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NEET 2026 Fee Refund Process Started: Last Date 27 May, Official Steps, Bank Details, and Refund Safety Checklist
The NEET 2026 fee refund process has started. Candidates have to submit preferred bank account details on the official NEET UG 2026 registration portal by 27 May 2026, up to 11:50 PM. NTA has said the refund facility is for submission of bank details for processing the examination fee refund, and candidates should log in through the official NEET portal. Business Standard/PTI, 23 May 2026, NEET official website
Quick answer. Go to neet.nta.nic.in, open the NEET UG 2026 candidate login or refund link, sign in with your application credentials, enter account holder name, IFSC code, account number, and bank name, optionally upload a cancelled cheque, review every digit, and submit before 27 May 2026, 11:50 PM. NTA has said submitted bank details will be treated as final, so do not submit in a hurry. Indian Express, 24 May 2026
If you are searching for the NEET refund link, use only the official NEET website and the NTA website. Do not use Telegram links, coaching-centre forms, Google Forms, or payment links that claim to “speed up” the refund. NEET official website, NTA official website
The Office vs Officer Test: how to draft an RTI that survives the DPDP §44(3) privacy shield
A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court is hearing five public-interest challenges to the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023. The flashpoint is Section 44(3) — a single sub-section that lets a public authority refuse RTI replies simply by calling the information “personal”, without weighing it against the public interest. Whatever the Court decides, the way you draft your next RTI is what will decide whether you get an answer.
This is a hands-on guide. It is not a lament about what §44(3) does to democracy — others have written that powerfully, including Maja Daruwala in Hindustan Times on 26 May 2026. This post asks the next question: if the privacy shield holds, what does a citizen-proof RTI actually look like? The answer is what we call the Office vs Officer test.
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RTI applicant cannot insist on original documents after accessible records are supplied: Gujarat High Court (2026)
A practitioner evaluation of the Gujarat High Court's order dated 5 May 2026 in Himanshu Parsottambhai Parmar v. State of Gujarat & Ors., R/Special Civil Application No. 15120 of 2025. The first takeaway is direct: RTI gives access to records, inspection and copies. It does not give the applicant custody of original government or university documents once accessible records have been supplied. The second takeaway is procedural: the Information Commission is not a court for deciding whether the supplied information proves a recruitment or reservation-law violation.
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