CLAT 2025: Supreme Court Issues Notice On Transfer Petition To Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Supreme Court has issued a notice on the transfer petitions filed by the Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLU), seeking to consolidate cases related to the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025.

The court has asked for responses from the Punjab and Haryana High Court, and other High Courts where similar petitions are pending. The court will hear the matter in the first week of February.

CLAT 2025 Case Transfers To Punjab & Haryana High Court

During the hearing, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjeev Khanna emphasized that petitions related to the same issue should be settled in the same High Court, ensuring a quicker resolution.

The bench, which included Justice Kumar, suggested the possibility of transferring the matter to the Punjab and Haryana High Court for efficiency. The CJI noted that when legal questions are wrong, courts should intervene promptly.

Meanwhile, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, while advising on the jurisdiction, proposed transferring the petitions to the Karnataka High Court.

The CJI rejected this suggestion, noting that the petition had originally been filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He also clarified that, since the court had already rejected the petition under Article 32, it would now send it to the appropriate High Court for hearing.

Disagreement Over Petition Scope

Mehta highlighted that some of the petitions involved differing questions, which did not align with each other. Despite this, the petitions seek to transfer cases related to the CLAT 2025 results from various High Courts to the Supreme Court. The petitions, filed by advocate Preeta Srikumar Iyer, are in response to disputes over the exam’s answer key and the subsequent results.

Delhi High Court Adjourns Case Hearing

The Delhi High Court had previously adjourned the hearing until January 30, following a petition filed by a candidate. The petition challenges the CLAT 2025 results, claiming errors in the exam’s answer key.

On December 20, 2024, a single bench of the Delhi High Court directed the CNLU to revise the CLAT 2025 results, citing mistakes in the answer key. The court noted that the answers to two specific questions were wrong and that overlooking such errors would be unjust.

Court’s Ruling on the Answer Key Dispute

The division bench of the Delhi High Court, on December 24, 2024, upheld the single bench’s decision. It agreed that there was no apparent error in the ruling on the two disputed questions. The bench instructed the declaration of results according to the single bench’s findings.

This ongoing legal battle over the CLAT 2025 results continues to unfold, with the Supreme Court now set to play a key role in resolving the matter.

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