Madhya Pradesh High Court has modified its previous order staying the declaration of NEET-UG 2025 results across the country. The court has now permitted the National Testing Agency (NTA) to release results for all centres in India, except a handful of examination centres in Indore where technical issues disrupted the exam process.
During the hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the respondents, submitted that the result declaration had been halted across India due to problems reported from only about eleven centres in Indore and that such a Instead, he requested the court to permit the release of results for unaffected centres.
But the counsel for the petitioners opposed the relaxation of the stay, stating that students who were unable to take the exam due to technical issues might miss the opportunity to participate in counselling sessions if results were declared prematurely.
On its part, the court found merit in Mehta’s argument and agreed to modify its May 15 order. It directed that the results for all centres except the ones affected in Indore are to be declared. The NTA is required to submit a detailed report identifying the centres impacted by power failures during the exam in the next two days.
“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,” Justice Subodh Abhyankar wrote in his order on May 16.
The court has scheduled the next hearing for May 19.
According to a petition filed by one student, “examinations at [a] centre under control of Government New Law College, that experienced power outages due to mismanagement and lack of power backups for around 1 to 2 hours, and students at these centres, including the present petitioner. had to take the exam by candlelight/using emergency lamps.”
“That, the impugned exercise/inaction being discriminatory, arbitrary illegal, capricious and high-handed exercise of powers done by the Respondents,” the petition went on to say.
