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.
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.
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