In Brief
This case involved interlocutory applications by private medical colleges in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh seeking extension of the admission deadline (31.05.2017) to fill vacant postgraduate course seats. The colleges relied on a Supreme Court order dated 09.05.2017 and a subsequent government circular. The Court held that the 09.05.2017 order applied only to undergraduate courses, not postgraduate courses. Consequently, the circular issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, which mistakenly treated the order as applicable to postgraduate admissions, was ineffective. The Court rejected all applications, finding the applicants' basis for relief was unfounded."
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