CLAT 2025 : Supreme Court Expresses Inclination To Transfer Petitions Against CLAT 2025 To Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 15) expressed the inclination to transfer to the Punjab and Haryana High Court the petitions filed in other High Courts challenging the results of the Common Law Admission Test-2025 (CLAT-2025) held in December 2024 for admissions to undergraduate and post-graduate law courses in various National Law Universities.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar issued notice in the transfer petitions by the Consortium of National Law Universities seeking the consolidation of all the petitions and their transfer either to the Supreme Court or to any particular High Court.  

Petitions are at present pending in the High Courts of Delhi, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Bombay, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab & Haryana against the results of the CLAT-2025 test held in December 2024.

As soon as the matter was taken, CJI Khanna said that the bench was inclined to send the matter to a particular High Court, since the Supreme Court had earlier refused to entertain a similar petition and asked the petitioner to approach the High Court. Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta, while agreeing to the bench's view, requested if the petitions can be sent to the Karnataka High Court.

However, CJI Khanna pointed out that the first petition was filed at the Punjab and Haryana High Court. "At the P&H High Court, the disposal rate is very good, it is higher than the other Courts," CJI Khanna said.

The lawyers appearing for some students requested that the Delhi High Court be chosen, pointing out that the Delhi HC has already passed an order that two answers are wrong.  "We are requesting with folded hands," one counsel submitted. "Law students should not fold their hands," CJI Khanna replied.

The bench dictated the order as follows :

"The writ petitions pending in different courts should be dealt with one High Court, as it would be expeditious. Issue notice returnable in the week commencing 3rd February 2025. Notices will be served to the counsels appearing for the petitioners before different HCs. The bench is of the view that the matters can be transferred to P&H HC"

In December 2024, the Supreme Court refused to entertain a petition challenging the answer keys of the CLAT-PG 2025 exam and asked the petitioners to approach the High Court.

In December 2024, a single judge of the Delhi High Court found that two answers of the CLAT-UG 2025 exam were wrong and asked the Consortium to revise the results of the petitioners. When the Consortium appealed against the single bench's decision, the division bench remarked that they prima facie did not find any error in the single bench's decision.

Case : CONSORTIUM OF NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITIES VS. MASTER ADITYA SINGH, MINOR | TP(c) 000046 - 000054 / 2025

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