Institute of Legal and Management Studies

The Madras High Court has stayed the declaration of results for the NEET UG 2025 examination.

Justice V Lakshminarayan on Friday ordered an interim stay on the declaration of results on the plea filed by a group of students seeking re-examination. Noting that the students must be given an opportunity to present their case, the court ordered interim stay.

The plea was filed by a group of students who had appeared for the examination in May 2025 at the PM Shri Kendriya Vidyalaya CRPF, Avadi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The grievance of the students was that their examination was disrupted due to the heavy rainfall and poor management by the center and that a re-examination be conducted for them.

The students submitted that they had approached the examination centre by 11 am as per instructions and the exam commenced on 2:00pm. However, due to the severe storm that occured around 2:45 pm, there was a power outage in the centre with no backup facilities such as generators or inverters. The students submitted that they were forced to write the exam in poor lighting conditions. It was also submitted that when rainwater started entering the examination hall, the students were asked to move to a different room in the middle of the examination.

The students submitted that the uncomfortable and distracting environment affected the student's ability to concentrate on the exam, hampering their ability to perform. It was also submitted that even after such an incident, the students were not given any extra time and they were not able to complete the exam. The students thus submitted that their legitimate expectation of being provided with adequate facilities was hindered. Thus, it was contended that the students who appeared for the exam at this centre were at a disadvantage compared to other students who wrote the exam at different centre.

The students also informed the court that though an email representation was sent to the National Testing Agency requesting them to re conduct the exam for the affected students, no reply had been received till date.

Thus, the students had approached the court seeking direction to the authorities to consider their represent and conduct re-examination for the affected students.

Case Title: S. Sai Priya and others v. Union of India

Case No: WP 18359 of 2025