Doctors Challenge NEET PG Minus 40 Cutoff in Supreme Court

• United Doctors Front (UDF) filed a PIL in the Supreme Court against NBEMS's decision to reduce NEET PG 2025 qualifying percentile to '0' or minus '-40' marks for reserved categories.
• The petition argues that allowing candidates with extremely low or negative scores compromises patient safety, public health, and the medical profession's integrity.
• The PIL claims the decision is arbitrary, unconstitutional, and violates Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India.
• It also states that diluting merit contradicts judicial principles and breaches the National Medical Commission Act, 2019.
• The petitioners seek Supreme Court intervention to annul the NBEMS notification and restore minimum qualifying standards for postgraduate medical education.

Why It Matters: Doctors' body challenges NEET PG's negative cutoff, citing risks to patient safety and medical education standards.