Supreme Court Refuses To Conduct Re-NEET-UG In CBT Mode

“The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea seeking that the NEET-UG 2026 re-test be conducted in computer-based test mode instead of the existing pen-and-paper format. A bench of Justices P. S. Narasimha and Aravind Kumar said there was no question of conducting the re-examination in CBT mode, noting that the National Testing Agency, NTA, is already facing multiple challenges after the cancellation of the examination. The court posted the matter for hearing on the 27th of July.”

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea seeking that the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-UG 2026 re-examination be conducted in a computer-based test (CBT) format instead of the existing pen-and-paper mode.

The NEET-UG 2026 examination, conducted on May 3, was annulled on May 12 after allegations of a large-scale paper leak emerged, prompting a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe. The re-examination is slated to be held on June 21.

A Bench of Justice P S Narasimha and Justice Aravind Kumar indicated that it was not inclined to grant the relief and deferred consideration of the matter until after the court vacation, effectively ruling out any change to the format of the scheduled re-test.

The petition was filed by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) lawmaker Sudhakar Singh and raised several concerns regarding the conduct of NEET examinations. During the hearing, however, counsel for the petitioner confined the challenge to a single issue and urged the Court to direct that the re-examination be held through a computer-based system.