The Delhi High Court, Chief Justice’s Bench, has permitted withdrawal of petitions raising grievances concerning the NEET UG 2026 examination, while granting liberty to the petitioners to pursue appropriate remedies available in law, including a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking institutional reforms in the conduct of national-level examinations.

The proceedings involved a mix of prayers relating to the individual petitioners as well as reliefs sought on behalf of all candidates who appeared in NEET UG 2026. The Bench observed that the petitions, in their present form, combined claims concerning personal rights with wider public-interest prayers.

One of the petitioners had sought, among other reliefs, correction of the final scorecards and award of four marks for dropped questions to similarly affected candidates, relying on the examination guidelines. The petition also raised allegations concerning discrepancies between answers allegedly marked by candidates and the answers reflected in the OMR sheets supplied by the National Testing Agency (NTA).

During the hearing, the Bench questioned the basis for the broader allegations of OMR tampering and emphasised that a petitioner’s personal grievance could not, without appropriate material, be converted into a general allegation affecting a large number of candidates.

The Court indicated that the individual petitioners would be at liberty to pursue their personal remedies separately, while the petitioner seeking institutional reforms could withdraw the present petition and institute a PIL with prayers concerning reforms required for conducting public examinations such as NEET UG.

The petitions were accordingly permitted to be withdrawn with liberty to pursue appropriate remedies in accordance with law.