The Supreme Court of India directed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the National Medical Commission on Friday to actively evaluate lowering the qualifying percentile cutoff for vacant super-specialty medical seats under the NEET-SS admissions counseling process.
A bench headed by Justice B.R. Gavai heard arguments on behalf of qualified postgraduate doctors and medical colleges, highlighting that hundreds of valuable seats in critical disciplines like neurosurgery, oncology, and pediatric intensive care routinely go unfilled due to rigid percentile requirements. The apex court emphasized that in a country grappling with severe shortages of specialized healthcare providers, letting advanced surgical seats lie dormant represents a grave disservice to public healthcare infrastructure.
The bench directed the central counseling committee to convene an urgent review meeting with medical education experts to determine an equitable revised eligibility threshold before the final stray vacancy counseling round concludes. The matter was posted for compliance reporting next week, with the court stressing that administrative rigidity must not undermine nationwide medical capacity-building.
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