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NEW DELHI: The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 petitions will be heard by the Delhi High Court on April 7. The Delhi HC has asked Consortium's counsel to submit a counter affidavit within two weeks, as per latest CLAT 2025 hearing updates. The Delhi HC will decide if the CLAT 2025 results are required to be revised or not. The Supreme Court directed the transfer of CLAT 2025 related petitions to the Delhi High Court to avoid conflicting judgments.
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The CLAT 2025 was conducted on December 1 and results were announced on December 7. The CLAT 2025 result are under judicial review due to errors in the final answer key. On December 20, the Delhi High Court directed the Consortium of NLUs to revise the CLAT 2025 results, citing mistakes in the evaluation.
The court noted that ignoring these errors would lead to injustice. It specifically identified mistakes in two questions—14 and 100—in Set A of the CLAT 2025 exam. As a result, the answer to question 14 was updated to option C, while question 100 was withdrawn.
Aditya Singh, the petitioner, has challenged the court’s partial acceptance of his objections. While the single-judge bench upheld two of his claims, it dismissed three others. He argues that errors also exist in questions 37, 67, and 68 of Set A and is seeking further revision of the final answer key and CLAT results 2025.
As per the Consortium of NLUs, the CLAT 2025 final answer key was carefully reviewed by experts before posting. Following the Delhi High Court's ruling on December 24, the Consortium announced its intention to challenge the decision in the Supreme Court.
Due to the ongoing legal proceedings, the Consortium has postponed the CLAT 2025 counselling process. It has delayed the release of the first admission list, initially set for December 26. The CLAT 2025 counselling schedule will be out after Delhi HC’s decision on result revision.
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CLAT 2025 petitions to be heard today. Updates on Delhi HC judgement, pleas, result revision, answer key discrepancies, counselling schedule.
The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) may announce CLAT PG 2025 counselling schedule after the ongoing court case. CLAT counselling 2025 will be held for five-year integrated LLM programmes. Check the expected category-wise CLAT cut-off ranks for LLM admission at top NLUs below.
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The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 was conducted on December 1, 2024 from 2 pm to 4 pm for admission to law programmes.
Responding to a petition on holding CLAT exam in regional languages, the Delhi High Court had said that it can't enter the domain of policy making by directing the Consotium of NLUs to hold the exam in languages other that English.
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CLAT 2025 counselling process is likely to commence after the order of the Delhi High Court which has scheduled the next hearing for April 7. The HC heard the petitions today and asked the consortium to file a response in two weeks.
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In CLAT 2025 today's hearing, the Delhi HC considered appointing nodal counsels and asked consortium to submit a counter affidavit within two weeks. The next CLAT 2025 hearing is on April 7.
The category-wise CLAT 2025 counselling fees are mentioned below
Category | Fee (Rs) |
General | 30,000 |
Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 20,000 |
Scheduled Caste (SC) | 20,000 |
Other Backward Classes (OBC) | 20,000 |
Backward Classes (BC) | 20,000 |
Economically Weaker Section (EWS) | 20,000 |
Persons with Disabilities (PWD) | 20,000 |
The CLAT UG 2025 toppers statistics are given below.
Percentile | Total numbers | Gender | State-wise numbers |
99.997 | 2 | Male - 2 | Haryana - 1, Madhya Pradesh - 1 |
99.995 | 1 | Male - 1 | Chhattisgarh - 1 |
99.993 | 1 | Male - 1 | Maharashtra - 1 |
99.990 | 2 | Female - 1, Male - 1 | Delhi - 1, West Bengal - 1 |
99.988 | 1 | Male - 1 | Haryana - 1 |
99.987 | 1 | Male - 1 | Uttar Pradesh - 1 |
99.982 | 3 | Male - 3 | Karnataka - 1, Punjab - 1, Uttar Pradesh - 1 |
99.980 | 1 | Female - 1 | Punjab - 1 |
99.979 | 1 | Female - 1 | Haryana - 1 |
99.975 | 2 | Female - 1, Male - 1 | Maharashtra - 1, Uttar Pradesh - 1 |
99.974 | 1 | Female - 1 | Punjab - 1 |
99.970 | 2 | Male - 2 | Karnataka - 1, Maharashtra - 1 |
99.967 | 2 | Female - 1, Male - 1 | Karnataka - 1, Rajasthan - 1 |
99.965 | 1 | Female - 1 | Karnataka - 1 |
99.954 | 7 | Female - 2, Male - 5 | Madhya Pradesh - 1, Maharashtra - 3, Rajasthan - 2, West Bengal - 1 |
99.936 | 11 | Female - 4, Male - 7 | Delhi - 1, Jharkhand - 1, Karnataka - 3, Kerala - 2, Madhya Pradesh - 1, Maharashtra - 1, Uttar Pradesh - 2 |
99.919 | 10 | Female - 6, Male - 4 | Jharkhand - 1, Kerala - 2, Maharashtra - 1, Rajasthan - 2, Tamil Nadu - 1, Telangana - 2, West Bengal - 1 |
99.909 | 6 | Female - 1, Male - 5 | Jharkhand - 2, Punjab - 1, Rajasthan - 1, Uttar Pradesh - 2 |
99.904 | 3 | Female - 3 | Delhi - 1, Rajasthan - 1, West Bengal - 1 |
Justice Gedela suggested appointing a single nodal counsel to avoid duplication in arguments. The Chief Justice supported this, stating that all parties should present their case using a consolidated compilation.
As per Bar and Bench, the Delhi HC has instructed the parties to submit a note clarifying the distinction between CLAT UG and CLAT PG matters.
In today's CLAT 2025 hearing, the NLU Consortium requested the appointment of two nodal counsels—one for CLAT UG and one for CLAT PG—to streamline proceedings, as per Bar and Bench.
The CLAT 2025 pleas were heard by bench of chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela.
If CLAT 2025 results are revised, candidates' ranks will change. Some may move up in the merit list if errors are fixed, while others may drop. The CLAT 2025 result revision will impact admissions to NLUs, as ranks decide seat allotments and cut-offs.
The CLAT Consortium's counsel has been instructed to submit a counter affidavit within two weeks. Next CLAT 2025 hearing on April 7.
The Delhi High Court's hearing on the CLAT 2025 result revision has been scheduled on April 7.
The Delhi High Court will hear all CLAT 2025 petitions today, March 3, 2025. However, the specific CLAT 2025 hearing time has not been publicly disclosed.
The expected CLAT 2025 NALSAR Hyderabad cut-offs for LLM programmes based on past trends are as follows.
Category | cut-off |
General | 300 |
EWS | 900 |
OBC | 1200 |
SC | 1600 |
ST | 3600 |
The Delhi High Court is set to hear petitions challenging CLAT 2025 results, alleging errors in answer key. The Supreme Court had earlier transferred all CLAT 2025 pleas to the Delhi HC. The CLAT 2025 counseling process will start after the court case announces final verdict.
The pending CLAT 2025 court cases are mentioned below.
Court (Earlier) | Case details | Petition filed by |
Delhi High Court | Mistakes in CLAT UG 2025 answer key | Aditya Singh |
Bombay High Court | Mistakes in CLAT PG 2025 answer key and exorbitant cost to raise objections | Anam Khan |
Madhya Pradesh High Court | Mistakes in CLAT PG 2025 answer key and high cost of raising objections | Ayush Agarwal |
Kolkata High Court | Result dispute | Aslesha Ajitsaria |
A revision in the CLAT 2025 results will impact candidates in several ways:
The following answers in the CLAT 2025 exam have been challenged.
Question Number | Answer as per consortium | Answer as per the candidate | Court order |
14 | D | C | Objection accepted |
37 | D | C | Objection rejected |
67 | B | C | Objection rejected |
68 | C | D | Objection rejected |
100 | D | B | Question withdrawn |
The NLU Jodhpur’ horizontal reservation policy for LLB programme is as follows
Category | Seats |
Rajasthan Domicile General | 16 |
Rajasthan Domicile SC | 5 |
Rajasthan Domicile ST | 2 |
Rajasthan Domicile OBC | 6 |
All India General PWD | 2 |
Rajasthan Domicile PWD | 1 |
All India SC PWD | 1 |
All India ST PWD | 1 |
All India OBC PWD | 1 |
The decision on CLAT 2025 result revision is yet to be taken by Delhi HC. The CLAT 2025 result was declared on December 7. The CLAT 2025 revised result will be announced on the official website, consortiumofnlus.ac.in.
The CLAT 2025 marking scheme has been explained below.
The PTI has confirmed that the Delhi High Court will hear the Consortium of NLUs' appeal against the order to revise CLAT 2025 results today, March 3. This follows discrepancies in the final answer key that can impact merit rankings and admissions.
The expected CLAT 2025 NLSIU Bengaluru cut-offs for LLM programme based on past trends are as follows.
Category | cut-off (closing ranks) |
General | 200 |
EWS | 900 |
OBC | 1200 |
SC | 1600 |
ST | 3600 |
The Consortium of NLUs has also postponed the CLAT 2025 counselling process due to ongoing court case. The Consortium's official notice read, " 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 total seat capacity for LLB programme in NLU Jodhpur is 120. The NLU Jodhpur’ reservation policy is as follows
Category | Number of seats |
All India General/Unreserved | 62 |
All India SC | 18 |
All India ST | 9 |
All India OBC | 25 |
MBC of Rajasthan | 6 |
EWS - Supernumerary | 12 |
CLAT 2025 do not have specific passing marks. Admission will be based on CLAT 2025 cut-offs, which varies depending on the category and the participating National Law Universities (NLUs).
The CLAT 2025 hearing date is today, March 3. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and K V Viswanathan ordered that all CLAT 2025 petitions will be taken up by the Delhi high court on March 3.
The CLAT 2025 result revision depends on the final decision of the Delhi High Court. While a single-judge bench initially directed the Consortium of NLUs to revise answers for two questions, the Consortium has challenged the order in the Supreme Court. The Delhi HC will determine whether the CLAT 2025 results will be revised or not.
The CLAT 2025 court case revolves around discrepancies in the final answer key and evaluation process.
The CLAT 2025 results are under judicial review due to errors in the final answer key, which affected the evaluation process. The Delhi High Court identified mistakes in two questions from Set A and directed a revision of CLAT 2025 results.
Yes, the Delhi High Court will hear the CLAT 2025 petitions today, March 3. The Delhi HC will decide whether the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 results will be revised.