Amrita & Ors v. Union of India & Ors

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11.11.2025

¶1This writ petition is filed on behalf of the Petitioners under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following reliefs:-

<a) Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus, thereby directing the Respondent No. 4/National Testing Agency (NTA) to retrieve and provide the NEET-UG scorecards of the Petitioners for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, or in the alternative, to certify their NEET qualification to the Respondent No. 3/National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) for the purposes of registration and eligibility in the FMGE; b) Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction to Respondent No. 3/NBEMS to accept the candidature of the Petitioners for the The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

FMGE (December 2025 and subsequent sessions) upon verification of their NEET qualification through Respondent No. 4/NTA, and not to insist upon production of original NEET scorecards in physical form; c) Declare that the insistence upon production of NEET-UG scorecards, in the absence of any retrieval mechanism and despite the availability of data with the Respondent authorities, is arbitrary, unreasonable, and violative of Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India; d) Pass such other and further order(s) as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the present case, in the interest of justice.=

¶2The grievance of the Petitioners is that they had enrolled for MBBS Course in foreign universities and therefore, as required, they have to undertake an examination called Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (8FMGE9), conducted by National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (8NBEMS9). Learned counsel for the Petitioners submits that the process of applying for FMGE involves submission of NEET (UG) scorecard as a mandatory requirement, as outlined in the Information Bulletin issued by NBEMS for FMGE December-2025 Session as also future examinations. It is submitted that NTA has furnished requisite details and particulars of the Petitioners based on available database, which can be incorporated as a part of this order and direction can be issued to NTA to treat the order as a scorecard of NEET (UG), 2019/NEET (UG), 2020/NEET

(UG), 2021 Examinations respectively, thereby dispensing with the requirement on the part of the Petitioners to furnish the scorecard. Counsel for NTA fairly submits that similar orders have been passed by this Court in the past and NTA has no objection if this course of action is adopted in the present case.

¶3I have perused the details furnished by NTA, which are as The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

follows:-

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¶4Indisputably, similar orders have been passed by this Court and there is no reason to deny the reliefs sought by the Petitioners. Accordingly, NBEMS is directed to treat this order as scorecard of NEET (UG), 2019/ NEET (UG), 2020/NEET (UG), 2021 Examinations respectively, in respect of the Petitioners and consequently, requirement on part of the Petitioners to furnish scorecard for the FMGE December-2025 Session as also for future FMGE is dispensed with. Needless to state that in case Petitioners apply for FMGE henceforth, this order will be considered as compliance of the pre-condition of providing the scorecard.

¶5Writ petition stands disposed of in the aforesaid terms along with the pending application.

JYOTI SINGH, J NOVEMBER 11, 2025/RW The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 14627/2025 & CM APPL. 59978/2025 AMRITA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Shahbaz Ahmad Naik, Advocate. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Wahid Mashaal and Mr. Anisul Haque, Advocates for R-1/UOI. Mr. T. Singhdev, Mr. Sourabh Kumar, Mr. Tanishq Srivastava and Mr. Vedant Sood, Advocates for R-2/NMC. Mr. Abhinav Jaganathan, Advocate for R-3/NBEMS. Mr. Sanjay Khanna, Standing Counsel with Ms. Pragya Bhushan, Mr. Tarandeep Singh, Ms. Vilakshana Dayma and Mr. Akshat Chauhan, Advocates for R-4/NTA. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH