SC seeks report from Raj govt on Kota NEET aspirant's suicide

Jaipur: Taking cognisance of the two recent suicides, including one of a NEET aspirant in Kota, the Supreme Court, Tuesday, sought a report from the Rajasthan govt, asking whether an FIR had been registered in the case. The girl was found hanging in her room in the Parshavanath area ahead of the National Medical Entrance Examination (NEET).

A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan directed the court registry to obtain reports from both Kota and IIT Kharagpur at the earliest. The court had earlier set up a national task force, headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice S Ravindra Bhat, to address mental health concerns and prevent suicides in higher educational institutions. The court took into account the suicide case of a minor girl from Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh, who was preparing for the NEET exam.

The minor NEET-UG aspirant, identified as Bhumeja Rajput from Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh, died by suicide in her room in Kota's Parshavanath area Saturday night, on the eve of the NEET examination, she was scheduled to appear for Sunday afternoon.

"Reportedly the girl was under 18 years and hailed from Sheopur in Madhya Pradesh. She was living with her parents in Kota and for the past several years, she was preparing for NEET-UG at a coaching institute," the court added. The court also noted that the girl committed suicide just few hours before the exam on Sunday.

The bench observed it was the 14th case of suicide by a coaching student in Kota, Rajasthan, in 2025. "We would like to know whether an FIR was registered in connection with this suicide also or not," the bench said. The govt of Rajasthan is asked to reply by May 13, the next date of hearing of this case.