NEET PG 2025: Supreme Court Reviews PIL on ‘Ambiguous’ Answer Key

NEET PG 2025 faced a lot of controversy after students filed a PIL questioning the clarity of the answer key released by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS). The plea highlights transparency issues in evaluation and has sparked nationwide student protests.

Supreme Court Hearing on NEET PG 2025 Answer Key

The matter was first listed before Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran, who then transferred it to Justice JB Pardiwala’s bench. Earlier, in May, the bench had directed NBEMS to disclose the answer key, response sheets, and normalisation formula for better transparency.

The table above shows the timeline of the case, the judicial benches involved, and the primary concerns raised by petitioners.

Why Students Are Protesting Against NEET PG 2025 Answer Key?

Below are some of the reasons Students Are Protesting Against the NEET PG 2025 Answer Key.

• NBEMS correction notice (Aug 21, 2025) introduced a new system showing responses only with Question ID Numbers.
• Since exam questions/options were shuffled, students cannot properly cross-verify their answers.
• Petitioners argue that this violates the purpose of answer key publication, making it non-transparent and unverifiable.
• The plea highlights the violation of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution, claiming the unfair evaluation practices.

NEET PG 2025 Counselling: Latest Update

With the answer key issue, students are also waiting for the counselling schedule. The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) is expected to declare the dates for 50% All India Quota (AIQ) PG seats soon. Aspirants named in the NEET PG 2025 AIQ merit list are going to be eligible to participate in the admission process.