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India Today
5 hours ago
- General
- India Today
Madras High Court rejects NEET UG 2025 re-exam plea, upholds result announcement
The Madras High Court has cleared the way for the NEET UG 2025 result to be declared, after dismissing a set of petitions demanding a re-exam. Sixteen students had asked for a fresh test, citing power failures at four centres in Chennai during the May the court didn't find the issue serious enough to cancel the exam for everyone. Justice C Kumarappan said around 22 lakh students took NEET UG 2025 and allowing a re-test due to such 'localised and minor' disruptions would be unfair to the on May 17, the court had asked the NTA to pause the result announcement. This interim hold came after complaints that the blackout caused poor lighting and distractions, affecting judge accepted that the power failure was caused by an unexpected storm but said the exam took place between 2 pm and 5 pm, which meant students still had natural court also backed the NTA's use of 'scientific methods' and on-ground checks to assess the issue. Since no bad intent was proven, the court said the NTA's decision not to hold a re-test should be PG 2025 TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 3In a related update, the Supreme Court has approved the National Board of Examinations' request to hold the NEET PG 2025 exam on August date was shifted after the court ordered the test to be conducted in a single shift instead of two. This gave NBE more time to adjust its plans. advertisement
New Indian Express
3 days ago
- Climate
- New Indian Express
Madras HC reserves order on NEET-UG retest plea over power outage, refuses to extend stay on releasing results
CHENNAI: The Madras HC on Tuesday reserved orders on the petitions filed by the candidates appearing for the NEET-UG examination at three centres in the city and its suburbs seeking retest as they were allegedly affected by the power outage caused by sudden storm and heavy rains. Justice C Kumarappan, before whom the petitions came up for hearing, refused to extend the interim stay, granted already by the court, on the release of the results. As a result, there is no legal bar on publishing the results which was scheduled for June 14. The petitions were filed by some of the candidates who appeared for the examination at the Kendriya Vidyalaya at Avadi, Government Higher Secondary School in Kundrathur and Padma Seshadri School in KK Nagar. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) ARL Sundaresan, appearing for the Centre, filed a report on behalf of the National Testing Agency (NTA), saying inquiries revealed that a brief power outage was caused by sudden natural storm and rain in the respective places, but the power supply was restored quickly. During this period, there was sufficient natural daylight in the classrooms; no contemporaneous complaint or representation was raised by any of the candidates including the petitioners regarding lighting or adverse conditions. Neither the centre superintendent nor any observers or invigilators recommended for compensatory time or reported any procedural irregularity; the examination was conducted strictly as per the NTA protocols, the ASG stated. He also informed the court that an independent committee of statisticians was constituted to carry out an analysis of the performance of the centre and the students. The committee found no abnormal variation or decline in the number of attempted questions that would suggest disruption or disadvantage.
New Indian Express
3 days ago
- Climate
- New Indian Express
Madras HC reserves order on NEET-UG retest plea over power outage, allows result release
CHENNAI: The Madras HC on Tuesday reserved orders on the petitions filed by the candidates appearing for the NEET-UG examination at three centres in the city and its suburbs seeking retest as they were allegedly affected by the power outage caused by sudden storm and heavy rains. Justice C Kumarappan, before whom the petitions came up for hearing, refused to extend the interim stay, granted already by the court, on the release of the results. As a result, there is no legal bar on publishing the results which was scheduled for June 14. The petitions were filed by some of the candidates who appeared for the examination at the Kendriya Vidyalaya at Avadi, Government Higher Secondary School in Kundrathur and Padma Seshadri School in KK Nagar. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) ARL Sundaresan, appearing for the Centre, filed a report on behalf of the National Testing Agency (NTA), saying inquiries revealed that a brief power outage was caused by sudden natural storm and rain in the respective places, but the power supply was restored quickly. During this period, there was sufficient natural daylight in the classrooms; no contemporaneous complaint or representation was raised by any of the candidates including the petitioners regarding lighting or adverse conditions. Neither the centre superintendent nor any observers or invigilators recommended for compensatory time or reported any procedural irregularity; the examination was conducted strictly as per the NTA protocols, the ASG stated. He also informed the court that an independent committee of statisticians was constituted to carry out an analysis of the performance of the centre and the students. The committee found no abnormal variation or decline in the number of attempted questions that would suggest disruption or disadvantage.
