CLAT 2025: Delhi HC orders Consortium of National Law Universities to revise marksheets, republish final list of selected candidates.

The
Delhi High Court
on Wednesday asked the
Consortium of National Law Universities
to revise marksheets, republish final list of selected candidates.
Several pleas were filed in different high courts alleging that several questions in the undergraduate exam were wrong. Petitions were also filed challenging the
CLAT results
for admissions in PG courses.
In February, the
Supreme Court
had transferred all the petitions against the 2025
CLAT
results from various high courts to the
Delhi
High Court for a "consistent adjudication".
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In February, the Supreme Court had transferred all the petitions against the 2025 CLAT results from various high courts to the Delhi High Court for a "consistent adjudication".
On December 20, 2024, a Delhi High Court single judge had directed the consortium to revise the result of CLAT-2025 over the errors in the answer key.
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The plea challenged the answer key published by the consortium on December 7, 2024 while seeking a direction to declare correct answers to certain questions.
While the aspirants challenged the single judge's order which refused his prayer over the other two questions, the consortium moved against the single judge's decision.
The CLAT, 2025 for admissions in five-year LLB courses in NLUs was held on December 1 and results were declared on December 7, 2024.

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