Supreme Court to Hear Transparency Plea for NEET PG 2025 on November 7

New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India has scheduled the next hearing for the transparency plea related to the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) and its conduct of NEET PG 2025 for November 7, 2025.

The plea, filed by a group of NEET PG aspirants and the United Doctors’ Front (UDF), challenges NBEMS’s system for revealing answer keys and the normalisation process used for a two-shift examination. According to the petitioners, the method lacks transparency and fails to provide a fair means of verification.

Earlier, NBEMS clarified that since question sequences were shuffled for different candidates, the display of questions, answer keys, and responses was aligned with a “master set” of questions used in the exam.

This plea is connected to the Supreme Court’s earlier directive dated April 29, 2025, which included a 10-point reform order for NEET PG. The order instructed NBEMS to publish raw scores, answer keys, and the normalisation formula to ensure transparency in postgraduate medical entrance tests.

During the last hearing on September 26, 2025, the Supreme Court had directed the respondents to file counter-affidavits within four weeks, with rejoinders to be submitted two weeks later. The case was then scheduled for listing after six weeks — now set for November 7.

Meanwhile, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has already released the tentative schedule for NEET PG 2025 counselling for All India Quota, Deemed and Central Universities, and AFMS institutions. The process will be conducted in four rounds from mid-October 2025 to January 2026.

For NEET PG aspirants, the outcome of this plea holds major importance as it could redefine exam transparency and fairness standards in postgraduate medical admissions. The decision may influence future exam policies and accountability measures for national-level entrance tests.

Why It Matters

Transparency in NEET PG exams ensures fairness and trust in medical education. The Supreme Court’s decision could set a major precedent for how NBEMS and other exam authorities maintain openness and accountability in national-level entrance exams.

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