On December 20, Delhi High Court’s single-judge Justice Jyoti Singh had partly ruled in favor of a 17-year-old CLAT UG candidate, Aditya. He had alleged that the CLAT 2025 exam contained errors in some questions.
NEW DELHI: Today (6th Feb): The Supreme Court of India ordered that all cases concerning the results of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 for undergraduate (UG) courses, pending in different High Courts, should be moved to the Delhi High Court.
A Bench consisting of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna, along with Justices PV Sanjay Kumar and KV Viswanathan, issued this directive on Thursday.
The Supreme Court stated, “List before Delhi High Court on March 3. Within 7 days of this order registrar of each High Court should send the papers (of the concerned case pending before them) to Delhi High Court.”
The order was issued following a request from the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLU Consortium). The Consortium sought to consolidate all matters in one High Court to prevent conflicting judgments on the same issue. Currently, petitions concerning the CLAT UG results are being heard in the High Courts of Delhi, Rajasthan, and Punjab & Haryana.
Background
On December 20, Delhi High Court’s single-judge Justice Jyoti Singh had partly ruled in favor of a 17-year-old CLAT UG candidate, Aditya. He had alleged that the CLAT 2025 exam contained errors in some questions.
Justice Singh found mistakes in two out of five questions flagged by the candidate. She observed that courts should not remain passive when clear mistakes are present. The ruling stated, “The Court cannot take a hands-off approach when such clear errors are made out.”
As a result, the judge directed the NLU Consortium to issue revised results by correcting the marks awarded for these two questions.
This decision was later challenged before a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court by both the NLU Consortium and the candidate, Aditya.
The NLU Consortium argued that the single-judge ruling was flawed because, according to them, “The single-judge had wrongly donned the hat of an expert and should not have interfered with exam answers that were finalised by experts.”
Meanwhile, Aditya also filed an appeal seeking further modifications. His plea argued that corrections were made only for two questions, whereas he had pointed out errors in five questions.
His argument was, “There are ‘blatant mistakes’ in three more questions and hence, corrections with respect to these three questions as well.”
After the legal battle escalated, the NLU Consortium approached the Supreme Court, requesting the transfer of all related cases to a single High Court. The Supreme Court then directed that the matter be heard exclusively by the Delhi High Court to avoid contradictory rulings.
The controversy is not limited to the CLAT UG exam. The results of the CLAT PG 2025 exam are also facing legal scrutiny. Several candidates have challenged the correctness of the answer keys in different High Courts.
Currently, cases regarding CLAT PG results are being heard in the Madhya Pradesh High Court and the Bombay High Court.
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