Alok Singh
The Delhi High Court, on 20th December 2024, ordered the Consortium of NLUs to revise results after changing the marking for two questions in the recently held Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025.
While deciding the case, Aditya Singh (Minor) v. Consortium Of National Law Universities, Justice Jyoti Singh directed the Consortium to make corrections concerning question numbers 14 and 100 in Set A of the CLAT exam paper.
Based on a comprehension passage, the Court observed that in question number 14, the petitioner correctly identified the trade not mentioned in the fictional pathway described in the question. Hence, it upheld the petitioner’s answer. Also, it held that the benefit should be extended to all the candidates who had written option ‘C’ against question 14 in Set A.
“Since the Court has upheld option ‘C’ as the correct answer, which was also the view of the Expert Committee, benefit cannot be restricted only to the petitioner and will extend to all candidates who have opted for option ‘C’, ” the Court ordered.
Further, the answer to question 100 should be ‘Sohan’, which was not listed among the options. Therefore, the Court ruled that the question should be removed.
The Court observed in its judgment that although the Supreme Court has emphasized the need for Constitutional courts to exercise significant restraint and avoid entertaining challenges to the correctness of answer keys, they are justified in intervening when there are glaring errors in the questions or answer key.
Case Name: Aditya Singh (Minor) v. Consortium of National Law Universities
Case Number: W.P.(C) 17138/2024
Bench: Justice Jyoti Singh.