Health Bulletin 08/May/2026

According to the official notice issued by the NTA in this regard, the provisional answer keys for all question paper series have been made available on the NTA-NEET website, allowing candidates to review their responses and estimate their probable scores.

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NEET 2026 provisional answer key released, challenge round to be notified soon

SC Dismisses Plea Against Institutional Preference in AIIMS PG Admissions

Refusing to intervene in the ongoing admission policy, the Supreme Court recently dismissed a writ petition challenging the alleged practice of granting more than 50 per cent postgraduate medical seats through institutional preference in AIIMS and other Institutes of National Importance.

A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Alok Aradhe said it was not inclined to entertain the plea under Article 32 of the Constitution, though it kept the larger legal question open for consideration in a future case, according to Live Law.

The petition was filed by a postgraduate medical aspirant who claimed that candidates with lower ranks secured seats in INI-CET counselling due to institutional preference. She argued that All India Institute of Medical Sciences was effectively implementing “institutional reservation” instead of “institutional preference,” contrary to earlier Supreme Court judgments. AIIMS, however, denied the allegations and stated that the petitioner failed to secure a seat because she had chosen only limited subject-institute combinations. The institute clarified that institutional preference is capped within Supreme Court-approved limits and varies across disciplines through a roster system, while remaining below 50 per cent of unreserved seats at each institution.

Doctors’ Body Flags NEET SS 2025 Counselling Delays, Seeks Action

Highlighting how the delay in the National Eligibility-Entrance Test Superspeciality (NEET SS) 2025 counselling process is causing immense distress, unemployment, and financial hardship for the aspirants, a doctors' body has urged the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) to expedite the process.

"FAIMA urges the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) to expedite the NEET SS 2025 counselling process. The delay, which has been pushed from April 7th to July 28th due to legal proceedings, is causing immense distress, unemployment, and financial hardship for aspirants. Additionally, these postponements are impacting public health by leading to a shortage of qualified specialists. We request MCC to take swift action to resolve these delays, ensuring timely placement of aspirants and safeguarding the quality of healthcare services for the public," the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) mentioned in an X post.

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Doctors' body urges MCC to expedite NEET SS 2025 counselling, flag distress, unemployment due to delay

Doctors Express Concern Over Supreme Court Ruling on Negligence Claims Against Legal Heirs

The Supreme Court's recent landmark judgment, which extended the claims liability in medical negligence cases to the legal heirs of doctors, has raised concerns among a section of the medical fraternity.

Doctors have highlighted the social and psychological impact of this ruling on the legal heirs of medical professionals, along with how this judgment may affect the field of medicine.

While some doctors have expressed the need for a more balanced approach, clearly limiting such liability strictly to the estate of the deceased, others have opined that a balanced legal framework is required to address both the genuine victims of medical negligence and sincere doctors.

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Medical fraternity raises concern over SC verdict allowing negligence claims against doctors' legal heirs