The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) informed the Supreme Court on Friday afternoon that it will release the revised results for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT 2025 UG) within the next two hours.

The development comes in compliance with the Supreme Court’s May 7 order, which directed the Consortium to correct certain errors in the answer key. The Consortium stated that it had been awaiting the official upload of the Court’s final order before proceeding with the publication.

Responding to this, a Bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih confirmed, “I have signed it yesterday evening. It will be published right now.”

The matter reached the apex court through an appeal filed by Hardik Garg, who challenged the Delhi High Court's dismissal of his objections concerning three specific questions—81, 93, and 97.

In its April 23 ruling, the Delhi High Court had acknowledged inaccuracies in four questions from the CLAT UG examination. It directed the Consortium to revise the candidates’ marksheets and publish an updated merit list within four weeks. The erroneous questions identified by the High Court were as follows:

• Question 5 (Master Booklet): The answer key listed an incorrect option; option (c) was deemed correct. Candidates selecting (c) were to receive appropriate marks.

• Question 77: Deemed out of syllabus and to be withdrawn. Candidates who answered correctly would lose the mark, while those penalized earlier due to negative marking would be credited 0.25 marks.

• Question 115: Option (a) was found incorrect; option (d) (“None of these”) was determined to be correct. Full marks were to be awarded to all who attempted the question.

• Question 116: Candidates from Sets B, C, and D were to be awarded marks as per the revised key. Since Set A did not reflect the same issue, no changes were ordered for those candidates.

However, the Supreme Court modified the High Court’s directions in its May 7 order. Criticizing the quality of question-setting in CLAT exams, the Court observed that despite a 2018 judgment highlighting similar concerns, neither the Central Government nor the Bar Council of India (BCI) had taken steps to address the recurring issues.

Expressing strong disapproval, the Court stated,

“We must express our anguish at the casual manner in which the Consortium has been framing questions for CLAT exams, which impact the career aspirations of lakhs of students. Courts usually refrain from interfering in academic matters, but when such errors are committed by academicians themselves, judicial intervention becomes inevitable.”

Consequently, the Court issued a notice to the Union Ministry of Education, seeking its response on possible measures to streamline the examination and improve its reliability.