Archive · 5 Jun 2025
NEET Exam Faces Scrutiny: Application Errors and Power Outage Concerns
The NEET exam is facing challenges.
One student in Hyderabad is fighting to fix a mistake on her application form, where she accidentally put the wrong state.
Meanwhile, some students in Chennai had a power outage during their exam and are asking for a re-test, but the testing agency says it's not needed.
The students say the power outage, rain, and poor lighting made it hard for them to do their best.
The court is looking into both cases, and the Chennai case involves a request to see the exam's security footage to verify conditions.
A Hyderabad student is challenging the denial of her NEET application correction request.
The student's application mistakenly listed Uttar Pradesh as her eligibility state instead of Telangana.
A Chennai exam center experienced a power outage during the NEET exam due to heavy rain.
Students in Chennai requested additional time and a re-exam, but the NTA denies the need.
The Madras High Court is considering the request to view CCTV footage from the Chennai exam center.
- Who
- Medical aspirants, the National Testing Agency (NTA), and relevant ministries, the High Court.
- What
- Legal challenges regarding NEET exam: one regarding application correction and the other with power outage during the exam
- When
- The Hyderabad case was filed recently; the Chennai exam took place with a power outage on May 4; court hearing on June 6.
- Where
- Hyderabad and Chennai.
- Why
- Legal challenges arise from application errors and disruptions during the exam.
Students' Perspective
NTA's Perspective
Need for Re-exam
Students' Perspective
Students: Request re-exam due to adverse conditions and disruptions.
NTA's Perspective
NTA: Re-exam is not needed as there was no significant disruption.
- Court Handling
- Telangana High Court, Madras High Court
- Affected Aspirant (Hyderabad)
- 21-year-old from Asif Nagar
- Exam Involved
- NEET-2025
- Chennai Exam Center
- Shri Kendriya Vidyalaya CRPF, Avadi
- Chennai Outage Duration
- 3 PM to 4:15 PM
- Students at Chennai center
- 464
