Supreme Court turns down NBE’s request to hold NEET-PG in 2-shifts: ‘Different question papers can never be same’

The Supreme Court on Friday turned down National Board of Examination’s request to hold NEET-PG exam in 2-shifts and observed that different question papers vary in terms of difficulty level and can never be same, Live Law reported.

The apex court directed the Examination authority to identify sufficient centres to conduct the NEET-PG examination in a single shift to ensure fairness and avoid malpractice. The court reasoned that holding NEET-PG 2025 in two shifts creates arbitrariness and is unfair. It observed that two examination papers have different difficulty levels and can never be the same.

The Court questioned, “How can it stay the same? there are different question papers. They can never be the same.”