The Supreme Court on Friday (May 30) directed that the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Postgraduate) or NEET-PG 2025 examination will be conducted in one shift instead of two shifts. The apex court directed authorities to make arrangements for holding the exam in one shift and ensure complete transparency.A bench headed by Justice Vikram Nath held the examination in two shifts create arbitrariness. “Any two question papers can never be said to have an identical level of difficulty or ease,” the court said.
The bench, also comprising Justices Sanjay Kumar and N V Anjaria, said holding the examination in two shifts creates “arbitrariness”.
The court was hearing a plea challenging a decision of the National Board of Examination to hold the NEET-PG exam in two shifts.The NEET for Postgraduate courses (NEET-PG), 2025, will be conducted on June 15, in two shifts on a computer-based platform. Its results will be declared by July 15.On May 5, the court sought a response from the NBE, National Medical Council, and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on the plea.Recently, the top court delivered a verdict issuing a slew of directions to stop seat-blocking in NEET-PG counselling and directed the publication of raw scores, answer keys, and normalisation formulae of the exam.With inputs from PTIFirst Published: May 30, 2025 1:19 PM IST
