No error in re-NEET evaluation: Bombay HC junks petitions, imposes Rs 5k fine on each candidate
Mumbai: Observing that no mistakes were found in the evaluation or declaration of the results, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has dismissed four petitions challenging the results of the re-NEET 2026 examination and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on each petitioner for filing the cases based on incorrect and unverified claims.
The petitioners moved the court claiming that the National Testing Agency (NTA) had made errors while evaluating their answer sheets and that the results announced after the re-NEET examination were incorrect.
Considering the seriousness of these allegations, the division bench comprising Justice N.B. Suryawanshi and Justice A.D. Shinde directed that the original answer sheets of the concerned students be brought from Delhi in sealed envelopes.
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The answer sheets were presented before the court and examined by the bench. The students, their parents and their lawyers were also given an opportunity to inspect the original answer sheets.
After examining the record, the court found that the marks awarded by the NTA and the results declared were consistent with the original answer sheets. No error or discrepancy was found in the results.
According to an ANI report, senior panel advocate Rohit Sarvagya appeared for the Centre and the NTA during the hearing and presented all the original documents before the court.
After examining all the facts and original records, the court dismissed all four petitions and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on each petitioner for approaching the court based on incorrect and unverified information. The fine is to be paid to the National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducted the re-examination on June 21.
With the High Court's decision, the results declared by the NTA in connection with the re-NEET examination have received judicial confirmation.
"Two of the petitions have been dismissed by the court after examining their original OMR sheets and the ones they submitted, while two petitioners withdrew their petitions on their own," a source told TNIE.
Hence, the petitioners who submitted copies of their OMR sheets to support their claims were found to be fake and AI-generated.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that certain candidates who appeared for the re-examination had raised the issue with the NTA through the OMR challenge process available to all candidates on the examination portal.
In response, the National Testing Agency (NTA) rejected allegations about discrepancies in the OMR sheets of certain candidates who appeared for the NEET 2026 re-exam and declared them altered and fabricated. It also repeatedly cautioned students against making false claims by submitting tampered or AI-generated OMR sheets between July 18 and July 20.
Aggrieved by the response, the candidates moved high courts seeking original OMR sheets and related digital records to be produced for independent verification.
