NEW DELHI, May 17 (Agencies): The United Doctors Front (UDF) on Saturday moved the Supreme Court of India seeking the dissolution of the National Testing Agency (NTA) in its current form following the alleged paper leak of the NEET-UG 2026 examination, which led to its cancellatgion.
THE UDF, which is a registered organisation of doctors, has filed the petition in the SC under Article 32 of the Constitution. It has alleged systemic and catastrophic failure” in the conduction of NEET-UG 2026, and has sought structural reforms in the examination system.
The petition has been filed through Advocate-on-Record Ritu Reniwal as well as Advocate Mahendra Kumawat. The plea seeks a writ direction by the apex court to the Union Government to dissolve the NTA as it is presently constituted under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, and be replaced with a statutory national testing body created through legislation passed by the Parliament.
The petition has also asked the apex court to direct the Union of India to bring in a new law that will establish a statutory testing authority which will have defined legal powers, transparency norms, and will be accountable tont. the UDF has also prayed for a court-monitored committee to supervise the transition of upcoming national examinations and ensure “zero-leak integrity”.
The petition claims that the NEET-UG 2026, which was conducted across the country on 3 May for 22.7 lakh candidates, was compromised due to an organised “guess paper” racket which allegedly spread across several states through WhatsApp and Telegram rackets.
The plea refers to investigations by the Rajasthan Special Operations Group (SOG) and the subsequent CBI FIR to contend that the sanctity of the examination stood compromised at a systemic level.
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AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj met the family of the aspirant and claimed that the student was under stress after reports of an alleged NEET paper leak surfaced.
According to him, the student had appeared for the NEET examination multiple times and was making her final attempt this year.
He said the family had pinned high hopes on her performance and described her efforts as significant given her background.
Bharadwaj also urged the Centre to take the matter seriously and identify the “real masterminds” behind alleged paper leaks linked to competitive examinations.
Bharadwaj claimed that similar cases of students taking extreme steps had emerged from different parts of the country.