Overview
- A newly filed Public Interest Litigation contests NBEMS’s 13 January notice that drastically lowered NEET-PG 2025–26 qualifying thresholds.
- The case, registered as Harisharan Devgan v. Union of India (Diary No. 3085/2026), is awaiting listing before the Supreme Court.
- Cut-offs were reduced to the 7th percentile for general/EWS candidates (score 276 to 103) and to the 0th percentile or minus 40 for SC/ST/OBC, including PwBD.
- Petitioners argue the move is arbitrary and violates Articles 14 and 21 and the National Medical Commission Act, citing risks to training standards and public health.
- NBEMS has said the change is intended to fill vacant postgraduate seats by expanding eligibility for round 3 counselling, which opened registration on 15 January.