India, July 8 -- The Rajasthan high court on Monday dismissed a batch of writ petitions filed by NEET-UG 2025 candidates from the state's Sikar district who sought re-examination or compensatory marks due to alleged power outages and related disruptions during the national entrance examination held on May 4.

A single bench of Justice Sameer Jain on Monday held that the grievances raised by the petitioners lacked merit and could not justify altering or annulling the examination outcome for lakhs of other candidates.

The court acknowledged that around 15 centres in Sikar experienced power failures ranging from 5 to 28 minutes due to adverse weather. However, it noted that only 31 candidates out of the 31,787 who appeared in Sikar-and amon...