Bombay High Court Dismisses NEET UG 2026 Re Exam Marks Petitions Imposes Fine on Students

The Bombay High Court has dismissed petitions filed by four students who challenged the evaluation of their NEET UG 2026 re examination marks. After examining the original OMR answer sheets, the court found no evidence to support the allegations of tampering and ordered each petitioner to pay a fine of Rs. 5000 to the National Testing Agency.

The case was heard by a division bench of Justice N B Suryawanshi and Justice A D Shinde at the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court. During the hearing, NTA officials produced the original OMR answer sheets before the court for verification in the presence of the students, their parents and legal representatives.

After a detailed review, the judges confirmed that the marks awarded by the NTA matched the responses recorded on the original OMR sheets. The court observed that the allegations made by the students were unsupported by any credible evidence and rejected the claims of irregularities in the evaluation process.

The petitions were filed by four students identified as Atharva, Hricha, Soham and Rahul. They had alleged that their OMR answer sheets from the NEET UG 2026 re examination conducted on June 21 were not evaluated correctly and claimed that the records had been tampered with.

The court dismissed two of the petitions on merit after finding no basis for the allegations. During the proceedings, the remaining two students chose to withdraw their petitions. Noting that valuable judicial time had been wasted, the bench imposed a fine of Rs. 5000 on each of the four petitioners and directed the amount to be paid to the National Testing Agency.

Before approaching the High Court, the students had submitted complaints through the official NTA grievance portal. After failing to obtain the outcome they expected, they decided to seek legal intervention, but the court ultimately upheld the evaluation process followed by the National Testing Agency.