On December 20, Justice Jyoti Singh of the High Court partly upheld the plea filed by the 17-year-old CLAT candidate, who had pointed out errors in the paper for undergraduate admissions to National Law Universities (NLUs).
NEW DELHI: The candidate, Aditya Singh, who has challenged the results of the 2025 Common Law Admission Test (CLAT-UG), informed the Delhi High Court on Tuesday (7th Jan) that he plans to approach the Supreme Court to request the transfer of the case from the High Court to the top court.
Singh told a Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela that, since similar cases are pending in other High Courts, he would seek to have all such cases transferred to the Supreme Court. As a result, he requested an adjournment of the matter, which was granted by the Bench.
On December 20, Justice Jyoti Singh of the High Court partly upheld the plea filed by the 17-year-old CLAT candidate, who had pointed out errors in the paper for undergraduate admissions to National Law Universities (NLUs).
Justice Singh found clear mistakes in two out of five flagged questions and ruled that the court could not ignore these errors. She directed the Consortium of NLUs to announce revised results with corrected marks for those two questions.
The plea emphasized:
“The errors in the remaining questions i.e. questions no. 37, 67 and 68 contain blatant mistakes that affect the integrity of the entire examination process. Despite this, the Court did not intervene to correct these questions, leaving the appellant and many other candidates at a disadvantage.”
The petitioner has now urged the Division Bench of the High Court to amend the single judge’s ruling, particularly concerning these three remaining questions.
Both the NLU Consortium and Singh, whose petition led to the December 20 ruling, have challenged the decision before the Division Bench. The NLU Consortium argues that the single judge wrongly took on the role of an expert and should not have interfered with the exam results, which were finalized by experts. Singh, on the other hand, has sought to amend the ruling, arguing that three other questions also contain significant errors and need correction.
During a hearing on December 24, the Division Bench refused to stay the single-judge order, stating that no prima facie error was found in the single-judge’s decision. The Bench clarified that the NLU Consortium could proceed with declaring the results as per the order of the single judge.
At today’s hearing, Singh updated the Court about his intention to file a petition for case transfer to the Supreme Court.
The High Court then adjourned the matter until January 30.
In addition to the UG exam, the CLAT PG exam has also faced controversy over incorrect answer keys. The results of the PG exam are currently under challenge in both the Madhya Pradesh High Court and the Bombay High Court.
CASE TITLE:
Aditya Singh (Minor) vs Consortium Of National Law Universities.
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