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NEET PG 2025: Supreme Court to hear transparency plea tomorrow; MCC counselling schedule for 50% AIQ seats expected soon

NEET PG 2025: Supreme Court to hear transparency plea tomorrow; MCC counselling schedule for 50% AIQ seats expected soon

TOI Education / Sep 11, 2025, 10:04 IST

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The Supreme Court will hear petitions on NEET PG 2025 transparency issues on September 12, with doctors demanding release of full question papers instead of just IDs. Meanwhile, the MCC is set to announce the 50% All India Quota counselling schedule for MD, MS, and diploma seats. The decision could reshape NEET PG evaluation and admissions this year.

NEET PG 2025: Supreme Court to hear transparency plea tomorrow; MCC counselling schedule for 50% AIQ seats expected soon

The Supreme Court will take up all pending matters linked to the NEET PG 2025 transparency issue on Friday, September 12, 2025. The case, which challenges the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) notification on releasing only question IDs instead of full papers, has been filed by doctors and organisations including @UDF_BHARAT and Dr Lakshya Mittal. Advocate Satyam Singh Rajpoot, who appeared in the first petition, confirmed the hearing via a post on X, noting that all connected cases will be heard together.

At the same time, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) is preparing to announce the schedule for 50% All India Quota (AIQ) counselling for Doctor of Medicine (MD), Master of Surgery (MS), and postgraduate diploma programmes under the 2025–26 academic session.

What candidates need to know

Here’s what candidates need to know ahead of the upcoming hearings and updates.

AIQ counselling 2025: MCC will soon publish the counselling timetable on its official portal, covering admissions to central quota seats. States will release their own schedules separately. Gujarat has already begun the process, while Karnataka and Kerala have outlined bond rules.

Transparency debate: During the last SC hearing, aspirants demanded the release of full NEET PG 2025 question papers along with answer keys, arguing that merely sharing question IDs undermines transparency. NBEMS had earlier promised full disclosure but later revised its stance.
Exam format: This year’s exam was conducted in a single shift on August 3, 2025, following a Supreme Court directive that eliminated the need for normalisation in ranking. The NEET PG 2025 answer key was issued in compliance with the court’s order, though without full questions.
Merit list and scorecards: The AIQ merit list has been released, and scorecards are expected to remain available for download for six months. These include overall rank, AIQ rank, and category-wise AIQ rank.

With the Supreme Court hearing scheduled for tomorrow, September 12, the outcome will determine whether the demand for full question papers along with answer keys is accepted. The MCC counselling schedule for 50% AIQ seats will follow soon after.

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