Overview

• The Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Consortium of NLUs, the Bar Council of India and the University Grants Commission in response to a petition describing the counselling fees as “exorbitant.”
• Justice Rajneesh Kumar Gupta has asked for written replies by July 2 and set the next hearing before the third CLAT PG counselling session scheduled for July 4.
• Petitioner Jatin Shrivastava argues that the non-refundable Rs 20,000 confirmation fee per round alongside a Rs 30,000 refundable deposit breaches Articles 14, 19(1)(g) and 21 of the Constitution.
• Advocate Siddharth R. Gupta told the court that the fee structure disproportionately excludes candidates who depend on education loans, preventing hundreds from joining the admissions process.
• A similar challenge to the counselling fees has been filed in the Kerala High Court, with its hearing expected later in July.