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Alivia Mukherjee | March 3, 2025 | 10:12 PM IST

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.

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 As a result, the answer to question 14 was updated to option C, while question 100 was withdrawn.

CLAT 2025 Hearing: Petitioner’s argument for further revision

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 .

CLAT 2025 Court Case: Consortium of NLUs’ response

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.

CLAT 2025 counselling

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.

March 3, 2025 | 10:12 PM IST

CLAT 2025: NLU Jodhpur seat matrix

Here’s the 3-year and 5-year LLB seat matrix.

Vertical Reservation

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

Horizontal Reservation


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

March 3, 2025 | 09:19 PM IST

CLAT 2025: WBNUJS cut-offs

The West Bengal National University of Judicial Sciences (WBNUJS) held five rounds of CLAT counselling last year. The CLAT closing ranks for BSc LLB at NLU Kolkata are as follows:

CLAT counselling round

AI closing rank

Home state closing rank

1

998

2015

2

998

2033

3

998

2058

4

1010

2058

5

1010

2133

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

March 3, 2025 | 07:52 PM IST

CLAT 2025: Expected cut-off

Here's expected CLAT 2025 ranks vs marks

Law Institutes

Expected CLAT 2025 cut-off rank

Expected CLAT 2025 cut-off marks

NLSIU Bengaluru

100

100+

NALSAR Hyderabad

150

100+

WBNUJS Kolkata

250

98+

NLU Jodhpur

350

95+

NLIU Bhopal

450

95+

GNLU Gandhinagar

450

95+

MNLU Mumbai

600

93+

RMNLU Luknow

750

91+

HNLU Raipur

800

91+

NLU Odisha

1200

89+

March 3, 2025 | 07:09 PM IST

CLAT Cut-off 2025: GNLU cut-offs

Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) will admit students to its law programmes through the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025. Last year's CLAT cut-offs for general category seats in UG programmes were as follows:

CLAT round

Closing Rank

1

429

2

434

3

434

4

434

5

434

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

CLAT cut-off for GNLU. (Image: GNLU/official)

March 3, 2025 | 06:26 PM IST

CLAT News: CLAT PG counselling after court case

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.

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

March 3, 2025 | 05:24 PM IST

CLAT 2025 Exam Date: When was exam held?

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 was conducted on December 1, 2024 from 2 pm to 4 pm for admission to law programmes.

March 3, 2025 | 04:49 PM IST

Delhi High Court CLAT 2025: Plea on exam in regional languages

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.

Read More: Conducting CLAT exam in English can't be barrier for students: Delhi High Court

March 3, 2025 | 04:11 PM IST

CLAT Exam: Counselling process

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.

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

March 3, 2025 | 03:27 PM IST

CLAT 2025: Updates from today's hearing

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.

March 3, 2025 | 03:14 PM IST

CLAT 2025: Counselling fee

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


March 3, 2025 | 03:01 PM IST

CLAT 2025 Hearing: UG result statistics

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

March 3, 2025 | 02:35 PM IST

CLAT 2025 Hearing: One master compilation

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.

March 3, 2025 | 02:28 PM IST

CLAT 2025 Hearing: Court’s directive on demarcation

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.

March 3, 2025 | 02:24 PM IST

CLAT 2025: Request for nodal counsels

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.

March 3, 2025 | 02:21 PM IST

CLAT 2025 hearing

The CLAT 2025 pleas were heard by bench of chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela.

March 3, 2025 | 02:14 PM IST

CLAT 2025 Hearing: Impact on candidates' rankings

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.

March 3, 2025 | 02:10 PM IST

CLAT 2025 Hearing: Consortium given 2 weeks to file counter affidavit

The CLAT Consortium's counsel has been instructed to submit a counter affidavit within two weeks. Next CLAT 2025 hearing on April 7.

March 3, 2025 | 02:01 PM IST

CLAT 2025 next hearing

The Delhi High Court's hearing on the CLAT 2025 result revision has been scheduled on April 7.

March 3, 2025 | 01:48 PM IST

CLAT 2025 hearing time

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.


March 3, 2025 | 01:35 PM IST

CLAT 2025: NALSAR Hyderabad cut-offs

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


March 3, 2025 | 01:17 PM IST

CLAT 2025 News: Latest update on hearing

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.

March 3, 2025 | 12:47 PM IST

CLAT 2025 Hearing: Pending court cases

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


March 3, 2025 | 12:16 PM IST

CLAT Hearing 2025: Impact on candidates

A revision in the CLAT 2025 results will impact candidates in several ways:

  • Changes in ranks: Due to revision in CLAT 2025 final answer key, candidates' final scores and ranks will also be impacted.
  • CLAT 2025 Cut-off: Candidates previously qualifying for certain NLUs might lose their chance, while others may meet the CLAT cut-off 2025.
  • Delayed CLAT counselling 2025: The revision in CLAT 2025 merit list is also resulting in the postponement of counselling process. It will also delay the admission process in law colleges.
  • Further petitions: Candidates disappointed by the revised results may further file a petition, ultimately resulting in more delays.
  • Stricter evaluation in future: Consortium may provide clearer guidelines for regarding answer key objection and result reviews to avoid similar controversies and delays in the future.

March 3, 2025 | 11:44 AM IST

CLAT Hearing 2025: Challenged answers

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


March 3, 2025 | 11:18 AM IST

CLAT 2025: NLU Jodhpur's horizontal reservation policy

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


March 3, 2025 | 10:57 AM IST

CLAT 2025 revised result date

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.

March 3, 2025 | 10:35 AM IST

CLAT Hearing 2025: Marking scheme

The CLAT 2025 marking scheme has been explained below.

  • Correct answer: Candidates will receive 1 mark.
  • Incorrect answer: Negative marking of 0.25 marks.
  • Unanswered question: No marks will be awarded or deducted.

March 3, 2025 | 10:20 AM IST

CLAT Hearing 2025: PTI confirms date

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.

March 3, 2025 | 10:05 AM IST

CLAT 2025: NLSIU Bengaluru cut-offs for LLM programmes

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


March 3, 2025 | 09:53 AM IST

CLAT Hearing 2025: Impact on counselling process

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. "

March 3, 2025 | 09:38 AM IST

CLAT 2025 Hearing: NLU Jodhpur's reservation policy

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


March 3, 2025 | 09:17 AM IST

CLAT 2025 Result Revision: Passing marks

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).

March 3, 2025 | 08:52 AM IST

CLAT hearing date 2025

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 .

March 3, 2025 | 08:41 AM IST

CLAT revised result 2025

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.

March 3, 2025 | 08:27 AM IST

CLAT 2025 Hearing: Timeline

The CLAT 2025 court case revolves around discrepancies in the final answer key and evaluation process.

  • December 20, 2024 – The Delhi High Court’s single bench directed the Consortium to revise answers to two questions in CLAT 2025 (CLAT 2025Set A: Q14 modified, Q100 withdrawn).
  • December 23, 2024 – Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that CLAT PG 2025 results and merit list would depend on the final judgment of a pending petition.
  • December 24, 2024 – Delhi High Court’s Division Bench upheld the single bench’s verdict and directed the Consortium to release revised results.
  • December 24, 2024 – Bombay High Court stated that any selection made by the Consortium would be subject to the outcome of a pending petition.
  • January 15, 2025 – Supreme Court ordered the transfer of all CLAT 2025-related cases to a single High Court.
  • February 6, 2025 – SC transferred all pending CLAT 2025 cases to the Delhi High Court for consolidated hearings.

March 3, 2025 | 08:17 AM IST

CLAT 2025 Court Case: Reason for legal review

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.

March 3, 2025 | 08:06 AM IST

CLAT 2025 hearing today?

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.