NEET-UG CBT shift plea reaches SC after leak controversies

A fresh petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking immediate transition of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG) to a Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode, contending that repeated paper leak controversies and alleged security lapses have exposed the vulnerability of the existing pen-and-paper examination system conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA).

According to the plea, despite recommendations made by the high-level committee headed by former ISRO Chairman K.



Radhakrishnan after the 2024 controversy, NEET-UG 2026 continued under ?substantially the same pen-and-paper framework involving physical printing, storage, transportation and handling of confidential examination material?.

?The present pen-and-paper system is inherently vulnerable owing to dependence upon physical logistics chains, strong rooms, transportation networks and third-party operational mechanisms, each creating multiple access points and possibilities of unauthorised disclosure,? the petition stated.