CLAT UG 2025 Dispute: NLU Consortium to Approach Supreme Court for Case Transfer

The petitioner challenging the CLAT UG 2025 results has informed the Delhi High Court of plans to approach the Supreme Court to request a transfer of all related cases to the apex court. Multiple High Courts are currently hearing similar petitions regarding the examination.

Petitioner’s Request for Case Transfer

Aditya Singh, a 17-year-old candidate who appeared for the CLAT UG 2025 exam, brought the matter before a Division Bench of acting Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela on Tuesday. Singh argued that consolidating the cases under the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction would ensure consistency in judgments and avoid conflicting rulings. Responding to Singh’s request, the Delhi High Court adjourned the matter until January 30, 2025.

Delhi HC Findings on CLAT UG Errors

The controversy stems from the Delhi High Court’s earlier findings of errors in Set A of the CLAT UG 2025 question paper. Justice Jyoti Singh, in a single-judge ruling on December 20, 2024, directed the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLU Consortium) to revise the merit list after identifying clear errors in questions 14 and 100. The court stated:

“The errors in question Nos. 14 and 100 are demonstrably clear, and shutting a blind eye to the same would be an injustice to the petitioner, albeit this Court is conscious of the fact that it may impact the result of other candidates.”

Aditya Singh’s plea had initially flagged errors in five questions. While the single-judge addressed two of these errors, Singh has argued for corrections to the remaining three questions, citing “blatant mistakes.”

Division Bench Ruling on NLU Consortium’s Appeal

When the matter was escalated to the Division Bench on December 24, 2024, it declined to stay the single judge’s order, finding no prima facie error in the earlier ruling. The Bench permitted the NLU Consortium to proceed with declaring results in accordance with the revised merit list.

Consortium to Challenge in Supreme Court

The NLU Consortium has announced its intention to challenge the Delhi High Court’s single-judge directive in the Supreme Court. The Consortium argues that the court should not have intervened in the expert-prepared answer key for the CLAT UG 2025 exam.

What Lies Ahead?

With Singh planning to move the Supreme Court for a consolidated hearing and the NLU Consortium also challenging the Delhi HC ruling, the apex court’s intervention will play a pivotal role in resolving the ongoing disputes surrounding CLAT UG 2025 results.