7 November 2025
The Supreme Court has asked the National Board of Examination (NBE) to disclose its policy on publishing answer keys for the NEET-PG exam. The court has also clarified that it will not go into individual allegations of discrepancies in the conduct of the examination.
A bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Vipul M Pancholi today heard a batch of petitions raising various issues in regards to the NEET-PG exams, including disclosure of answer keys as a matter of transparency, etc.
The writ petitions have been filed seeking measures to ensure increased transparency in the NEET-PG exam, including the publication of answer keys. On April 29, in another matter, the Court directed publication of raw scores, answer keys, and normalisation formulae for transparency.
While remarking that transparency is an important factor, the Supreme Court today stated that it will examine whether publishing answer keys for the NEET-PG exam would compromise the integrity of the examination. At the same time, the Court made it clear that it will not go into individual allegations that the NEET-PG 2025 has discrepancies.
The NBE's counsel submitted that these petitions are being pushed by the coaching institutes as they want to get hold of the answer keys for the purpose of question booklets. She submitted that it would compromise the quality of the examination.
The Court has now asked the NBE to seek instructions on this policy and disclose its clear stand on this. NBE will have to file an affidavit in this regard.
The Court has also clarified that it will not go into individual allegations of discrepancies in the conduct of the examination.