The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its judgment on a group of petitions that have challenged the results of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for the undergraduate (UG) program 2025. The exam in question was held in December 2024, and its results have been under scrutiny due to alleged discrepancies.
A division bench led by Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela heard the matter and confirmed that judgment has been reserved on the issue. These petitions are specifically related to CLAT-UG 2025.
"The pleas challenging the results of the CLAT-PG 2025 exam will be heard on April 21," the bench added during the proceedings.
These petitions were not originally filed in one court. They were initiated in multiple High Courts across the country, including Delhi, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Bombay, Madhya Pradesh, and Punjab & Haryana. However, they were later transferred to the Delhi High Court following a direction by the Supreme Court of India.
The transfer was facilitated after the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) filed a transfer petition in the Supreme Court, requesting that all pending matters related to the CLAT 2025 results be heard in a single forum to avoid conflicting decisions.
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“Previously, the Supreme Court had shown an inclination to move all matters to the Punjab and Haryana High Court since the first petition on this matter was originally filed there,” the court had observed.
A significant development occurred in December 2024, when a single-judge bench of the Delhi High Court reviewed the CLAT-UG 2025 examination and found two answers in the official answer key to be incorrect. Based on this, the court directed the Consortium to revise the results of the petitioners who had approached the court.
However, the Consortium of NLUs challenged this order by moving an appeal before the division bench of the Delhi High Court. During the appeal, the division bench made an important remark:
“Prima facie, we do not find any error in the decision made by the single bench,” the judges noted during the appeal hearing.
Now, with the arguments completed, the matter awaits final judgment from the High Court. This decision could have a significant impact on the affected candidates as well as future conduct and evaluation of the CLAT examination.
The CLAT exam is the gateway to undergraduate law courses across various National Law Universities (NLUs) in India. With increasing competition and high stakes, transparency in evaluation and fairness in the marking process remains a major concern among aspirants and their families.
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