Today, On 23rd February, The Supreme Court heard a plea challenging the reduction in the NEET PG 2025 percentile cut-off. In its affidavit, the Union of India stated, “NEET-PG is not to certify minimum competence… but to generate an inter se merit list… scores cannot be construed as determinative of clinical incompetence.”
Today, On 6th February, The Supreme Court sought an affidavit on a PIL challenging reduced NEET-PG cut-offs, stressing that the matter concerns academic standards. The Bench remarked on compromised standards and said it was stunned by the method adopted for evaluating doctors.
Today, On 4th February, The Supreme Court sought responses from the Centre and other parties on a petition challenging the recent decision of the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences to sharply reduce the qualifying cut-off percentiles for NEET PG 2025-26.
