Supreme Court On NEET UG 2026 Paper Leak Case: PM Narendra Modi himself is monitoring the NEET case, Central Government gave information to the Supreme Court, the court reprimanded NTA.

New Delhi. While hearing the Medical Entrance Test NEET UG paper leak case, the Supreme Court today strongly reprimanded the National Testing Agency (NTA). The apex court said in clear words that this is a very serious matter which is related to the future of lakhs of students, hence it is very important to identify the real accused of paper leak. The court has sought an affidavit from the Central Government in this matter, which should have complete details as to what reforms should be implemented in NTA so that the NEET exam can be made safe. At the same time, the Central Government has assured the Supreme Court that appropriate action will be taken in this matter and said that PM Narendra Modi himself is monitoring this matter.

The Supreme Court asked why papers are being leaked again and again? Responsibility for this will have to be fixed. We cannot leave the students like this. Justice P.S. The bench of Justice Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe has directed the Central Government and NTA to present their action plan within six weeks. The committee admitted before the court that there was a severe shortage of domain experts in the examination system. During the hearing in the court, former ISRO chairman Dr. K. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appeared for the committee headed by Radhakrishnan and the government.

The Supreme Court bench said that it is not enough to just make recommendations, it is necessary to monitor those recommendations and how strong is the process of implementing them. Let us tell you that the NEET UG 2026 examination was held on May 3. The exam was canceled on May 12 following reports of paper leak. Now the re-examination is to be held on 21 June 2026. Giving relief to the candidates, the Central Government has not taken any fee for the re-examination from them and the fee they had paid for the first examination is also being refunded.