Politics · India · 6 hrs ago
Supreme Court seeks NBEMS response on NEET-PG question disclosure
The Supreme Court issued notice to NBEMS over how candidates can review their NEET-PG 2026 results.
The petition was filed by the Democratic Medical Association and challenges the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences’ disclosure process.
NEET-PG is a postgraduate medical entrance exam, held on August 30, with results declared on September 24.
NBEMS gave candidates question IDs, their recorded responses, correct-answer IDs and marks, but not the actual questions or answer options.
The petition says candidates need those details to check whether questions and options were correctly matched to their responses and scores.
It asks for candidate-specific question papers and response sheets, a way to object to questions, and expert review of objections.
The Supreme Court bench tagged the case with pending petitions raising structural issues with the National Testing Agency; the next steps will depend on the court proceedings.
The Supreme Court issued notice to the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) on a petition seeking disclosure of NEET-PG 2026 questions and answer options.
The Democratic Medical Association filed the petition, challenging how NBEMS disclosed answer keys and candidates’ responses.
The petition argues that numerical identifiers do not let candidates independently verify the answers or how their responses were matched to questions and options.
The petition seeks candidate-specific question papers and response sheets, along with a process for objections and review.
NEET-PG 2026 was held on August 30, and its results were declared on September 24.
- Who
- The Supreme Court issued notice to NBEMS on a petition filed by the Democratic Medical Association.
- What
- The petition seeks disclosure of actual NEET-PG 2026 questions, options, answer keys and candidate responses.
- When
- The notice was issued on October 15, 2026.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- The petition says the current disclosure does not let candidates independently verify answer keys or how questions, options and responses were mapped.
Petitioning Democratic Medical Association
NBEMS
Disclosure
Petitioning Democratic Medical Association
The association argues that numerical IDs and recorded responses are insufficient for candidates to verify their results.
NBEMS
NBEMS’s notice provides candidates with question-wise evaluation through individual applicant logins, including question IDs, correct-answer numerical IDs, recorded responses and marks.
Grievances
Petitioning Democratic Medical Association
The petition says NBEMS responded to some grievances with standardised communications stating that results were “factual and correct.
NBEMS
Not stated
NEET-PG 2026 was conducted.
The results were declared.
NBEMS issued a notice providing candidates access to question-wise evaluation through individual applicant logins.
The Supreme Court issued notice to NBEMS on the petition.
- Exam
- NEET-PG 2026
- Exam date
- August 30, 2026
- Results date
- September 24, 2026
- Petitioner
- Democratic Medical Association
- Respondent
- National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS)
- Supreme Court notice
- October 15, 2026
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What people are saying
factual and correct