CLAT 2025 LIVE: Delhi High Court reserves UG verdict, PG hearing on April 21

CLAT 2025 seat intake for UG and PG programmes in NLUs:

The Delhi High Court has separated a petition seeking post-exam category change from the main CLAT batch. This matter will now be taken up separately on May 2. 

The chief justice questioned how a candidate could request a category change after appearing for the exam. Senior advocate Rajshekhar Rao, said the issue was covered by a Kerala High Court judgment dated June 22, 2023. He pointed out that the candidate had not utilised the window provided to change the category. "It is covered by a Kerala High Court judgment dated June 22, 2023. The candidate did not use the category change window," Rao said.

Rao brings to the attention of the Court a petition where a candidate appeared as a general category candidate but later sought to be considered under a reserved category.

The Delhi High Court will begin hearing the postgraduate CLAT matters from April 21. “With respect to the PG matters, the Court will commence hearing on the next date, April 21,” the bench said.

The Delhi High Court has reserved its order in the batch of petitions concerning the CLAT 2025 UG exam. "The Court has reserved its verdict on the UG Batch matters," the Bar and Bench posted on X.

Justice Gedela pressed for clarity, saying, “There has to be ascertainment. Give a detailed reasoning of what was found.” Rao responded, “We should have been more proactive.”

Senior advocate Rajshekhar Rao, appearing for the Consortium, read out the process undertaken by the grievance redressal committee. But the Chief Justice noted that the issue had not been verified. Rao said, “We verified. The invigilator states that no such incident happened,” but admitted, “That is a failing on our part.”

When asked what relief was being sought, the counsel suggested awarding grace marks. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela responded, “How can we assess that? You may be entitled to damages or something like that.” 

The candidate’s counsel told the court that her focus was disturbed and time was wasted after she was asked to erase underlining on the CLAT 2025 question paper. Justice Gedela: "Even if we agree, but what do you want to seek from us now? what order can be passed?"

Justice Tushar Rao Gedela responded to the claim, asking, “When you are underlining, how is it connected to your answer? Will it impact your answer?” He added, “How will you prove that it impacted you? This is not a civil trial.”

A petitioner argued that he was asked to erase markings on the CLAT 2025 question paper despite having followed the exam guidelines issued on the earlier date of the test. His counsel submitted that the interruption affected his performance and wasted valuable time. 

"The counsel raises an issue regarding underlining the question paper. The exam guidelines were issued in this regard on previous date of exam. He states that I was asked to erase the marks on the question paper. My performance was impacted, time was wasted, he said," the Bar and Bench posted on X.

The Bench has been repeatedly asking each petitioner whether they had filed their objections within the stipulated time. The Consortium had allowed only a 24-hour window to raise objections after the CLAT 2025 provisional answer key was released. Candidates were required to pay Rs 1,000 per question to file a challenge.

On another issue, Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya asked the consortium how candidates were expected to infer legal concepts like ‘non-payment of consideration’ from the passage. Chief Justice: “Not even impliedly. You are testing legal understanding of a class 12th student. he would not know consideration. This is for the experts to decide but I dont know. Will it be possible for a class 12th student to know the meaning of consideration under Contracts law?"

While hearing objections to CLAT 2025 questions, Justice Gedela said, “They have a right to confuse you otherwise, what capability are they testing?”

A petitioner argued that a legal reasoning question on how a bill becomes an Act was out of syllabus, pointing out that the passage only gave a passing reference to the legislative process. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela disagreed: “There are 2 clear clues in the passage for choosing the correct answer. They have given you the answer in the passage. The other 3 answers are not given in the passage so by elimination only the consortium's answer is correct.”

A user on X posted, “We were expected to solve the entire CLAT paper in 2 hours. It's been 5 months and the Court still can't figure out the answers. Make it make sense.” The comment reflects mounting frustration among aspirants as the legal battle over CLAT 2025 errors stretches into its fifth month.

During the Delhi High Court hearing on CLAT 2025, a petitioner took the Bench through a legal reasoning passage based on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act. He pointed out, “The passage gives only a passing reference to how bills are passed. But the question asks ‘A bill becomes an Act only when..?’ This is also out of syllabus.”

The petitioner told the court that a question in legal reasoning section asked "something that is not given in the passage". "The word consideration does not appear in passage. This question is again out of syllabus. Answer cannot be marked from the passage," the petitioner added. Another candidate also claimed that the question paper had out of syllabus questions. 

"Now a petitioner in person appears virtually and takes the court to the legal reasoning section in Set A. The question pertains to a passage on void and voidable agreements under Indian Contracts Act." the Bar and Bench reported. 

Justice Gedela goes through the logical question and said: "It is your inference. To confuse you the question refers to statistics in USA. How do you say option C is not correct? How is D correct? It is your inference. You are required to answer on the basis of the passage. Not on the basis of data you carry. It is logical reasoning."

Counsel took the court through a question in the CLAT 2025 paper that incorrectly referred to another question from a different set. The court said, “Okay, we agree, we accept it.”  

Another petitioner said that the provisional answer key had the correct answer, but it was changed in the revised final answer key. "That was the reason for not challenging the question. it is a split view so that answer should be 'all of the above", the counsel said. 

"The counsel for Consortium pointed out to the Court that the petitioner has raised 2 more questions in the petition now... and started reading out the logical reasoning passage pertaining to homeless people," the report said. 

The petitioners are raising issues pertaining to logical reasoning question in Set C and Set D. They informed the bench that they had raised objection against these question before the answer key challenge window was closed, the Bar and Bench reported. 

The Counsel informed the Delhi High Court that there was only 24 hour window to challenge the questions. As per the CLAT marking scheme, students will attract a 0.25 negative marking for each incorrect answer. There are a total of 120 questions in CLAT question paper. 

The Counsel for petitioners takes the court through a question which incorrectly referred to another question in different sets of the paper, the Bar and Bench reported. To which, Justice Gedela said: "This is never ending. The cut-off date is sanctified. Another person would challenge another question."

The Delhi High Court is hearing the petitions transferred from Jharkhand court. The CLAT result controversy stems from multiple petitions filed across high courts in Kolkata, Bombay, Madhya Pradesh, among others.

The division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela are hearing the CLAT petitions seeking result revision due to errors in answers. 

“It’s been over five months since the CLAT 2025 exam, and yet, day after day, we are left hanging. Yesterday brought nothing. Today, it’s just endless back-and-forth, breaks, and delays. This is not just disappointing, it’s exhausting,” wrote an X user, summing up the growing frustration among aspirants awaiting resolution.  

“CLAT isn’t just about one exam or answer key. It’s about the credibility of an entire system we’ve been told to trust. When students raise valid concerns backed by evidence, brushing them off in the name of ‘expert opinion’ undermines both academic integrity and public confidence,” a post on X read, echoing growing frustration over the handling of the CLAT 2025 controversy.

The Delhi High Court said it will resume hearing pleas against the CLAT results 2025 today. The division bench said that it will priority to the UG batch matters as the LLB admissions for the academic year 2025-26 were getting delayed.  

The Consortium of NLUs is expected to hold the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT 2026) in December 2025. 

Qualified candidates, as per the CLAT results, will receive invitations to the counselling process through their registered email address and SMS at their registered phone number.

"The Delhi High Court needs to sort out the CLAT admissions matter immediately to relieve the students/teenagers off the perpetual misery they are in thanks to anxiety. The Supreme Court needs to relieve the Judiciary aspirants by making it clear what they want as eligibility," another X user posted. 

Amid the ongoing Delhi HC CLAT hearing, aspirants demand clarity on syllabus. The division bench on Tuesday asked the Consortium the reason for having mathematical questions in the CLAT exam and suggested picking 'better paper setters in the future'.

The Delhi High Court will continue to hear petitions challenging the CLAT results 2025 today. A frustrated aspirant wrote on X: "Every day it's 'come back tomorrow.' Are we preparing for law school or testing our patience to its legal limit?" Several candidates have taken to the social media platforms demanding clarity on CLAT counselling dates. 

The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) conducted the CLAT UG, PG exam 2025 on December 1 and the results were declared on December 7. 

On CLAT 2025 counselling delay, another X user wrote: "It's been over 5 months since the CLAT 2025 exam, and yet, day after day, we are left hanging. Yesterday brought nothing. Today, it's just endless back-and-forth, breaks, and delays. This is not just disappointing it's exhausting."

"CLAT 2025 is turning into a full-blown courtroom drama. Paper setter vs committee, split opinions on answers and subject experts not even agreeing. And guess what? We're the ones stuck in this chaos, silently suffering. How is this even fair?" a X user posted after CALT Delhi High Court hearing on Tuesday.

The CLAT counselling 2025 for both UG and PG have been put on hold. The court’s decision on CLAT 2025 will determine whether the results will be upheld or revised. The Delhi High Court said that at least the “problematic question” should be scrapped.

The Delhi High Court will continue hearing on the CLAT UG result revision cases today. The division bench is expected to take a decision on the UG batch matters today. 

The CLAT 2025 counselling process will include five rounds. Seat allotments will be made based on merit, preference and availability.

According to the official notice issued earlier, the new CLAT 2025 counselling calendar will be announced after the Supreme Court proceedings conclude and relief is granted. "The release of the first admission list for NLUs, originally scheduled for December 26, will be delayed and there on the counselling process. The fresh calendar to be announced after our SC appeal process and expected relief," the official notice said.

The CLAT 2025 counselling was initially scheduled to begin on December 9, 2024, but has been on hold for over three months due to multiple legal petitions regarding CLAT answer key errors.

Read More: CLAT 2025 counselling registration ends today at consortiumofnlus.ac.in; seat allotment result on December 26

The Delhi High Court aims to complete the hearing on undergraduate-related matters at the earliest to avoid further delay in CLAT UG 2025 result declaration. The next hearing on CLAT 2025 is tomorrow, April 9.

"If this is the quality of entrance exams and experts at NLSU, it is not a surprise that India has low quality of law faculty / education / training and justice system in general!," an X user commented as the Delhi High Court continues hearing petitions over alleged errors in the CLAT 2025 exam.

The Delhi High Court will continue hearing the batch of petitions related to the CLAT UG 2025 exam tomorrow. "The Court will continue hearing the UG batch matters tomorrow," the Bar and Bench informed on X.

The Supreme Court transferred all petitions challenging the CLAT 2025 results to a division bench of the Delhi High Court for consistent adjudication. Earlier, multiple pleas were filed in various high courts, including Punjab and Haryana over alleged errors in the CLAT UG answer key 2025.

The Delhi High Court had earlier upheld the single-judge order for CLAT 2025 result revision but refused further intervention. Following this, the Consortium postponed CLAT 2025 counselling, saying it will resume after the Supreme Court’s verdict. The revised CLAT result 2025 may lead to rank changes, cut-off shifts and admission delays across NLUs.

Earlier, the Consortium withdrew four questions from CLAT UG 2025, bringing the total marks down to 116. The CLAT UG 2025 final answer key showed changes in three questions. Candidates can check the modified key below.

Counsel for Aditya Singh, the initial petitioner, has concluded arguments, urging that answers to questions 77, 78 and 49 be revised or withdrawn. Counsel for Harshit Garg (item no 54, 55) is currently arguing before the court.

The court is hearing arguments on whether a CLAT UG 2025 question violated the stated syllabus. The key point raised was that the CLAT syllabus clearly says candidates aren’t required to have prior knowledge of law, yet the question in focus demanded legal understanding.

Two male candidates have topped the CLAT UG 2025 by securing all India rank 1 with a percentile of 99.997.

Read More: CLAT 2025 Toppers: 2 male candidates secure AIR 1 in UG with 99.997 percentile, female tops PG exam

The Delhi High Court is currently hearing arguments related to the CLAT syllabus for the legal section of the CLAT 2025 UG exam.

The court suggests consortium pick better paper setters in future in the future, especially for non-legal sections. "Court suggested the Consortium to have better paper setters in future. Just a thought, you may convey. These are some of the issues Consortium can consider," the Bar and Bench posted on X.

If the CLAT 2025 results are revised, candidates' ranks are likely to change. Those who benefit from the correction of errors may see an improvement in their position on the merit list, while others could move down. The revised results will directly affect admissions to National Law Universities (NLUs), as seat allotments and cut-offs are based on rank.

The following answers in the CLAT 2025 exam have been challenged.

The Delhi High Court is yet to resume the CLAT 2025 hearing post-lunch. The Delhi HC is hearing petitions on alleged errors in the CLAT 2025 undergraduate exam. The matter is expected to continue shortly.  

The consortium's counsel told the court a CLAT 2025 UG question was wrongly framed and never sent to the Oversight Committee as experts had approved it.

CLAT 2025 results were declared on December 7, but soon challenged in courts over alleged wrong answers. CLAT UG 2025 was conducted on December 1. 

On December 20, a single judge of the Delhi High Court found errors in two questions of the CLAT UG 2025 paper and directed the consortium to revise the result. While the aspirant sought corrections in more questions, the consortium moved the division bench against the judge’s order. Both appeals are now being heard.

Due to pending petitions over answer key errors, CLAT 2025 UG admissions are yet to begin. The matter is being heard in the Delhi High Court. The Delhi High Court said it wants to complete the hearing soon to end uncertainty around CLAT 2025 UG admissions.

Delhi High Court to continue hearing after lunch break. 

Senior Advocate Rajshekhar Rao for Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) briefed the division bench about a conflict between two subject matter experts on a question. He said that they have "split opinion". "This is a question of logical verbal reasoning on homeless people," he added and said that the question was wrongly formulated. 

The division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela resumed hearing the petitions challenging CLAT results 2025 today.

Candidates can check the CLAT 2025 expected ranks and marks from the table given below.  

During the last CLAT 2025 hearing , the Delhi High Court asked the counsel for the Consortium of NLUs to submit a counter affidavit within two weeks.

Delhi High Court will resume hearing on CLAT 2025 today. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)

The Consortium of National Law Universities conducted the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 on December 1 last year for the academic session 2025-26. 

The list of documents required for CLAT 2025 counselling is given below. 

• Class 10, 12 marksheet
• CLAT 2025 admit card
• Transfer certificate
• Migration certificate
• Caste certificate (if applicable)
• Income certificate (if applicable)
• Domicile certificate (if applicable)

A Delhi High Court bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela will take the petitions against CLAT PG 2025 answer key separately for admission to post graduate courses. 

In the last Delhi High Court hearing on CLAT 2025 results, a division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela discussed what questions in CLAT 2025 answer key were wrong and what the single judge order. 

The Delhi High Court hearing on revision of Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 results will resume today, April 8. 

The Delhi High Court heard the petitions against the CLAT results 2025 today. Senior Advocate Rajshekhar Rao arguing for the Consortium of NLUs said that an expert committee had suggested withdrawing of one question in which there is a problem. The court will resume hearing tomorrow. 

Here’s the 3-year and 5-year LLB seat intake in NLU Jodhpur which will offer admissions based on CLAT 2025 results. 

Read More: CLAT 2025: NLU Jodhpur revises seat matrix for UG, PG, increases 5-year LLB tuition fees

The Common Law Admission Test - Postgraduate (CLAT PG) counselling 2025 will be announced after the order of Delhi High Court on the ongoing case regarding revision of results. The CLAT 2025 counselling will be held for admission to five-year integrated LLM programmes at NLUs and other participating law colleges. Candidates can check the expected category-wise CLAT cut-off ranks for LLM:

Read More: CLAT PG counselling 2025 dates soon for LLM; category-wise expected cut-offs for top NLUs

CLAT 2025 seat intake for UG and PG programmes in NLUs:

On February 6, 2025, the Supreme Court transferred all the petitions challenging the CLAT 2025 results to a division of the Delhi High Court. While hearing the pleas on January 15, the SC had expressed an inclination towards case transfer to Punjab and Haryana High Court. 

The West Bengal National University of Judicial Sciences (WBNUJS) ranked 4th in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranking for law last year. The NLU  will admit students to its undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes through the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025. 

The round-wise BA LLB cut-offs at West Bengal NLU are given below.

Read More: CLAT 2025: WBNUJS ranked 4th in NIRF this year; cut-offs, category-wise closing ranks

CLAT cut-off 2025 for NUJS Kolkata. (Image: WBNUJS)

Petitions have been filed against the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 result wherein the petitioner has alleged errors in the CLAT 2025 answer key. Due to various pleas pending in different high courts, the Supreme Court transferred the petition to the Delhi High Court which posted the matter for hearing on April 7, 2025. 

CLAT 2025 expected ranks and marks are given below. 

Read More: CLAT 2025 Cutoff: Expected cutoff ranks, marks for General category; UG, PG seat intake

2 male candidates secured AIR 1 in CLAT UG 2025 with 99.997 percentile while the highest percentile in CLAT PG 2025 was recorded at 99.993 by a female candidate from Odisha. CLAT 2025 result was declared on December 8, which was later cancelled due to court case.

On December 20 last year, a single judge bench ordered that the CLAT 2025 answers to two questions were wrong. The judge was hearing the plea challenging CLAT 2025 answer key published by the consortium on December 7, seeking a direction for declaration of the correct answers. The single judge said the errors were "demonstrably clear" and "shutting a blind eye to them" would amount to injustice.

The petitioner challenged the CLAT 2025 provisional answer key for question number 14, 37, 67, 68, 89, 99, 100 and 102, flagging 'errors'. An expert committee had sustained the objections of the petitioner with respect to question number 89, 99 and 102, which led to modifications in the CLAT 2025 final answer key.

Giving the Consortium's counsel two-week time to file an affidavit, the Delhi High Court posted the CLAT 2025 matter for hearing on April 7. 

CLAT cut-offs for general category seats in UG programmes last year were as follows:

Read More: CLAT Cut-Off 2025: How hard is it to get into GNLU? Rank required for law admissions

CLAT Cut-Off 2025: GNLU closing ranks. (Image: GNLU)

The Delhi High Court directed the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLU) to revise Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 result published on December 7 last year following a writ petition challenging the CLAT 2025 final answer key alleging discrepancies.

• CLAT counselling is conducted in online mode. Candidates will have to login at consortiumofnlus.ac.in using the credentials generated during registration to apply for the counselling process.
• Candidates are required to submit a minimum of 15 preferences and will be allowed to add or modify the preferences before the registration deadline.
• Candidates from the general category will have to pay Rs 30,000 and those from the ST, SC, OBC, BC, EWS, and PWD categories are required to pay Rs 20,000.
• There will be a total of five rounds of counselling. Candidates who have been allotted seats will be able to ‘freeze’ or ‘float’ options.
• Those who are satisfied with the CLAT seat allocation and do not wish to participate in the subsequent rounds will have to opt for ‘freeze’. Applicants who are awaiting higher preference will have to choose the ‘float’ option. Candidates will also be given an ‘exit’ option if they wish to not participate in the CLAT UG, PG counselling process after registration.

The Supreme Court had transferred all petitions challenging the CLAT 2025 results to a division bench of the Delhi High Court. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and K V Viswanathan ordered that all the petitions will be taken up by the high court. 

CLAT 2025 Hearing: SC transferred petitions. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) is expected to start the CLAT 2025 counselling for the LLB and LLM admissions after the order of the Delhi High Court in the ongoing case against results. 

Read More: CLAT 2025 counselling likely to begin after Delhi HC hearing on March 3; selection process explained

During the last CLAT 2025 hearing , the Delhi High Court asked the counsel for the Consortium of NLUs to submit a counter affidavit within two weeks. 

The Delhi High Court will hear the petition challenging the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 result today, April 7.