CLAT 2025 Revised Result Impact after Delhi High Court Judgment: Explainer

Question

Issue Raised

Final Answer Key

Court’s Decision

Reason

Q5

Objection to answer "Sellers of stolen hardware" (Option d).

Option (d)

Correct answer: Option (c) ("Auctioneers of cheap bags").

The passage referred to "auctioneer of cheap cloth," not bags. No legal reasoning required.

Q77

Challenge over minors’ contractual incapacity.

Option (b): "Voidable agreement."

Withdrawn

Passage omitted reference to minors; deemed "out of syllabus" (prior legal knowledge required).

Q115

Error in calculation.

Option (a): "₹204 approx."

Set aside. Correct answer: Option (d) ("None of these"). Full marks to those to attempted the question correctly or incorrectly.

Wrong option given as an answer

Q116

Cross-referencing error in Sets B/C/D.

Technical error in question numbering.

Full marks awarded for Sets B/C/D. No court interference in Set A

Questions were wrongly numbered in Set B C and D

Q. no

Answer As per

Consortium

Answer As per Court

Impact on CLAT 2025 score

5

D

C

• +1.25 for those who marked option C

• -1.25 to those who marked option D

77

B

Question Withdrawn

• -1 for those who marked option B

• +0.25 marks for those who marked any other option

115

A

D

• +1 mark for whoever attempted the question either correctly or incorrectly

• +.25 marks added back on account of negative marking

116

NA

NA

• +1 mark for candidates who attempted the question in Set B,C and D

• +.25 marks added back on account of negative marking

Particulars

Details

Maximum increase in CLAT 2025 marks

4 marks

Maximum decrease in CLAT 2025 marks

2.25 marks

Question

Issue Raised

Final Answer Key

Reason for Rejection

Q14

Belated objection by petitioner (Harshita).

Option (c)

Objection raised directly in court.

Q37

Claimed answer should include BRICS currency (Option d).

Option (c): "Diplomatic dialogue between India and China."

Passage focused on Indo-China dialogue, not BRICS currency.

Q49

Objection to "None of the above" (Option d).

Option (d)

Passage required both census and delimitation; Option (c) ("after Census") was incomplete.

Q56

Dispute over state duty vs. citizen rights.

Option (d): "State’s duty to maintain ecological balance and citizens’ right against climate change."

Passage emphasized state obligations under Article 21 of the Constitution.

Q78

Argument for multiple correct answers.

Option (c): "Agreement to pay ₹10 lakhs for a government job."

Option (c) was the most likely void agreement (illegal under law).

Q79

Objection for requiring prior legal knowledge.

Option (c): "Consideration."

Objections raised directly in the court.

Q80

Claimed "out of syllabus."

Option (d): "When the President gives assent."

The passage explicitly stated: "Bill received Presidential assent."

Q81

Dispute over penalties for service providers.

Option (d): "None of the above."

Penalties included both fine + cost recovery; Option (b) was incomplete.

Alleged inadequate data

Oversight Committee’s recommendation accepted.

Q91

Split expert opinion on answer.

Changed from Option (d) to (c): "Homelessness due to economic/cultural turbulence."

Options (a) and (b) not supported by the passage.

Q93

Split expert opinion on mental illness link.

Changed from Option (d) to (c): "Mental health and homelessness cycle."

Options (a) and (b) irrelevant to the passage.

Q. 97

Dispute over passage title.

Option (a): "Lifestyle and Mental Health."

Passage emphasized lifestyle’s impact on mental health.

Q 114

Answer disputed

Option D

Petitioner agrees with the consortium’s answer and petition withdrawn