In a significant move, the Delhi High Court on Monday addressed the growing concerns surrounding the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025, emphasizing that the “suspense and anxiety” currently experienced by students is detrimental. The court has commenced hearings on a series of petitions concerning alleged errors in the CLAT-2025 exam, initially filed across various high courts but now consolidated under the Delhi High Court for consistent adjudication.
The bench, led by Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, expressed a strong intention to expedite the hearing process for the undergraduate (UG) exam petitions, aiming to declare the results promptly. “There is urgency as far as UG is concerned. We propose to complete the hearing at the earliest so that results can be declared. UG may start,” stated the bench during the proceedings.
The urgency stems from multiple pleas filed by students and the Consortium of National Law Universities, challenging several questions within the exam, which was held on December 1, 2024. The Supreme Court had previously intervened, transferring all related petitions to the Delhi High Court on February 6, to ensure a unified approach to the legal challenges presented.
In a past ruling on December 20, 2024, a single judge from the Delhi High Court had directed the Consortium to revise the CLAT-2025 results due to demonstrable errors in the answer key, which were described as “demonstrably clear” and ignoring them would amount to an injustice. This directive followed an appeal from a CLAT aspirant against the initial answer key published on December 7, 2024. While the aspirant’s plea was partially granted, the Consortium subsequently appealed against this decision to a division bench, which on December 24, upheld the single judge’s ruling without any interim adjustments, allowing for the results to be announced as corrected.
