India, Feb. 23 -- 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 -- "virtually bringing it to zero", does 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, Gop...