The bench directed the lawyer to approach the designated bench handling NEET-related matters. It said Justice PS Narasimha heads the bench assigned to hear such cases.

A plea challenging the proposed NEET-PG 2026 re-examination for 2,445 candidates came up for mention before the Supreme Court on Wednesday. These candidates could not complete the postgraduate medical entrance examination due to a technical disruption at two centres in Jaipur.

A lawyer appearing in the matter told a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, along with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana, that the proposed re-examination went against an earlier direction issued by the Supreme Court. The lawyer requested the court to hear the plea urgently.

The bench directed the lawyer to approach the designated bench handling NEET-related matters. It said Justice PS Narasimha heads the bench assigned to hear such cases.

“All matters concerning NEET are before the designated bench headed by Justice Narasimha. Please mention the matter before that bench, as several developments are taking place in these cases,” the bench said.

NBEMS announces NEET PG re-examination

The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) announced the re-examination earlier this week for candidates who could not finish NEET-PG 2026 because of technical issues at two examination centres in Jaipur.

The disruption occurred at centres located in the Sitapura area of Jaipur. The affected candidates could not complete the examination because of a power-related technical problem.

NEET PG 2026 exam details

The NEET-PG 2026 examination took place nationwide on August 30.

Official data shows that 2,65,980 candidates appeared for the examination. Of these, 2,63,535 candidates completed the test successfully.

The remaining 2,445 candidates could not complete their examination after a power-related disruption affected two centres in Jaipur's Sitapura area.

NBEMS subsequently announced a separate examination for these candidates. The latest plea challenges that decision and seeks consideration of the issue by the Supreme Court.