The Delhi High Court on April 23, 2025, directed the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) to revise the marksheets and publish a fresh list of selected candidates within four weeks, after finding errors in four CLAT UG 2025 questions.
A Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela held in Shivraj Sharma v. Consortium of NLUs that the errors warranted a reevaluation of candidate scores and a republication of results.
Erroneous Questions Identified by the Court
- Question 5 (Master Booklet)
- Error: Incorrect option provided
- Correct Answer: Option (c)
- Action: All candidates who chose (c) to get full marks.
- Question 77
- Error: Found to be out of syllabus
- Action:
- Students who answered incorrectly will gain 0.25 marks (due to no negative marking).
- Students who answered correctly will lose 1 mark (as question is withdrawn).
- Question 115
- Error: Option (a) was incorrect
- Correct Answer: Option (d) – “None of these”
- Action: All candidates who attempted the question will get full marks.
- Question 116
- Error: Issue only in Sets B, C & D
- Action: Candidates who attempted from Sets B, C & D will be granted marks accordingly. No change for Set A candidates.
No Changes Made to Other Questions
Court refused to interfere with:
- Questions 14, 37, 49, 56, 78, 79, 80, 81, 88, 91, 93, and 97
Court’s Directions
- Consortium must revise CLAT UG 2025 marksheets
- Republish final result list within 4 weeks
- Apply revised evaluation to all affected candidates, not just petitioners
Background
- On December 20, 2024, Justice Jyoti Singh had ordered corrections in two questions for petitioner Aditya Singh
- The Consortium challenged this in the division bench, leading to the present ruling
- Supreme Court transferred all CLAT 2025-related cases to Delhi High Court to prevent contradictory rulings across states
Next Steps
- Revised CLAT UG 2025 results to be published by May 21, 2025
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