In Brief
Education Promotion Society sought a Supreme Court order extending the counselling period for post-graduate medical seats across multiple colleges and deemed universities, citing over 1,000 vacant seats. The Court dismissed the petition, holding that mere seat vacancy—particularly in non-clinical subjects with limited natural demand—does not justify deviation from the fixed admissions schedule. The Court reaffirmed that strict adherence to time schedules for medical admissions is essential to prevent irregularities and that extensions had only been granted in exceptional circumstances with specific institutional or factual justification, not on general grounds.
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