NEET-UG 2025 : Madhya Pradesh High Court Allows Re-Test For Petitioners Affected By Power Outage At Indore & Ujjain Centres

The Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the National Testing Agency to hold a re-test of the NEET-UG 2025 exam for the candidates who were affected by a power outage at the centres in Indore and Ujjain.

Justice Subodh Abhyankar passed the order allowing a batch of writ petitions filed by the affected students.

Since the petitioners were put at a disadvantage for no fault of theirs, the Court observed that a re-test was necessary.

"This Court is of the considered opinion that the petitioner/s has/have made out a case for interference under Article 14 as her/they, without there being any fault on their part, was/were put into a disadvantageous position due to power outage, which condition did not prevail in the other examination centre or even in the same centre where some of the students were sitting at favorable spots having sufficient natural light," the Court stated in its order.

The counselling will be subject to the result of the re-test, the Court further clarified.

The Court clarified that the petitioners' rank will be considered solely on the basis of the re-test. The relief is available to only those petitioners who filed the petitions before June 3, 2025, the date of publication of the provisional answer key.

To ascertain the difficulty which the petitioners faced, the bench, during the hearing, switched off the lights of the Courtroom. The Court noted that the presence of large windows in the Courtroom allowed the passage of a limited amount of natural light, in a dim manner. However, the exam centres may not have such large windows, the Court noted, inferring the difficulties faced by the petitioners.

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