A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), Bar & Bench has reported.
Update 14:30: We have embedded a copy of the petition below.
The petitioners, who are a “bunch of CLAT 2020 aspirants” who are unnamed in the article, with the petition filed by advocate Ankita Choudhary, cites many of the alleged technical issues we had first reported about the CLAT in the last few days.
However, the CLAT had responded yesterday that its expert analysis had not found any credible basis to any complaints, maintaining that its system had worked as intended (despite arguably slightly vague instructions, in part).
The CLAT also corrected four questions with wrong model answers, and removed three questions outright.
According to Bar & Bench, the petition alleges that results by the consortium are “wrong, erroneous, and incorrect” and “biased”, with the petition listing the following grounds for their challenge:
1. The candidates have chosen/selected/ticked correct answers; however, it is reflecting in a result that us wrong and/or different options have been chosen/selected/ticked.
2. The result is displaying and calculating marks in those questions, which were not even attempted by the candidates.
3. Candidates have chosen/selected/ticked different options; however, in the results, different answers are shown as chosen/selected/ticked.
4. 10 questions are either wrong themselves, or their answers which are uploaded on website are wrong.
According to Bar & Bench:
The conduct of exams must be done in an unblemished way, the petitioners aver, citing the precedents laid down by the Supreme Court. The petitioners, therefore, pray for the CLAT 2020 to be declared violative of Articles 14 and 15 and for a fresh round of the exam to be held, without the technical glitches that the first round allegedly faced.
As we had pointed out in our earlier article on the alleged issues and possible technical reasons for some of these, the challengers may face an uphill struggle in the courts, which may have little appetite to further delay the admissions process following the apex court’s striking down of the National Law Aptitude Test (NLAT).
How many complaints, uncertain
The CLAT consortium has so far not officially confirmed the number of complaints it has received, though we have requested a number, and we have not been able to authoritatively confirm the number of complaints.
However, The Hindu had reported that:
Sources said that over 40,000 objections were raised. The consortium refused to confirm the number, though admitted that it ran into several thousands.
The Times of India also reported the 40,000 figure, couched in similar terms:
According to sources, around 40,000 objections were received for technical issues and answer keys. However, the consortium did not confirm the number. “We received thousands of objections. I do not have the numbers off-hand. It can be given later,” said CLAT convener Balaji Chauhan told STOI.
That 40,000 figure seems extraordinarily high and unlikely, as if they are objections from separate individuals that would be nearly 70% of the 59,000 candidates.
We have also not been able to authoritatively confirm that number from more than one anonymous source, but have put the figure to the CLAT convenors for comment, confirmation or rebuttal.
What is more likely is that these are all the aggregate objections from all candidates, including multiple submissions, and potentially also separately counted objections about each wrong question and answers (of which the CLAT accepted that seven questions and answers were incorrect).
On 2 October, The Hindu had quoted CLAT convenor Prof Balraj Chauhan that only around 400 grievances had been received.
The CLAT Is due to release final score lists by tomorrow (Monday 4 September), with admissions due to start by mid-October.
That doesn’t leave a lot of time for the Supreme Court and challengers.
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Only if Faizan and his gang had focussed on Clat instead of screwing sudhir, this blunder would not have taken place.
Please provide us with the audit trail.
allegation about marks deficit and surplus, answered marked but not shown, answer is
showing but not marked is not an issue of one or two aspirants, nearly all are facing with this issue. i attempted all the questions of legal section but according to provisional answer key , it shows there nothing (no attempts), i have already send my grievance regrading technical arrer
About the ExamMouse click issueI am very disappointed , because of the your computer system , MOUSE se well, which continously loosing my precious time . i got frustrated in my exam because my mouse click isn't work properly . it's very bad
About the ExamSystem Hangingi am very disappointed , because even the 'CLAT' haven't any proper way of examination , because my system was continuously hanging , which effect my WHOLE PAPER , because only from this problem i am able to saw my next question , because whenever i clicked next -then it was very, very slow , i loose my precious time only because of your this problem . it's very bad,
29-09-2020 08:08 PMAbout the Answer Key94dAnswer could be both option (a) or (d). As both the options mention are justified. Both multiple investigations and frivolous cases based on one cause of action results in hardship for the court to adjudicate the cases.29-09-2020 08:02 PM
I suggest that you focus on next year and give special attention to your English. Make a target to read 1 book a week. That would improve your vocabulary and also increase your reading speed.
Best of luck
Note: Anybody who claims that Consortium has done a super job is also trolling. But only Sudhir Bhakts would claim that he would have done a better job. His own record and all facts are against that. The troll would also like people to think that Sudhir isn't to blame for current problems of CLAT. He is as responsible as any of the other members of the consortium. Nor was he solely responsible for the earlier 'world class' model questions, another false claim made by this troll. The entire point of a consortium is that the blame and the praise equally apply to the members.
Twitter trend needs thousands of supporters. Truth is that retest has not even 1% supporters.
A coaching in Jodhpur is behind this petition. Actually, it does not get to claim toppers this time.
Similarly, some one from Jaipur is trying to hit Bulls Eye, but aiming below the belt for that.
They have attached the newspaper clippings, which have no credibility!
In any case, they have a right to challenge it, Faizan Mustafa himself said it. Let us see what the court does, however I see it going only one way. There is even a precedent from 2018.
As for software glitches, if it is proven, that will open a Pandora's box. TCS has been conducting exams with the same software for last 11 years, many of these national exams. That software should certainly be above any suspicion.
BTW it's possible that some of the Jindal freshers will make it to NLUs, but having paid the fees at Jindal and begun classes they will not leave. So a big loss for NLUs.
I fell for this propaganda about stunning infrastructure and faculty 4 years ago. I'd advise other law students to be wary. Our admin is the most incompetent of all, and many people on the student council want to publish about JGLS' incompetencies. They're gagged by those students who don't want the rep of the university to fall, so you won't hear about it until you study here. Be wary.
Please disprove me:
1. Were there any TCs last year? - No.
2. Students in only my batch (2016) - 420, 5 sections of BA.LLb and 2 for BBA LLB. Hence, 7 sections. 2017 batch strength is even higher.
3. Elective bidding within 30 seconds - Of you'd like proof and you are a Jindal student yourself, go check out the JGLS Student Council Page posts that mention this same problem - Susmit K's post on 13th August etc.
4. Getting a DC for auditing or listening to LEAD/CLAIMS courses/ even daring to send someone a link to those classes - Email from Jitender Upadhay (JGLS Student Council group post by Bharadwaj S and Abhay S about the OAA's policy this sem)
5. Not getting access to class recordings unless you email with legitimate reasons - Email from Jitender and post by Sonal C on the Student council group.
The name of the good socio professor I had was Deblina Dey. If you'd like further proof that I'm in fact a JGLS student, I can tell you what Sunday's menu was in the last email sent by Vipul Dhawan for the Feb-May semester. Or that the latest mass email to JGU students was at 7:58pm by the VC titles fantastic article. Or all the names of the present student council. Go on, test me.
Instead of trying to dupe students by calling fake news, why don't you dispute the claims I've made huh?
1. Yeah, there weren't any TCs, but we did get more than 20 placements if you're really being technical (and if you're counting PPOs)- and there isn't a bar for people with lower CGPAs, it's just used as a component for your OCS ranking. Besides, the firms don't even use the OCS rankings and instead look at your batch rank- trust me, I had a lot of issues with how the OCS was calculating that. Also, to the point that the firm doesn't really consider the OCS ranking- some people who were within ranks 1-10 did not get shortlisted by any of the firms but people lower down the rankings (but with higher CGPAs) were selected. So if your issue is in general people with lower CGPAs don't get selected, that really just depends on the firm and the way they shortlist.
2. Did you somehow forget the third BBA.LLB section? The total number of sections is 8- yes, there needs to be a lesser intake. 100% agreed with you on that.
3. Completely agree with the elective point and it does not get any better.
4 and 5. Yeah, this was a ridiculous policy in general put in place for these courses but I've heard the attendance and recording policy is slightly relaxed; not too sure about this though.
Also, I'm really curious but what was so special about the last Sunday's menu? It literally never changes.
You do not want to admit the inconvenient truth, which is that NLUs should switch to LSAT.
Just to clarify, I got 97.05 percentile in LSAT so please dont think that I didnt do good in the paper so I am complaining about it.
Actually, as far as English is concerned, it shouldn't be a very dominant criterion in the exam. The deal is, about 1/8th of the folks in my batch grappled with the language throughout their (extended) law school tenures (including only those who in my judgy opinion had this issue). Not saying English is a must, i mean, there are first generation advocates in Delhi afaik who're doing well enough. It's just that, the law school groupism is really, really harsh on them and the tenure takes a toll on their mental health. Like judging max ignoring a healthy scope happens. But ultimately , doesn't matter in the long run. There are excellent UPSC peeps, Lower judiciary judges, entrepreneurs etc who could shape themselves just because of having spent time at law school. Stuff like gender sensitization or research skill building goes all out. Law school is not only a means for a job in law. Can't say that for a load of other institutions. That's why CLAT oughtn't be English specific and exclusionary!
- The college is ranked #1 in QS among Indian law schools
- Best campus and infrastructure among all Indian law schools
- Maximum number of faculty who are NLU alumni and alumni of foreign universities
- Maximum number of faculty with industry experience, including former partners of leading firms, a former Law of the Sea Tribunal judge
- Maximum number of faculty with publications in prestigious journals and books by leading publishing houses.
- Maximum number of foreign collaborations: students exchanges/dual degrees with Cornell (Ivy League).
- Only law school in India with an internships MoU with White & Case, which has also led to recruitment
- Students recruited by Herbert Smith Freehills, Big 7 firms
- Students admitted to Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge etc. Received Chevening, Commonwealth scholarships etc
- In terms of student preference, there have been students who have turned down NLUs for JGLS, including tier 1 NLUs.
- JGLS students are alumni of some of India's oldest and most prestigious secondary schools
Any one graduating from jiggles will surely become a millionaire(after getting their inheritance)
Legally India: My name is Kian and I am not a terrorist.
Similarly CLAT has become the most weird, substandard and laughable entrance exam in the country, thanks to its administrators.
Compare it with any national level entrance test, from CAT of MBA or IIT-JEE or NEET or NATA of architecture or even JNU or DU Entrance Tests.
In no good exam, you find one-tenth or more of the question paper having wrong questions and answers.
In 2020, you receive 400+ complaints and you cancel half a dozen questions. 15+ answers were found wrong. Petition filed in Supreme Court. And this all happening when exam was postponed 5 times and despite getting 6 extra months, these guys can't set 150 questions correct.
In past, every year CLAT has failed as an exam. Except the Coaching guys who make money out of CLAT, no body can view it as a good national level test.
In 2018 when NUALS conducted the test, students had to petition in the Supreme Court. Read Legally India story:
https://www.legallyindia.com/pre-law-student/mhrd-damns-nuals-kochi-for-abysmal-involvement-with-95-profit-making-clat-2018-20181101-9639
There were 6000 grievances in 2018 CLAT. Every year it's getting worse.
https://www.legallyindia.com/pre-law-student/clat-2018-in-sc-34-petitioners-2-writs-6000-grievances-160-examined-exam-results-tomorrow-grievance-comm-results-on-6-june-download-writ-20180530-9372
If you see past years, there were 13 errors confirmed in CLAT 2017 of CNLU Patna. 10 questions were accepted as incorrect by Clat committee. In 2015, when RMLNLU conducted the test, 5 writ petitions were filed in 5 HCs. It had a number of wrong questions, wrong answers all wrongly copy pasted.
Clat 2012 of NLU Jodhpur had 22-25 questions in GK beyond syllabus and a writ petition was filed in Lucknow HC. CLAT 2009 by NALSAR was postponed due to suspected leak of question paper.
With such a distinguished history, this exam has become a joke. Either it should be replaced with a new all India exam or it must be taken away from these incompetent and unprofessional lazy people sitting in NLUs. Government should give it to NTA or some other agencies but NLUs must not conduct CLAT any more to torture students and parents year after year.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/clat-2020-dream-to-study-in-bengaluru-motivated-this-patna-boy/articleshow/78497874.cms
Lot of thanks dear COSROTIUM , I WIIL GET BACK and see , how long u can deny me.