New Delhi [India], March 3: The Delhi High Court’s Division Bench has scheduled a hearing for April 7 to address petitions challenging the results of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 exams. The hearing will focus on concerns raised regarding the CLAT UG and PG exams, which have sparked multiple challenges.
During Monday’s proceedings, Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay highlighted the need for swift action to alleviate the uncertainty students have been facing, suggesting that the matter could be expedited for a timely resolution.
Counsel for the NLU Consortium acknowledged the challenges to the CLAT exams and pledged to compile a list of questions and relevant judgments to facilitate the court’s review. The petitioner contended that, despite differences between the UG and PG exams, they should be addressed together due to common issues, including discrepancies in exam questions and high fees charged for participation.
The petitioner also raised concerns about the steep fees associated with CLAT, questioning the authority behind such charges.
The petitions, initially filed in various High Courts across India, were transferred to the Delhi High Court by the Supreme Court. The court appointed a nodal officer and directed the registry to consolidate all petitions received from the other High Courts. The CLAT Consortium’s counsel has been instructed to submit a counter-affidavit within two weeks.
In a previous ruling last month, the Supreme Court decided to consolidate all petitions challenging the 2025 CLAT results to the Delhi High Court to avoid conflicting decisions. The CLAT 2025 exams, held in December, are crucial for admissions to undergraduate and postgraduate law programs at National Law Universities across the country. Several petitions have claimed that certain questions in the exam were incorrect, contributing to the ongoing legal scrutiny.