On receiving encouragement from a letter addressed by three law students- Priya Chaudhary, Amit Agarwal, & Kumar Harsh to the CLAT Consortium in furtherance of a notification dated 23rd September 2020 issued by the Consortium, a CLAT PG aspirant named Deepansh has sought legal relief against the said notifications which enclose certain instructions regarding the conduction of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) examination amidst the pandemic.
As per point 9 of the guidelines, students who have been tested positive for coronavirus will not be allowed to appear for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2020, as per the revised guidelines. It was also stated that the candidates need to bring a self-health declaration form to the exam hall without which entry will not be permitted.
This sudden revelation has left a lot of aspirants distraught, especially after an assurance given by NLSIU Bangalore’s Vice Chancellor Sudhir Krishnaswamy for exam centres to have isolation rooms for symptomatic students so that they could take the exam smoothly.
An urgent application has been moved before the Supreme Court by Advocate Garima Prashad through Advocate Sumit Chander & Advocate Vinay Kumar seeking clarification about these isolation rooms and the sudden decision of the CLAT Consortium with a short notice.
An article on the queries addressed by Mr. Krishnaswamy can be accessed here Click
A copy of the impleadment application can be accessed here Click