Salman Khurshid asks SC to combine 6 CLAT writs • Nuals, HRD to be in court tomorrow

CLATaclysm 2018 continues...
CLATaclysm 2018 continues...

Senior advocate Salman Khurshid and advocate Anand Shankar Jha appeared in the Supreme Court for several Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2018 candidates today in a challenge to its conduct and its results, and the court directed them to serve copies of the petition on CLAT 2018 convenor Nuals Kochi and on the ministry of human resource development (HRD).

Jha told us that Khurshid submitted before the court today that a total of six high court benches are already hearing challenges against the CLAT 2018 on the same issue, and that the Supreme Court may be inclined to transfer all those challenges to itself for a combined hearing.

Jha told us that the writ Disha Panchal & Ors vs Union of India filed by them before the SC yesterday, as first reported by Live Law, had six petitioners on affidavit at the time of its filing but there are several more petitioners behind the challenge.

The writ prays for quashing the CLAT 2018 and staying its results scheduled for 31 May, and to re-conduct the exam this year in addition to instituting a committee of experts to examine the error representations made to Nuals Kochi by the candidates.

The same relief was prayed for in the other six writs before various high courts this year including Rajasthan and Delhi which we have already reported on.

The next hearing in the SC is scheduled for tomorrow.

Comments

#NoCLATRetest 23 May 2018, 09:50
+11 -26
I strongly oppose the students who are filing these petitions and those instigating them, such as Lawctopus ABVP and Vensy Krishna. There CANNOT BE a a retest. Enough is enough. There is no doubt that these petitioners are students who gave a bad exam and are looking for an excuse. The cutoffs and merit lists are now known. Mr Rajneesh Singh has also given his predictions. It is very unfair if someone gets selected to NLSIU and is then misses out through a retest.

And BTW who is Vensy Krishna?? She did not even give CLAT this year. She suddenly comes to Twitter and tries to incite students with hundreds of tweets. She is just a girl trying to be popular on social media . She probably had zero Twitter/Instagram fans before this. Now all her newfound Twitter/Instagram fans come to LI and downvote comments against a retest.

And she gives sarcastic replies if anyone criticises her, instead of responding to the criticism. See below:

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kianganz 23 May 2018, 09:53
+18 -0
I don't think having not taken the CLAT disqualifies you from commenting or having an opinion on what's just...

I understand the calls for a retest, and I understand the resistance to a retest also. Fact is, there are no easy solutions right now and there will be some losers at the end of this, through no fault of their own, because CLAT messed up, yet again...
retest may happen 23 May 2018, 10:57
+12 -0
ok , so first of all you can't be a judge in your own case , congratulations to you on successfully cracking the clat , i have no qualms about any of the two scenarios , retest or no retest both are cool with me , my only motive is to make you understand that it's under the discretion of the honourable supreme court whether it will happen or not and if the supreme court directs for the same you will be obliged to comply with the same , heard of the aipmt judgement well i would suggest you take some time off and go through it , i am in no way suggesting that that the circumstances in both the cases were the same but same as this years CLAT , aimpt 2015 had instances of spying reportedly 50 people . were accused of wearing spyware and using unfair means to cheat during the exam , roughly 6 lakh people gave the exam which is 10 times the clat aspirants , ranjit kumar appearing for CBSE contended that the retest is not possible a lot of students like you contended the same that its unfair to conduct a retest because of a few irregularities , now the no of irregularities in this case is much higher as compared to clat , there are videos suggesting incidents of cheating , the supreme court mentioned in its judgement that the retest is a price to be paid for maintaining the sanctity of this exam , think of the students appearing for clat 2019 what impression they will have on the legal institution While observing that the re-test would cause severe inconvenience to all involved in the process, it justified its decision by holding that it is the price stakeholders would have to suffer in order to maintain the impeccable and irrefutable sanctity and credibility of a process of examination.

"Also, without paying that price, the ranking and merit positions between candidates, would not necessarily reflect sincere candidates' innate worth and capability because cheaters might bump them out of the ranking. " these were the exact words of the supreme court judgement , so you need to understand that justice should not only be done but also seen to be done , just imagine your plight if you were at the receiving end of clat fiasco what would you say then , jus because you got lucky doesnt mean that you have the right to damage the reputation of other people involved in providing justice to all the candidates , whatever will be the judgement of the supreme court will be binding on all till then get a life and stop posting such comments
What the epic 23 May 2018, 13:48
+6 -2
She responded to ad hominem with ad hominem. What's wrong with that? She's a Nalsar grad and she is conducting a summer school for prospective CLAT applicants. What she's written is true on all counts.
Rrrrr 29 May 2018, 11:00
+1 -1
Congratulations honey, you have successfully cracked Clat, but not everyone is a genius like you are. You are the smartest of us all and you deserve NLSIU and congratulations to you. I don’t see a problem for you if there is retest ever conducted, because you arw THE smartest of us all. If you have cracked it once, you sure as hell won’t have a problem doing it again, unless you don’t have faith in yourself, which I strongly believe that you don’t.
Also, “Enough is enough”, you don’t know what we went through that day so better not comment about it. I am glad you were lucky, but we weren’t. Also, we are making an excuse for a bad exam that we undertook. How would you feel when I’d say that you don’t want a retest because you fear that your fluke won’t work this time or cheating would be impossible? Does it hurt your ego? I hope it does. Don’t comment about the things you don’t know. It’s good to have an opinion and be a rightist but don’t becaome an egoist.
Also, get a life and yeah, stop with this bullshit.
Guest 23 May 2018, 11:37
+6 -0
See the true, ugly face of ABVP. How can they file a petition for the benefit of legal education?

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei2mKmDtBZM[/youtube]
Tanuj Kalia Lawctopus 23 May 2018, 11:51
+12 -3
The only reason an 'entrance test' is conducted is to give EVERYONE a [b]'level playing field'[/b] to compete and get the coveted seat. [i](There's much wrong with this system per se, but that doesn't negate the fact that this is the basic purpose of an entrance test).[/i]

Such large-scale mismanagement, in which some students practically had 30 mins to complete the test, and some had 4 hours means that the playing field was not 'level'; it favoured some, while put many others at a disadvantage.

A retest (properly done, fingers crossed) will ensure that there is a level playing field again. It's fair to everyone.
Retest may happen 23 May 2018, 12:02
+7 -0
I am so glad to see law school alumnis like you fighting for the right of clat aspirants, despite all the hopelessness created by so called law gurus bu giving their cut offs and publicly announcing that just like every other clat season..the people behind clat fiasco would go Scott free and students would be forced to take admission in non nlus despite all the year round toil, I have faith in the Supreme Court despite all the goof ups justice would vf served
inc 23 May 2018, 17:31
+1 -12
To those who did not clear CLAT: Pease get over it and try for JGLS and Symbi. They are easy to get into and equal to tier 2 NLU standard. You may also try for Amity, Christ, GLC and UPES, which are tier 3 NLU standard. There are lots of good options with good placement possibilities. Please stop your protest. You can get a refund of the exam fee of Rs 4,000 and a promise that there will be a CLAT body next year, but no retest. The Supreme Court has many other important matters. Setbacks are a part of life.
JGLS Grad at Amarchand 24 May 2018, 02:07
+3 -1
True. At the end of the day, what one does in the law school matters more than "which" college. However, I believe that given the current circumstances, insofar CLAT is concerned, there should forthwith be a retest, if the Court feels so in the interests of Natural Justice and Equity.

Although JGLS is comparable to a Tier-1 NLU based on it's placement records, Mooting achievements (Vis, Oxford Price, ELSA, HSF, Jessup North, Frankfurt), International & NLU Grad Faculty, Course Structure, Research Centres, White & Case MoUs, Semester/JD Exchange, Infrastructure and massively rising alumni network.
NotJGLS 24 May 2018, 05:41
+3 -1
Agreed on other counts, but JGLS is nowhere near the tier I universities for placements, in terms of the proportion of the batch that is placed at Big 7 firms, or even the number of people placed in proportion to the number sitting for placements.
Guest 24 May 2018, 12:03
+0 -0
Correct. Only the top 10 at JGLS get tier 1 placements, not the rest.
Guest 2 25 May 2018, 09:57
+0 -0
Getting a law firm job or any job for that matter is based on individual effort rather than name of the institution, to certain extent it does matter but I know plenty of students from top law schools who have made a mess of themselves and several others who despite being not so privileged are doing well in top tier law firms, it's only a matter of priorities, being consistent and sincere more importantly and the choices you make in these 5 years
Rrrrr 29 May 2018, 11:05
+1 -0
Honestly, you get a life and get over it. You are no one to tell us what to do and what not to do. For you, JGLS might be your dream but for some us it has been NUJS. You did well and cracked Clat, so well done. Had you been in this position that we are in now, I’d like to know what your reaction would be. And please refrain from saying that you would never do all this, because you and I both know, that’s a big sham and lie. Setbacks are a part of life, I agree, but I also believe in the fact that we should never give up fighting for the injustice done to us. So my dear wonderful friend, get a life and enjoy. :)
1 Lakh per annum 29 May 2018, 21:22
+1 -0
Lol JGLS is comparable to Tier 1 NLU it seems.