NEET PG 2026: Plea in Supreme Court challenges NBEMS question disclosure process

A Supreme Court plea has challenged NBEMS over its NEET-PG 2026 score disclosure format, saying candidates were not shown the actual questions and answer options they saw in the exam. The petition seeks full candidate-wise records and an objection process before counselling moves ahead.NEET-PG 2026: Plea in Supreme Court seeks actual questions, answer options from NBEMS (File photo)New Delhi,Oct 2, 2026 12:02 ISTA plea before the Supreme Court has challenged the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences' (NBEMS) disclosure mechanism for NEET-PG 2026, arguing that candidates cannot properly verify their scores unless they are shown the actual questions and answer options presented to them during the examination, according to LiveLaw.NEET-PG 2026 was conducted on August 30, with 2,65,960 candidates appearing for the examination. The results were declared on September 24, following which NBEMS released a question-wise evaluation and answer-key-related details through candidates' individual applicant logins on October 1.The petition, filed by the Democratic Medical Association, challenges the NBEMS notice issued on Thursday. According to the plea, NBEMS has disclosed Question IDs, numerical IDs of the correct answers, candidates' recorded responses and marks awarded for each question, but has not provided the actual question text or complete answer options in the order in which they appeared to individual candidates.PETITION QUESTIONS CURRENT DISCLOSURE PROCESSThe petitioner has argued that the current disclosure does not allow candidates to verify whether the correct answer was applied to the question they attempted or whether their responses were accurately mapped. As NEET-PG uses candidate-specific shuffling of questions and answer options, the plea contends that numerical IDs alone do not show what appeared on each candidate's screen. It has sought access to the actual questions and options to identify possible errors, including ambiguous questions, multiple correct answers or discrepancies in answer mapping.PLEA SEEKS COMPLETE CANDIDATE-WISE RECORDThe petition seeks directions to NBEMS to provide every candidate with a complete examination record corresponding to the question paper they received. The record would include the actual questions in the sequence in which they appeared, the complete answer options in the candidate-specific order, the responses recorded by the candidate, the corresponding correct answers as per the final official answer key, and the marks awarded for each question.The petitioner has also sought a downloadable and permanent electronic copy of these records in PDF, CSV or any other suitable format. In addition, the plea seeks a reasonable and time-bound mechanism allowing candidates to raise objections after reviewing their actual questions and answer options.PETITION CITES EARLIER NEET-PG CASEThe plea also refers to the case of Upendra Yadav vs National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences, which concerned the disclosure of Question IDs, answer keys and candidate responses in relation to the NEET-PG 2025 Master Set.The petitioner has argued that concerns over an intelligible and verifiable post-examination disclosure mechanism have surfaced across successive NEET-PG examination cycles. The plea, therefore, seeks appropriate guidelines or standard operating procedures to institutionalise a transparent disclosure process for future postgraduate medical entrance examinations.NEET-PG 2026 COUNSELLING PROCESSWith NEET-PG 2026 results declared and counselling set to follow, the petition has highlighted the need for candidates to verify their scores and seek correction of any errors before the admission process progresses.The plea seeks quashing of the October 1 notice to the extent that it limits disclosure to Question IDs, correct-answer IDs, candidate responses and question-wise marks. It also seeks directions for complete candidate-wise examination records to be made available through individual applicant logins.Advocate Satyam Singh Rajpoot and Advocate-on-Record Neema are representing the petitioner. The plea argues that candidates need access to their actual questions and answer options, along with a formal mechanism to raise objections, to ensure transparency in the post-result process.- Ends