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A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe proposed that a mechanism be set up to review the rules every year and improve them. Emphasizing that the country is mature enough to build strong institutions, the court said there is a need to infuse more rigor in the selection process.The court was hearing a batch of petitions challenging the reduction in cut-off marks for PG admissions.It had earlier sent notices to the Center and the NMC in this regard.With over 18,000 postgraduate medical seats vacant across the country, the National Board for Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) had revised the scoring percentiles for NEET-PG 2025 admissions, bringing them down to zero from the 40th percentile for reserved categories, which will allow even those with scores as low as -40 out of 800 to participate in the third round of counseling for PG medical seats.As per the notice released by NBEMS, the NEET PG cutoff for general category has been reduced from 50th to 7th percentile.