Overview

• The petition will be heard next week by a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi in New Delhi.
• Candidates from Indore and Ujjain say one-to-two-hour power cuts during the May 4 NEET-UG left them writing in near darkness without extra time.
• Petitioners allege emergency lighting with battery lamps and candles arrived only around 4:30 PM, about 30 minutes before the exam ended.
• A Madhya Pradesh High Court division bench overturned an earlier single-judge order for a retest after an expert committee found sufficient natural light and no significant score anomalies.
• Students sought an expedited hearing to avoid delaying NEET counselling, but the court noted multiple counselling rounds remain available for successful petitioners.