive Courtroom concluded by directing the NTA to conduct the re-exam shortly and publish the outcomes based mostly solely on the brand new scores.
The courtroom stated,
“the re-exam should be carried out on the earliest, and outcomes needs to be declared promptly.”
Case Title:
Ankita Bharti & Ors. v. Nationwide Testing Company & Ors., WP No. 12386/2025 (Indore Bench, Madhya Pradesh Excessive Courtroom)
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