The Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan approved the order with a pleading. (Proceedings)
New Delhi:
The Supreme Court has canceled Bengaluru’s notification from the National Law School of the University of India (NLSIU) for a separate entrance examination, the National Law Aptitude Exam-2020 which was conducted on 12th of September, for admission to their integrated five-year BA LLB (Hons) program.
By canceling the NLAT-2020 entrance exam, the court also ordered that admissions to the 22 national law universities (NLUs) be conducted in accordance with CLAT-2020, which is scheduled for September 28.
A bank headed by Judge Ashok Bhushan approved the order in a guilty plea challenging the NLAT-2020 filed by former NLSIU vice chancellor Professor R Venkata Rao and father of an applicant.
The bench, which also includes judges RS Reddy and MR Shah, said that all NLUs should begin their academic session in mid-October.
The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a centralized national level entrance test for admission to 22 NLUs in India. The National University of Indian Law School of Bengaluru is one of them.
On September 17, the superior court reserved its order on the petition for annulment of the NLAT-2020 notice, read with the September 4 press release on admissions to NLSIU 2020-21. NLSIU Bengaluru defended its decision in high court to take a separate entrance examination instead of CLAT.
On September 11, the high court gave NLSIU Bengaluru its approval to conduct a separate examination on September 12, but prevented it from announcing the results and admitting any student until the declaration is processed.
The court, which said it is an important matter to be decided, had sent a notice to the university and its vice chancellor, Professor Sudhir Krishnaswamy, and requested their answers on the guilty plea.
The motive described the holding of a separate review as “manifestly arbitrary and illegal”.
NLSIU’s action had created unprecedented uncertainty and imposed an onerous burden and obligations on thousands of applicants, who are now unsure about the future course of action, according to the statement.
The contested notice states that NLSIU will not accept 2020 CLAT scores for admission to the 2020-21 academic year and an exam called the NLAT will be conducted online.
“The sudden and capricious decision of the NLSIU has not only thrown the CLAT 2020 applicants into a frenzy and into a state of fear and confusion, it has also seriously compromised the university’s position in the Consortium. Due to the capricious behavior of the University, children are subjected to extreme pressure and mental stress, “the statement read.
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