As the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate or NEET-PG 2025 exam draws near, aspirants are anxiously waiting for a verdict from the apex court on the single-shift issue. The petition filed by the doctors’ body, United Doctors Front (UDF), was mentioned today, May 26, before the Chief Justice of India’s (CJI) bench for an urgent hearing.
The case is now likely to be listed either tomorrow or the day after, given the tight timeline with the exam around the corner.
The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) is set to release admit cards for NEET PG 2025 on June 2, while the exam itself is scheduled for June 15.
The UDF has challenged the board’s decision to conduct the entrance exam in two separate shifts, raising serious concerns about fairness and uniformity. The petition argues that such a format introduces discrepancies in the difficulty level of question papers, placing some candidates at a disadvantage based solely on the shift they are assigned.
Further, the doctors’ body has questioned the transparency of the normalisation process used to equate scores across shifts, which they say lacks clarity and can significantly impact merit rankings.
Earlier, the apex court had issued notices to the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) regarding the matter.
