CLAT surges 30%: Record 77,000 aspirants registered, with 68k for UG alone (despite 3,000 withdrawals)

Tuesday, 4 August 2020 By Legally India Pre-law student

Around 77,000 candidates have registered for the 2020 Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2020, NLSIU Bangalore vice chancellor (VC) Prof Sudhir Krishnaswamy told the Times of India.

Of those, 68,000 had registered for the undergraduate exam alone, while the separate postgraduate CLAT exam saw around 9,000 registrations.

However, “nearly 3,000 who registered for the test suddenly withdrew from the test”, Krishnaswamy said according to the TOI report. Presumably, those candidates withdrew over the delays caused by Covid.

In 2019, CLAT had attracted a total of around 60,000 applicants (though no breakdown of undergraduate vs postgraduates was available).

In 2018, the CLAT had seen a total of 59,300 candidates, including both under- and post-graduates.

The CLAT is scheduled to be held on 22 August and as of now, despite several potential impediments, that date stands.

Though as with everything Covid-19, anything could happen before then and the CLAT consortium of national law university VCs is scheduled to virtually meet tomorrow and intends to continue assessing the situation on the ground in each state.

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Comments

Rajdeep goel 4 Aug 2020, 10:17
+1 -23
it means CLAT is bound yo happen on 22 August
What?? 4 Aug 2020, 12:09
+13 -0
No. What made you deduce that?
Guest 4 Aug 2020, 11:32
+5 -0
Can anyone confirm if applications are still open given the delay in the test?
Guest 4 Aug 2020, 15:10
+13 -0
Is clat going to postpone??
Passive voice 4 Aug 2020, 16:14
+13 -3
What is CLAT going to postpone?
Ab tera kya Hoga NLUD 4 Aug 2020, 19:59
+17 -0
@nlud join clat..shut down your entrance test..no need.
class 12 marks 5 Aug 2020, 05:54
+2 -17
no surprise if class 12 marks become the basis in the name of covid to prepare the merit list.
No 5 Aug 2020, 08:16
+4 -0
That should not happen as that will be highly unfair to students who have been preparing for this exam for a long time.
Yes. 7 Aug 2020, 13:29
+0 -1
I may be mistaken, but aren't 12th grade marks already used as a secondary tiebreaker for the exams?
Guest 5 Aug 2020, 10:05
+3 -0
Sir the situation still need improvement and confidence among aspirants to sit for the Entrance.May be deferred for another one month.Safety is more important than long time preparation,Unjust loses etc.etc
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