Overview

• On April 30, 2025, the Supreme Court issued an interim stay on the Delhi High Court's April 23 order to revise the CLAT UG 2025 merit list.
• The High Court had identified errors in four questions across sets B, C, and D, awarding marks to affected candidates, while declaring set A error-free.
• A candidate from set A, ranked 22nd nationally, filed a Special Leave Petition, arguing the High Court's decision unfairly disadvantaged A-set candidates.
• The Supreme Court bench, led by Justices BR Gavai and Augustine George Masih, has sought responses from involved parties within a week and will hear the case further next week.
• The legal proceedings have introduced uncertainty into the admissions timeline for five-year law programs at 24 National Law Universities across India.