NTA Learnt Nothing From Paper Leak: Supreme Court

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday came down heavily on the National Testing Agency (NTA) over repeated paper leak controversies, observing that the agency has “still learnt no lesson” despite multiple judicial interventions and the formation of oversight committees.

Hearing petitions seeking reforms in the country’s examination system, the apex court expressed serious concern over the credibility and transparency of national-level entrance exams, especially NEET-UG. The court sought responses from the Central Government, NTA and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) regarding the recurring failures in securing examination processes.

During the hearing, the Supreme Court strongly remarked, “This is extremely unfortunate. Even after the paper leak controversy, the National Testing Agency has learnt nothing. We had even constituted a committee for this issue.”

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The petitions filed by the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) and the United Doctors Front (UDF) have demanded either the complete replacement of NTA or a structural overhaul of the agency. The petitioners urged the court to direct the establishment of a more secure, transparent and independent mechanism for conducting NEET-UG examinations.

The Court sought a report from the NTA regarding the steps taken in compliance with the recommendations made by the expert committee in 2024.
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The Supreme Court further directed NTA to file a detailed affidavit on the implementation of recommendations made by the monitoring committee constituted after the NEET paper leak controversy. Justice Radhakrishnan has also been asked to submit an affidavit explaining the steps taken to ensure compliance with the committee’s recommendations.

The court made it clear that all affidavits must be submitted within three days.

The NEET-UG 2026 examination was earlier cancelled following allegations of a major paper leak. Investigators reportedly found evidence that a so-called “guess paper” containing predicted questions had been circulating among candidates weeks before the exam.

The re-examination is now scheduled for June 21, while the next hearing in the matter will take place on May 29, 2026.

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