Delhi HC grants relief to CLAT-PG candidates over answer key dispute
While disposing of three petitions by students seeking rectification of alleged errors in the answer key, the court ruled in favour of the students in two questions and upheld the Consortium of National Law Universities' (NLUs) stance on a third. It directed the Consortium to revise the scoring accordingly and declare the results.
The batch of petitions by the students sought directions to the Consortium to rectify alleged errors in the final answer key of the CLAT-PG for the academic year 2024-25 and to re-issue the results after the necessary corrections.
Additionally, they challenged the fee of ₹1,000 per question for raising objections to the provisional answer key, terming it excessive, and sought a direction to the Consortium to reconsider this charge.
The court highlighted the issue of a high fee of Rs 1,000 charged by the consortium per question for raising the objection to the provisional answer key, observing there ought to be a 'fine balance' between the concerns of the candidates and the institutions.
The court said its observation would be sufficient for the Consortium to take heed of and take appropriate steps to avoid such excessive fee in the next examinations, scheduled for the following years.
'In our considered opinion, it may be advisable for the Consortium to place this issue before the committee headed by Justice G. Raghuram (Retd.) for his valuable opinion which may be adhered to by it,' the court said.
CLAT determines admissions to undergraduate and postgraduate law courses in national law universities in the country. CLAT PG 2025 was held on December 1, 2024.
Multiple pleas were filed in different high courts alleging several questions in the exam were wrong. On February 6, the Supreme Court transferred all the petitions over the issue to the Delhi High Court for a 'consistent adjudication'.
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