The Supreme Court recently dismissed a writ petition filed by a candidate Gayatri Arun, challenging answers to six questions in the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination conducted on June 21.

A bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe passed the orders refusing to interfere with the results.

It observed: "Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and on carefully perusing the material placed on record, we are not inclined to entertain this petition under Article 32 of the Constitution."

To briefly state, the petitioner challenged six provisional answers within the objection window provided by the National Testing Authority.

She first preferred a writ petition before the Kerala High Court seeking publication of the final answer keys three days before the declaration of results. However, it was dismissed on July 16. On the same day, the NTA published the final answer keys and declared the results.

The petitioner then approached the Supreme Court on a different cause of action. She challenged the correctness of six answer keys, ranging from Chemistry, Botany and Zoology, on grounds that it was "demonstrably inconsistent" with the NCERT text.

Question No. 52, Organic Chemistry (Haloalkanes/Stereochemistry); Question No. 61, Physical Chemistry (Chemical Kinetics); Question No. 67, Botany (Plant Kingdom, Gymnosperms); Question No. 102, and Zoology for Question Nos. 150 (Human Physiology: Excretion) and 174 (Evolution) were challenged.

Questions 52 and 67 were challenged on grounds of logical inconsistency and mathematical inconsistency, respectively; Question 61 was challenged contending that it was beyond the prescribed syllabus. Question 102 was challenged, claiming departure from the prescribed text; Question 150 was challenged again on inconsistent interpretation, and last question 174 was challenged because the correct answer was misidentified as per the petitioner.

"The challenge is of direct and material consequence to the Petitioner, whose position on the published key is 519 marks and All India Rank 67,388. The challenge, if it succeeds, is capable of improving her rank by approximately 30,000 places."

Case Details: GAYATRI ARUN vs. NATIONAL TESTING AGENCY|W.P.(C) No. 000898 / 2026

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