India, Feb. 24 -- The Supreme Court on Monday said the Union government will have to satisfy it that the drastic reduction in the qualifying percentile for NEET-PG 2025 counselling and "virtually bringing it to zero" did not compromise the quality of medical education in the country.

"You will have to satisfy us that this drastic reduction in the cut-off, virtually bringing it to zero, does not affect the quality of the education. We are concerned about the quality of the medical education," a bench of justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe told the Centre's counsel.

The court issued formal notices on a batch of petitions challenging the reduction in cut-off and posted the matter for hearing next week.

Senior advocates Pinki Anand, Gopa...