India, June 1 -- The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea seeking the conduct of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination in computer-based test (CBT) mode, observing that the National Testing Agency (NTA) is already dealing with significant challenges following the cancellation of the exam.

A bench comprising Justices P. S. Narasimha and Aravind Kumar posted the petition, filed by RJD MP Sudhakar Singh and others, for hearing on July 27. However, the court made it clear that the June 21 re-test would not be conducted in CBT mode and would proceed as scheduled under the existing pen-and-paper format.

"There is no question of conducting the re-examination in CBT mode. They (the NTA) are already having too many problems. The examin...