CLAT 2025 Result: Court Petitions and Rulings on Errors in Answer Key
The Delhi HC conducted the CLAT 2025 hearing on April 7. The hearing remained inconclusive and the court has decided to resume the hearing on April 8. A total of 15 cases are pending in CLAT 2025. In its hearing on March 3, the court had directed the counsels of the petitioners to prepare a common list of writ petitions that pertain to CLAT UG and PG as there are multiple cases pertaining to both exams. The pending cases are from various HCs including Bombay, Calcutta, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, and Jharkhand. In the CLAT 2025 Supreme Court judgement on February 6, the SC transferred the CLAT 2025 result petition along with other cases in CLAT UG 2025 to the Delhi High Court for the speedy resolution of the cases. In the hearing conducted on December 24, the Division Bench of Dehli HC upheld the verdict passed by the single-judge bench on the CLAT 2025 final answer key.
As the fate of the CLAT 2025 result hangs in the balance, the earlier HC judgment has also been challenged by the candidate who filed the earlier plea against the consortium. The candidate argues that there are mistakes in the remaining questions 37, 67, and 68 that were earlier rejected by the court. As per the earlier judgement passed by a single judge bench of the Delhi High Court on December 20, the answers to question 14 and question 100 in CLAT 2025 Set A answer key were changed. While the CLAT 2025 final answer key to question 14 has been changed to option C, question 100 has been withdrawn as no options were correct. Read ahead to get more details on the case and also get the latest updates on other petitions being heard at various courts about mistakes in the CLAT 2025 answer key.
During the first hearing on alleged mistakes in the CLAT final answer key, which was published on December 7, the HC had opined that courts, while expected to adopt a hands-off approach towards the conduct of exams such as CLAT, may have to interfere in cases of erroneous questions. Justice Jyoti Singh, who was hearing the petition, pointed out that, “when answers to questions are demonstrably, (palpably) wrong, not interfering would be an injustice to the candidates.”
In one of the questions, which is given below, Justice Singh said that there was a clear answer to a question for which the expert committee had chosen "data inadequate" as the correct answer in the final answer key.
The four options to the above question were 1. Ram, 2. Mohan, 3. Mohit and 4. Data Inadequate. The judge opined that she could see that Sohan (which is not there in the options) was the correct answer to the above question, but the committee had chosen “Data Inadequate" as the correct answer. In such a case, "None of the above" should have been one of the options. Justice Singh further said that if all options are incorrect, candidates must be given the benefit as they cannot be expected to choose the closest answer.
What is the Final Verdict of the Delhi High Court?
A total of five objections were submitted by the candidates. Out of this the HC has sustained two objections pertaining to question 14 and 100. The remaining three objections have been rejected. The verdict on the two modified questions are given below:
Courts on Mistakes in CLAT 2025 Questions and Answer Key (Latest Updates)
In this section, get all the latest updates about court rulings and observations on the mistakes and issues with the CLAT 2025 question paper and answer key.
Delhi HC to Resume Hearing on April 8
The Division Bench of the Delhi HC has decided to resume the CLAT 2025 hearing on April 8, as the hearing remained inconclusive. The Division Bench comprised of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela.
Delhi HC Postpones the Hearing to April 7
In the hearing conducted on March 3, 2025 the Delhi HC directed the counsels representing the petitioners to prepare a common list of petitions to avoid any confusion. It also gave the next hearing date. The Delhi HC will hear the matter on April 7. The hearing was presided over by a division bench comprising of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela.
Supreme Court February 6 Judgement
The Supreme Court heard the CLAT result 2025 petition on February 6, 2025. In the hearing, the SC has ordered that all the pending CLAT UG 2025 cases be transferred to the Delhi HC for faster dispute resolution. The Consortium had petitioned the SC to transfer the cases to a single HC to avoid contradictory judgements in the matter.
Supreme Court Refuses to Take Up CLAT 2025 Case
In the January 15 hearing, the SC refused to take up the CLAT 2025 result case and instead ordered that all the pending cases in different HCs be transferred to a single HC. The decision about the HC will be made in the next hearing to be conducted in the week starting from February 3. The HCs under consideration are Punjab & Haryana HC, Karnataka HC and Bombay HC.
Delhi HC Division Bench Adjourns Hearing: January 7, 2025
The Division Bench of the Delhi HC has adjourned the hearing on the CLAT 2025 result to January 30. The decision was made in the Jan 7 hearing as the candidate, Aditya Singh has now decided to move the case to the Supreme Court as several cases against CLAT 2025 are being heard across the country. The bench has also clarified that the consortium can go ahead and publish the revised CLAT 2025 result as per the single-judge order.
Bombay HC to Hear Petition Against CLAT PG 2025
A petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court alleging 12 incorrect answers in CLAT PG 2025 provisional answer key. The petition seeks to put the CLAT PG counselling process on hold till the mistakes are rectified. The next hearing in the case is scheduled to be conducted on January 14.
Delhi HC Rejects Consortium of NLUs Plea
The Delhi HC upheld its earlier verdict delivered on December 20 and rejected the Consortium's plea that sought to challenge the two modified answer key. With the verdict on December 24, the consortium will be required to publish the revised CLAT 2025 results.
Consortium of NLUs Challenges Delhi HC Judgement
The Consortium of NLUs has decided to challenge the Delhi HC judgement on the CLAT 2025 answer key. It has refused to revise the CLAT result 2025 arguing that the CLAT answer key is prepared by experts. The consortium has also challenged the court's interference in academic matters and the conduct of the exam. The matter will be heard on December 24.
MP High Court Verdict on CLAT PG Result
The MP High court, while hearing a plea against the CLAT PG 2025 answer key has given a second date for hearing on January 8, 2025. The plea was filed by the candidate in MP High Court, after the Supreme Court had quashed his earlier petition and directed the candidate to approach the HC.
Second Appeal in Delhi High Court Against CLAT 2025 Final Answer Key
The same candidate, through his father, has now filed another appeal in the Delhi High Court challenging the December 20 order passed by a single-judge bench of the HC. The petitioner claims that there are blatant errors in questions 37, 67, and 68 which were not considered by the court. The matter is pending and will be heard on December 24.
Delhi HC Verdict on CLAT 2025 Final Answer Key
The Delhi HC in a judgement released on December 20 has ordered modifications in the answer key of question 14 and 100 in Set A. The answer to question 14 has been changed to Option C and question 100 has been withdrawn. Changes will be made to the corresponding questions in other sets as well.
Petition in Rajasthan High Court
In response to a petition filed in the Rajasthan High Court against the irregularities in CLAT UG 2025 result, the court conducted a hearing on December 18 and directed the committee formed by the Consortium of NLUs to address the grievances of candidates in a timely manner before the admissions are finalised so that deserving candidates are not left without getting admissions. The next hearing is scheduled to be held on January 8, 2025.
Hearing Against CLAT PG Answer Key
Earlier, on December 9, the Supreme Court had quashed a plea against the CLAT PG answer key which had sought to challenge the CLAT PG result and alleged that there were 12 incorrect answers in the provisional answer key.
Second Hearing on December 19
The Delhi High Court took up the hearing on the mistakes in the CLAT answer key again for a second time on December 19 at 2:30 PM
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