The Supreme Court will hear the batch of pleas challenging reduction in the cut-off percentile for NEET-PG 2025-26 on April 28, 2026. On the previous date, a bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe had said it would examine whether the sharp reduction in the qualifying percentile for NEET-PG 2025-26 affects standards in postgraduate medical education. Today, Senior Advocate Gopal Sankarnarayanan, for the petitioners, submitted that sufficient number of students qualified NEET PG to fill all available seats without necessitating a reduction in cutoff. However, the available qualified candidates are unable to take admission in the vacant seats because of high fees, he said.

Senior Advocate DS Naidu, for a candidate supporting the reduction in NEET PG cutoff, supported the Centre's reasoning that cutoff reduction will not harm the quality of medical education as all candidates have to clear the MBBS qualification test. However, the Court did not conduct a detailed hearing today and decided to hear the matter on April 28. Background The challenge arises from the January 13, 2026 notice issued by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences reducing the minimum qualifying percentile cut-off for counselling of the third round of NEET-PG 2025-26.