The Delhi High Court has asked the Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLU) to revise the results of the CLAT 2025 exam due to errors found in the answer key. The court ruled that fairness must be ensured so that no student faces injustice. The case came to light when Aditya Singh, a 17-year-old student who appeared for the examination, raised objections against two answers to questions no 14 and 100 from the CLAT 2025 final answer key. Aditya claimed rectifying these mistakes would improve his score from 87 to 93.25, increasing his rank and chances of admission to a top National Law University (NLU).
Justice Jyoti Singh accepted the errors, stating, “The errors in question Nos. 14 and 100 are demonstrably clear, and shutting a blind eye to the same would be an injustice to the petitioner, albeit this court is conscious of the fact that it may impact the result of other candidates.”
The court partially allowed Aditya’s petition and directed the exam authority to award marks to candidates who chose option C for question number 14 and exclude question no. from 100 from the final evaluation. The court clarified that these changes should apply to all candidates who have been affected and not just the petitioner.
The revised CLAT 2025 results is likely to affect the overall ranks and admission of the affected candidates. The Consortium of National Law Universities has been assigned to revise and release the updated results as soon as possible.
The CLAT exam consists of a total of 120 questions from the following subjects- Quantitative Techniques, English, Current Affairs, and Legal Reasoning. The subjects included in the postgraduate courses are constitutional law, family law, and more.