Only Supreme Court Can Relax Medical Admission Deadlines: Madras HC

Pointing out that high courts cannot relax medical admission timelines after the deadline expires but only supreme court has the authority to carve out exceptions in certain cases, the Madras High Court has held that High Courts do not have the power to order fresh counselling once the cut-off date for admissions is over even if seats remain vacant due to arbitrary inaction on the part of the officials concerned or on account of any other reason.

Setting aside the September 18, 2025 order of a single judge, which had directed the central medical counselling committee to conduct a mop-up round to fill vacant super specialty seats in Tamil Nadu despite the admission deadline having ended on August 31, 2025, the Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan observed that such a direction could not have been issued, especially when the Supreme Court had clearly stated in unequivocal terms that its direction should not be cited as a precedent.

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Only Supreme court can relax medical admission deadlines, not High Courts: Madras HC