Must Be No 'Devious Reason': Supreme Court Directs NBE to Explain NEET PG 2025 Reduced Cutoff
- The Supreme Court directed the National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences to explain the drastic reduction of qualifying cut-off percentiles for NEET-PG 2025-26.
- Advocate Satyam Singh Rajput stated that the Bench expressed concern over the lowering eligibility standards and demanded a detailed affidavit from the Union government.
- Petitioners argue that reducing cut-offs violates ethical standards, as candidates prepared based on initially set criteria, potentially impacting the integrity of medical education.
- The Supreme Court did not grant any interim stay on the ongoing NEET PG 2025 counselling process, allowing it to continue as scheduled.
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SC seeks explanation on reduced NEET-PG 2025-26 cut-off
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, February 6, directed the National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) to explain its decision to drastically reduce the qualifying cut-off percentiles for NEET-PG 2025-26. A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Alok Aradhe directed NBEMS to file an affidavit and posted the matter for hearing after two weeks. “On one hand, we have to see that seats should not get wasted. At the same time, there …
SC directs medical exam board to explain decision to reduce qualifying cut-off for NEET-PG
In a pivotal decision, the Supreme Court has called upon the National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences to justify its choice to drastically reduce the NEET-PG 2025-26 qualifying cut-off percentiles. This action is taken in light of numerous postgraduate medical positions going unfilled. The court aims to strike a balance between addressing the vacancy crisis and upholding academic integrity.
Must be no 'devious reason': Supreme Court directs NBE to explain NEET PG 2025 reduced cutoff
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India today asked the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) to file an affidavit explaining why it sharply reduced the qualifying cut-off...
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