India, May 20 -- Even as the National Testing Agency (NTA) faces intense scrutiny over the cancellation of NEET-UG 2026 following a paper leak, a Kerala-based RTI activist has accused the agency of withholding key documents linked to the 2024 NEET-UG controversy over the award and subsequent withdrawal of grace marks.

Pranav Jeevan, an RTI activist and former student of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, has alleged that the NTA delayed responding to his RTI application for months and later denied most of the requested information, despite directions from the Central Information Commission (CIC) in July 2025.

Jeevan had filed the RTI application on June 13, 2024, seeking details of two committees formed by the NTA during the NEE...