Supreme Court asks petitioners seeking NTA reforms to file their replies to Centre's affidavit
The Supreme Court has directed petitioners to file responses to the Centre's affidavit regarding the potential transition of the NEET (UG) exam to a computer-based format. The court will resume the hearing on August 19.
Why it matters
The potential shift in testing methodology impacts millions of students and the integrity of national medical entrance examinations.
The Supreme Court on Thursday (August 6, 2026) asked petitioners, including a doctors' association, to file their replies to the Centre's affidavit, which said that the migration of the NEET (UG) examination from the pen-and-paper mode to a computer-based mode on the pattern of JEE (Mains and Advanced), is under active consideration.
A Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe said that the court will take up the matter on August 19 and the petitioners can file their replies to the counter-affidavit filed by the Centre.
Advocate Tanvi Dubey, appearing for the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA), informed the Bench that in case there is any plan for transition to a computer-based model, then the same should be done at the earliest since the students' preparation right now was driven by the pen-and-paper mode.
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