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Supreme Court Flags Errors in CLAT 2025, Orders Deletion of Some Questions
The Supreme Court slammed the Consortium of National Law Universities on May 7 for its careless approach to framing questions and conducting the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). The Supreme Court identified multiple errors in the CLAT UG 2025 questions and ordered a revision of the merit list, setting aside certain directives issued by the Delhi High Court. The Supreme Court CLAT UG judgement addresses 6 questions in the CLAT UG 2025 exam. Following the CLAT 2025 Supreme Court hearing, three questions were withdrawn, the answer to two questions has been changed and the answer to one of the questions has been upheld as per the decision of the Delhi HC.
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A bench consisting of Justice BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih instructed the Consortium of National Law Universities to assign marks for certain questions and eliminate others. While addressing petitions contesting the Delhi High Court's ruling, the bench voiced its dissatisfaction with the Consortium's careless conduct of the examination. Previously, the top court issued a stay order on the Delhi HC’s ruling following petitions submitted by Siddhi Sandeep Ladda and Aditya Singh. In the article, candidates can find out what changes the Supreme Court made to the High Court's order concerning the erroneous questions.
CLAT UG 2025 Supreme Court Judgement
The following is the Supreme Court's ruling for the CLAT 2025 UG cases, addressing a total of six questions (56, 77, 78, 85, 88, 115, 116).
Supreme Court Verdict on 6 Questions in CLAT 2025
Question Number | Supreme Court Judgement |
Que 56 | The Court observed that the answer key incorrectly stated that only the State has the fundamental duty to protect the environment, overlooking the responsibility of citizens. Surprised by the Consortium's stance, the court ruled that option (C) should also be deemed correct. Consequently, the Consortium was instructed to award positive marks for answers (C) and (D) and assign negative marks for answers (A) and (B). |
Que 77 | The Delhi High Court had ruled that the question was outside the syllabus and should be excluded and considered withdrawn. However, the Supreme Court observed that some respondents argued the question required prior legal knowledge to answer correctly. The Court stated, "It is seen that if a student applies reason and logic, it can be found out what is void contract, what is voidable contract." Consequently, the Supreme Court declared Answer ‘B’ as the correct response and directed the Consortium to award marks to students who chose option ‘B’. |
Que 78 | The question pertains to scenarios leading to void agreements. The Consortium identified the correct answer as the agreement to secure a government job through bribery. The High Court dismissed the request to remove the question. “We agree with the High Court that answer (C) is correct and do not interfere with the findings to that effect," the Supreme Court stated. |
Que 85 | The Consortium removed question no. 85. The court noted minimal differences between questions 85 and 88 and consequently ordered the deletion of question no. 88 as well. |
Que 88 | |
Que 115 | The Delhi HC ruled that option (D), “None of these”, was the correct answer for question 115, and all candidates who attempted it should get full marks. However, the Supreme Court determined that answering question 115 required detailed mathematical analysis, which is not expected in an objective test. As a result, it ordered the deletion of question no. 115. |
Que 116 | The Delhi HC ruled that the candidate who appeared for the CLAT UG 2025 with question paper Set B, C and D should receive the marks specified for the impacted question. Since Set A contained no errors, the high court saw no reason to interfere with the marks obtained by all those candidates who answered correctly. However, the Supreme Court determined that question 116 relies on information from question 115 and ordered its deletion. |
Background of CLAT 2025 Result Petitions
The High Court identified errors in four questions across Sets B, C, and D of the CLAT UG 2025 question papers and ordered that candidates who attempted these sets be awarded marks for those questions. The Consortium of NLUs was instructed to update the merit list within four weeks. However, candidates who attempted Set A, which had no errors, were not granted this benefit.
A candidate who attempted Set A and achieved an All India Rank of 22 filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court. She argued that the High Court’s ruling disadvantaged Set A candidates compared to those who received Sets B, C, and D, thereby undermining a fair and equal competition for her.
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