Petition filed before Supreme Court alleging discrepancies in CLAT PG 2025

Two law students who appeared for the Common Law Admission Test post graduate exam 2025 (CLAT PG 2025) have moved the Supreme Court against Consortium of National Law Universities alleging procedural lapses and arbitrary treatment of candidates at the exam.The two petitioners, Anam Khan and Ayush Agrawal, who appeared for the CLAT PG 2025 exam conducted on December 1, have raised concerns over procedural inconsistencies, errors in the provisional answer key and excessive fees for filing objections.As per the petitioners, various procedural lapses at examination centers resulted in unequal treatment, undermining the fairness and integrity of the test.According to the petition, Anam Khan, who took the exam at Government Law College in Mumbai, received her question booklet at 1:50 PM, in line with the Consortium’s Test Day Instructions. In contrast, Ayush Agrawal, who took the exam at Acropolis Institute of Law in Indore, was handed his question booklet after 2:00 PM, effectively reducing his allotted examination time.Such treatment amounts to a violation of right to equality under Article 14 of the Constitution, it has been contended..The petitioners have also contested several answers provided in the provisional key and have alleged that there were errors in at least 12 questions. These errors reflect negligence by the Consortium which affects the merit ranking of candidates, it has been contended."It is submitted that releasing an incorrect Provisional Answer Key for nearly 12 questions shows nothing but a lackadaisical attitude in conduction of the said examination by the Consortium," the petition emphasized. Moreover, candidates were required to pay ₹1,000 per objection, a sum the petitioners deem unreasonable given the errors originated from the Consortium’s own oversight. As per the plea, despite charging ₹4,000 as an application fee, the Consortium failed to ensure accuracy in the answer key.Besides, the petitioners have also taken exception to the timeline followed in release of answer key to the counseling. The final answer key was released on December 9 followed by results on December 10 and counseling registration on December 11.This timeline does not allow sufficient time for candidates to seek legal remedies or challenge errors in the answer key, it has been contended."It is submitted that this leaves no scope for the candidates to challenge the final list from a court of law or seek any remedy from any court of law. It is submitted that such arbitrary and miniscule time duration in release of final answer key, publication of CLAT result and initiation of admission counselling is prejudicial to candidates who might want to challenge the final answer key," petition states..Therefore, the petitioners have sought directions to stay the publication of CLAT PG 2025 results and the counseling until the final answer key is released without any errors..Advocates Manasi Bhushan, Shakshi Sharma, Sanjana Patel, Akshit Chaudhary, Chetan and Ankit Chaturvedi