India, Jan. 22 -- PRAYAGRAJ A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed before the Allahabad high court challenging the decision of the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) to allow counselling of SC/ST/OBC students who scored -40 (minus 40) out of 800 marks in NEET-PG 2025 exams. The PIL is likely to be taken up by the court soon.

The petitioner, Abhinav Gaur, pleaded that the decision was unconstitutional being violative of Article 16 of the Constitution of India, which provides equal opportunity in the matter of public employment. The plea challenges the decision on the grounds that a substantial reduction in the cut-off marks for NEET-PG 2025 will undermine the sanctity of a merit-based selection ...