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Indian Express
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
CLAT UG 2025: SC ‘anguished' over NLU consortium's ‘casual manner' of framing questions
The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed anguish over the 'casual manner' in which the Consortium of National Law Universities was framing questions for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih, which pointed out mistakes related to some of the questions in the CLAT UG-2025, was hearing a plea filed by an aspirant challenging the Delhi High Court's April 23 verdict. The high court had previously directed the consortium to revise the marksheets and republish the final list of selected candidates of CLAT UG-2025 within four weeks. 'At the outset, we must express our anguish at the casual manner in which the respondent number one (consortium) has been framing the questions for the CLAT examination which involves the career aspirations of lakhs of students in the country,' the top court said. The CLAT 2025 for admissions to five-year law (LLB) courses in national law universities was held on December 1 last year and the results were declared on December 7. The petitioner claimed being aggrieved by the high court verdict directing revision of marksheets. The top court said in matters of academia, court was always 'very slow' in interfering as it did not possess the expertise in such issues. 'When academicians themselves err in such a manner which affects the careers of lakhs of students, the court is left with no other option,' it added. The bench said it was clear from the high court's verdict that several questions were found not suitable and, therefore, the high court passed an order in relation to the several questions. The apex court dealt with six questions in the matter. On one of the questions over environmental issues, the bench referred to the answer key which said the fundamental duty to preserve and protect natural resources was only upon the state. 'It is totally wrong,' the bench said, 'time and again, the apex court has emphasised the duty of the state as well as the citizens to preserve and protect the natural resources'. It directed the consortium to give a positive marking to all such candidates who chose option C and D in the answer key. The bench said those who chose option A and B, would be marked negatively. The apex court further set aside the high court's direction for deleting another question and ordered the consortium to give marks to those who chose option B in the answer key. The bench was in agreement with the high court on another question and said C was the correct option. On two more questions, the bench observed the consortium on its own deleted one of them. The top court found 'not much difference between the two' and ordered deletion of the other. Two more questions–one entailing a detailed mathematical analysis–were ordered to be deleted. The bench referred to its June 2018 order in another case highlighting improper conduct of CLAT 2018. In the judgement, it said, the top court directed the Centre to appoint a committee to look into the issue and take remedial measures including penal action, if any, against the body entrusted with the task. Though the judgement came in June 2018, it noted, the Centre took no steps. The bench then issued a notice to the Centre for its response and posted the matter on May 16. During the hearing, the bench asked why a permanent mechanism for conducting CLAT did not exist. On April 30, the apex court stayed the high court verdict directing the consortium to revise the marksheets and republish the final list of selected candidates of CLAT UG-2025 within four weeks. Multiple pleas were filed in different high courts, alleging errors in the questions but on February 6, the Supreme Court transferred all cases to the Delhi High Court for a 'consistent adjudication' after the Consortium of National Law Universities filed transfer petitions. On December 20, 2024, a Delhi High Court single judge bench directed the consortium to revise the result of CLAT-2025 over the errors in the answer key and then following a challenge the court's division bench on April 23 accepted certain objections of the candidates while rejecting some of them. The high court is yet to hear pleas challenging the questions of CLAT PG-2025.
Hindustan Times
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
CLAT UG 2025: SC 'anguished' over NLU consortium 'casual manner' to frame questions
New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed anguish over the "casual manner" in which the Consortium of National Law Universities was framing questions for the Common Law Admission Test . CLAT UG 2025: SC 'anguished' over NLU consortium 'casual manner' to frame questions A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih, which pointed out mistakes related to some of the questions in the CLAT UG-2025, was hearing a plea filed by an aspirant challenging the Delhi High Court's April 23 verdict. The high court had previously directed the consortium to revise the marksheets and republish the final list of selected candidates of CLAT UG-2025 within four weeks. "At the outset, we must express our anguish at the casual manner in which the respondent number one has been framing the questions for the CLAT examination which involves the career aspirations of lakhs of students in the country," the top court said. The CLAT 2025 for admissions to five-year law courses in national law universities was held on December 1 last year and the results were declared on December 7. The petitioner claimed being aggrieved by the high court verdict directing revision of marksheets. The top court said in matters of academia, court was always "very slow" in interfering as it did not possess the expertise in such issues. "When academicians themselves err in such a manner which affects the careers of lakhs of students, the court is left with no other option," it added. The bench said it was clear from the high court's verdict that several questions were found not suitable and, therefore, the high court passed an order in relation to the several questions. The apex court dealt with six questions in the matter. On one of the questions over environmental issues, the bench referred to the answer key which said the fundamental duty to preserve and protect natural resources was only upon the state. "It is totally wrong," the bench said, "time and again, the apex court has emphasised the duty of the state as well as the citizens to preserve and protect the natural resources". It directed the consortium to give a positive marking to all such candidates who chose option C and D in the answer key. The bench said those who chose option A and B, would be marked negatively. The apex court further set aside the high court's direction for deleting another question and ordered the consortium to give marks to those who chose option B in the answer key. The bench was in agreement with the high court on another question and said C was the correct option. On two more questions, the bench observed the consortium on its own deleted one of them. The top court found "not much difference between the two" and ordered deletion of the other. Two more questions one entailing a detailed mathematical analysis were ordered to be deleted. The bench referred to its June 2018 order in another case highlighting improper conduct of CLAT 2018. In the judgement, it said, the top court directed the Centre to appoint a committee to look into the issue and take remedial measures including penal action, if any, against the body entrusted with the task. Though the judgement came in June 2018, it noted, the Centre took no steps. The bench then issued a notice to the Centre for its response and posted the matter on May 16. During the hearing, the bench asked why a permanent mechanism for conducting CLAT did not exist. On April 30, the apex court stayed the high court verdict directing the consortium to revise the marksheets and republish the final list of selected candidates of CLAT UG-2025 within four weeks. Multiple pleas were filed in different high courts, alleging errors in the questions but on February 6, the Supreme Court transferred all cases to the Delhi High Court for a "consistent adjudication" after the Consortium of National Law Universities filed transfer petitions. On December 20, 2024, a Delhi High Court single judge bench directed the consortium to revise the result of CLAT-2025 over the errors in the answer key and then following a challenge the court's division bench on April 23 accepted certain objections of the candidates while rejecting some of them. The high court is yet to hear pleas challenging the questions of CLAT PG-2025. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
India Today
30-04-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Supreme Court halts Delhi High Court order on law entrance exam result revision
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea challenging the Delhi High Court's April 23 order directing a revision of CLAT UG 2025 (Common Law Admission Test – Undergraduate) results. The court has stayed the High Court's decision and sought responses from the consortium and others within a Supreme Court also directed the Consortium of National Law Universities to revise the mark sheets and republish the final list of selected candidates of CLAT UG-2025 within four bench comprising Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih issued notices to the consortium and other parties involved on the plea, seeking their replies within a week. The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), 2025, for admissions to five-year LLB courses in national law universities, was held on December 1, 2024, and results were declared on December 7. CLAT determines admissions to undergraduate and postgraduate law courses in national law universities in the candidates had raised concerns over allegedly incorrect questions and on December 20, 2024, a single-judge bench of the Delhi High Court had ruled two answer choices incorrect and directed result revisions. The consortium and affected aspirants both appealed the ruling. While the Delhi High Court had declined interim relief in December, it eventually instructed a full revision of mark the Supreme Court now intervening, the matter is set for further hearing next week. The Delhi High Court is yet to hear challenges related to CLAT PG February 6, the Supreme Court transferred all petitions to the Delhi High Court for a "consistent adjudication". The top court passed the direction on the transfer petitions of the Consortium of National Law its April 23 order, a division bench of the high court accepted certain objections of the candidates while rejecting some of them."We direct the respondent/consortium to revise the mark sheet and to republish/renotify the final list of selected candidates within four weeks from the date," the high court clarified that the consortium should apply the evaluation to each appellant and petitioner and the candidates who might have attempted certain questions under the court's consortium, the high court said, should also apply the evaluation to all the candidates to whom certain benefits could be granted in view of the analysis. The high court disposed of the petitions and appeals pointing out certain errors in the CLAT UG-2025 questionnaire. With inputs from PTI
Hindustan Times
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
CLAT UG-2025: SC agrees to hear plea challenging Delhi HC verdict
New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a plea challenging the Delhi High Court's verdict directing the Consortium of National Law Universities to revise the mark sheets and republish the final list of selected candidates of CLAT UG-2025 within four weeks. A bench of Justice B R Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih issued notices to the consortium and others on the plea, seeking their replies within a week. The bench said the matter would be heard again after a week. The Common Law Admission Test , 2025, for admissions to five-year LLB courses in national law universities, was held on December 1 last year and the results were declared on December 7. Multiple pleas were filed in different high courts, alleging that several questions in the exam were wrong. CLAT determines admissions to undergraduate and postgraduate law courses in national law universities in the country. On February 6, the Supreme Court transferred all petitions to the Delhi High Court for a "consistent adjudication". The top court passed the direction on the transfer petitions of the Consortium of National Law Universities. In its April 23 order, a division bench of the high court accepted certain objections of the candidates while rejecting some of them. "We direct the respondent/consortium to revise the mark sheet and to republish/renotify the final list of selected candidates within four weeks from the date," the high court said. It clarified that the consortium should apply the evaluation to each appellant and petitioner and the candidates who might have attempted certain questions under the court's consideration. The consortium, the high court said, should also apply the evaluation to all the candidates to whom certain benefits could be granted in view of the analysis. The high court disposed of the petitions and appeals pointing out certain errors in the CLAT UG-2025 questionnaire. The high court is yet to hear pleas challenging the questions of CLAT PG-2025. The appeals were filed by the aspirants and the consortium challenging a single judge's order. On December 20, 2024, a Delhi High Court's single judge bench directed the consortium to revise the result of CLAT-2025 over the errors in the answer key. The verdict, which came on the plea of a CLAT aspirant, ruled the answer choices to two questions in the entrance test were wrong. The plea challenged the answer key published by the consortium on December 7, 2024, while seeking a direction to declare correct answers to certain questions. The single judge bench said the errors were "demonstrably clear" and "shutting a blind eye" would amount to injustice. While the aspirant challenged the single judge's order which refused his prayer over the other two questions, the consortium also moved the division bench of the Delhi High Court against the single judge's decision. On December 24, 2024, the division bench refused to pass any interim order after prima facie finding no error with the single judge's order over the two questions and said the consortium was free to declare the results in terms of the judge's decision.
Time of India
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Revise marksheets of CLAT UG 2025, republish result: Delhi HC
NEW DELHI: Citing errors in four questions, Delhi HC on Wednesday directed the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) to revise the marksheets and republish the final list of selected candidates for the 2025 Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for undergraduate courses within four weeks. A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela accepted certain objections raised by the candidates regarding awarding of marks for the four questions, while rejecting some of them, before disposing of the petitions flagging the errors and the appeal filed by the Consortium against a single bench order. "Since the error occurred on the part of the Consortium itself, while publishing sets B, C & D of question papers, no fault can be found with the candidates for giving or not giving correct or incorrect answers," the HC noted. "All the candidates who participated in CLAT UG-2025 with respect to the sets B, C & D of question papers shall, as a consequence, be granted the marks indicated against the said questions," the bench said in its order. Multiple petitions were filed in different high courts, alleging that several questions in the exam held in Dec 2024 had errors, and seeking fresh evaluation. On Feb 6, SCtransferred all the petitions to Delhi HC for a "consistent adjudication". Several students wanted the cases to be transferred to the Delhi HC, saying it had passed a favourable order in one case by identifying errors in two questions.
