Chief Justice of India (CJI BR Gavai) gave this assurance, raising hopes that students might finally get justice.
NEW DELHI: 26th May: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a petition challenging the National Board of Examination’s decision to conduct the NEET-PG 2025 exam in two shifts.
As per the official schedule, the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Postgraduate courses (NEET-PG) 2025 is set to take place on June 15, in two shifts on a computer-based testing platform. The results are expected to be announced by July 15.
Chief Justice of India (CJI BR Gavai) gave this assurance, raising hopes that students might finally get justice.
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A bench led by Chief Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih took note of the lawyer’s submissions and assured that the petition will be listed for hearing soon.
The petition challenged a notification released by the NBEMS on April 16, which officially announced that NEET-PG 2025 will be conducted in two shifts on June 15.
Earlier, on May 23, the same bench had stated that the matter would be taken up for hearing the following week. However, since it was not listed, the lawyer raised the issue again on Monday, prompting the court to give a fresh assurance for an early hearing.
During a brief hearing, the petitioners’ lawyer urged the bench to speed up the hearing, as the admit cards for NEET PG are expected to be released on June 2, 2025.
Lawyer: “My Lords, you had said this matter would be listed today or this week. It’s very urgent as the admit cards are being issued on June 2. We have challenged the two-shift exam policy. Could it be listed for tomorrow?”
Responding to this, CJI BR Gavai said, “the matter will be listed soon.” This decision from the top court has given hope to students that there might be a fair solution before the exam.
Students of NEET PG have filed multiple petitions in the Supreme Court.
Their key issues are:
Currently, NEET PG is held in two different shifts. Because of this, the results are declared based on a normalization process, which adjusts scores to account for the different difficulty levels of the shifts. But students argue that this is unfair and non-transparent.
They say it creates confusion and makes it harder to understand how scores are calculated. Many believe that conducting the exam in one shift would be the most fair and transparent way to handle this.
Students also want the NBEMS (National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences) to release the question papers and answer keys after the exam. This will help them understand how they performed and whether they answered correctly.
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As the petition explains, releasing the question paper and key allows for better self-assessment. Students can learn from their mistakes and know exactly where they stand. In fact, this demand was formally raised in September last year through a petition in the Supreme Court.
The petition clearly said:
“They demanded that the exam conducting agency NBEMS release the question paper and the answer key of the students.”
And added:
“This will help the students to get a correct idea of their result and they will be able to prepare better.”
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During the hearing, the petitioner’s lawyer informed the court:
“The admit card is going to be issued on June 2, so the hearing should be done soon.”
Listening to this, Chief Justice BR Gavai assured:
“The matter will be listed soon.”
This statement has now raised expectations among NEET PG aspirants that their concerns will be addressed quickly.
Case Name: Dr. ADITI & ORS v. NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATION IN MEDICAL SCIENCES & ORS| DIARY NO. – 22918/2025
