A recently disposed-of petition in the Supreme Court challenging the correctness of the provisional answer key in the postgraduate level Common Law Admission Test (CLAT PG) exams held on December 1 has sparked a debate.
CLAT is a national level entrance exam for admissions to undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes offered by 24 National Law Universities in the country. Exam is organised by the Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLUs), comprising representative universities.
The petition before the Supreme Court filed by Anam Khan and Ayush Agarwal had alleged the provisional answer key of CLAT PG exams, released on December 2, contained significant errors, including incorrect answers to 12 questions.
Persons associated with CNLUs’ legal representation in the case said the final answer key was out by the time the case came up for hearing before the court on December 9. They said the petition was refused by the top court on the ground of maintainability. The court had orally remarked that litigation in the apex court concerning national exams tended to delay declaration of results.
“As per CLAT Calendar, final answer key was to be released on December 9, 2024. The CLAT 2025 results were to be released on December 10, 2024. The admission cou
