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HC allows NTA to declare NEET-UG results except for 11 centres in Indore
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has allowed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to declare the results of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) for undergraduate medical courses, except for 11 centres in Indore which had faced power outage on May 4.
On Thursday, in response to a petition by a student who claimed her performance in the entrance exam on May 4 was severely impacted by a power outage at her exam centre in Indore, the court had directed that the results should not be declared until the next hearing.
The petitioner prayed that she be allowed to appear for the examination again.
On Friday, Justice Subodh Abhyankar modified the order after hearing submissions of Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta and Deputy Solicitor General Himanshu Joshi. They pointed out that the high court stayed the declaration of NEET-UG results for the entire country although the problem of power outage was confined to 11 centres in Indore. The NTA should be allowed to declare the results for the rest of India, they prayed.
Counsel for the petitioner Mradul Bhatnagar opposed their prayer, and submitted that if the petitioner could not appear for the examination afresh in time, she would not be able to appear for counselling rounds.
The court, however, acceded to the government lawyers' request. It was "inclined to modify the order passed.... on 15.05.2025, to the extent that the respondents may be allowed to declare the results for all the other centres in India, except the affected centres at Indore, in which the power failure was faced by the students, and the details of which shall be furnished by the respondents along with their reply," the judge said.
The court has posted the hearing of the case for Monday (May 19).
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