The Supreme Court declined a plea to mandate the National Testing Agency (NTA) to conduct the NEET-UG 2026 re-exam via Computer-Based Test, retaining the pen-and-paper format.
India's Supreme Court rejected a CBT-mode petition for the NEET-UG 2026 re-exam, with reconduction set for June 21 after a paper leak canceled the original on May 3. Pending reform proposals — AI surveillance, biometric verification, encrypted question delivery — signal unresolved governance risk in national-scale exam infrastructure.
The exam was canceled due to a paper leak
Jun 01, 2026
02:10 pm
What's the storyThe Supreme Court has rejected a petition seeking to conduct the re-examination of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-UG 2026 in a Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode.
The exam, which was canceled due to a paper leak, is scheduled to be reconducted on June 21.
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