Hearing a plea concerning the NEET-UG 2026 cancellation due to paper leak, the Supreme Court on Friday raised concerns over the ad-hoc nature of the National Testing Agency (NTA), and said that unless clear accountability is fixed, the problems will recur.

After a brief hearing today, the Court asked the Union of India to file an affidavit indicating the method through which an "institutional memory of continuity" can be created through employment of specialised personnel so that the NTA will have the physical and intellectual wherewithal to conduct the exams in future without any blemish.

The Centre on Friday informed Supreme Court that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is personally supervising the re-examination process of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG after the recent paper leak.

The Supreme Court bench asked the Centre to hold accountibility and said: "It is actually very traumatic if something like this happens. We should not disappoint our youngsters."