The Bombay High Court on Tuesday issued notice to NLU Consortium in response to a plea challenging the final answer key released for the Common Law Admission Test post graduate examination for the year 2025 (CLAT PG 2025). .The Court also granted interim relief to the petitioner by making the selections subject to the final disposal of the case."It is directed that any selection made by the respondent pursuant to final answer key shall be subject to the final disposal of the case," the Court said in its order.A vacation bench consisting of Justice SG Dige and Justice Advait M Sethna passed the order on a plea filed by Anam Khan, a candidate for the CLAT PG examination, who raised multiple grievances regarding the examination held on December 1.Khan alleged that the provisional answer key, released on December 2, contained 'demonstrable errors' including incorrect answers to 12 questions. The petition also highlighted issues with the process for raising challenges to the answer key, arguing that the one-day window provided for objections, which closed on December 3, was insufficient. .Additionally, the petitioner criticized the fee of ₹1,000 charged per objection, calling it excessive, particularly when added to the already hefty examination fee of ₹4,000. The plea sought to suspend the counselling process for admissions to postgraduate law courses at national law universities until the matter is resolved.Earlier, a bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar of the Supreme Court had declined to entertain the matter and directed the petitioner to approach the jurisdictional High Court..During today's hearing, Khan reiterated her concerns, referencing a similar plea in which relief had been granted by the Madhya Pradesh High Court. However, advocate Uday Warunjikar, representing the NLU Consortium, objected to the maintainability of the petition, asserting that the appropriate jurisdiction would lie with the Karnataka High Court.The Court, however, observed that since the petitioner had taken the examination at Government Law College in Mumbai, it found it appropriate to entertain the petition.Hence, it proceeded to issue notice on the plea to the NLU Consortium. A regular bench of the Bombay High Court will hear the petition again on January 14, 2025 after the Court reopens.CLAT 2025 has been mired in controversy over incorrect answer keys, both for PG and UG exams.While the PG exam results are under challenge before the Madhya Pradesh High Court as well besides Bombay, the Delhi High Court is hearing plea concerning UG exam.
