The Supreme Court on Monday refused to pass directions on a plea to have the retest for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) undergraduate exam (NEET UG 2026) in computer-based test (CBT) mode instead of the existing pen-and-paper format..A Bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Aravind Kumar said it was not inclined to interfere with the examination process at such a belated stage, particularly when the retest is scheduled to be held on June 21."There is no question. The examination got cancelled, they are re-holding the examination. The kind of pressure that they (NTA) have..." the Court said while posting the matter for July 27..The Court was hearing a petition filed by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Sudhakar Singh, social activist Anubhav Garg, Indian Medical Association national spokesperson Dhruv Chauhan and political leader Harisharan Devgan after the recent leak of question papers of NEET UG 2026, the pre-medical entrance for candidates seeking admission to government and private medical colleges in India.Their petition sought immediate transition of NEET-UG to a Computer-Based Test (CBT) format, including for the re-examination scheduled on June 21, 2026 - a request that was declined by the top court today..The petition was part of a batch of pleas filed after the Union government and the NTA cancelled NEET-UG 2026 held on May 3 due to question paper leak.The government has since ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the paper leak allegations..During the last hearing, the Court was told that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was personally supervising the issue. .Centre says PM Modi personally supervising NEET paper leak issue; Supreme Court seeks plan to overhaul NTA
