Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2018 convenor Nuals Kochi, and NLU Jodhpur, have been issued notice by the Rajasthan high court today to respond to a petition challenging the CLAT 2018, as another notice may be in the making in the Delhi high court.
Jaipur bench justice Alok Sharma heard two CLAT 2018 candidates today who, as we had reported on Wednesday, had asked for a stay on the results of the exam and for directions to re-conduct the exam on the ground that they had lost precious test time due to technical errors in the conduct of the exam.
The candidates had also made NLU Jodhpur a respondent to their challenge on the ground that the invigilators at their test centre, who are NLU Jodhpur faculty members, were allegedly negligent in various ways in their duty and also allegedly denied them the extra test answering time they were entitled to.
Justice Sharma issued notice to Nuals and NLU today after justice Inderjeet Prakash, who had scheduled the first hearing in the case yesterday eventually recused himself on the ground that his son was currently a student at NLU Jodhpur, the respondent.
Justice Sharma was not inclined to grant a stay on the 13 May exam’s result which is scheduled for 31 May, as the date for next hearing in the case is 25 May. The petitioner Akshay Jain told us that Sharma however said that the court may direct CLAT 2018 to be re-conducted if the petitioners make out a case at the next hearing.
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NMA Law Chambers partner Nishant Awana has challenged the exam in the Delhi high court on behalf of CLAT 2018 candidate Vibhav Chandra who, at the test centre at JIMS Vasant Kunj, was allegedly also denied the extra time he was entitled to after technical errors occurred in the conduct of the exam, and was also allegedly obstructed initially from entering the exam premises due to mismanagement of the exam.
Student political organisation the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has also joined Chandra’s writ, as petitioner, on behalf of CLAT 2018 candidates harmed across India.
Chandra has prayed for a stay on the results, a re-conduct of the exam and also for the establishment of a permanent body to conduct the exam. Awana commented on phone today that even if the Bar Council of India (BCI) has to take over the conduct of the exam it is a good idea as the conduct of the All India Bar Examination (AIBE), not the best as it is, is “still better” than the quality of conduct of the CLAT each year.
Meanwhile Prof Shamnad Basheer’s writ is in the Supreme Court also asking for a permanent CLAT body, but opposing the transfer of the mandate to the BCI which, as we have extensively reported, does not inspire any confidence through its conduct of the AIBE.
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a. No re-exam. There may well be several meritorious students who will do well from centres where there were no glitches.
b. As far as incorrect questions are concerned, everybody is on the same plane. All students should be given full marks for the incorrect questions.
c. Students who faced difficulties in some centres be refunded the money they have paid for taking the exam and the CLAT committee/Sify to not charge them fees if these students take the exam next year. All the students who have faced problems during this exam be given compensation in the tune of the average first year fees of all the colleges affiliated to CLAT. Sify will pay this amount. [Summation of the first year fees of all the colleges under CLAT/no. of colleges affiliated to CLAT]
d. These students who have suffered shall also not be charged any fees when the re-take the exam next year and Sify to pay for the coaching the students wish to take for the next year's exam. Sify to also pay Rs. 1 lakh for mental trauma these students have gone through.
e. I am sympathetic for the students who have been treated unfairly. However, due to the time constraint of the academic year starting soon, it will be logistically not be possible for a re-exam and the new academic year to start on time.
f. I urge the students who have suffered this year to write the exam again next year. One year in a career of 35-40 years (or even more) will not make a difference. Even if there is a difference it is De Mimimis. There are several examples of successful lawyers who have dropped a year.
g. CLAT should be of a permanent committee and should not be passed around to different colleges every year.
h. An audit of SIFY should be conducted to determine the reason for so many technical glitches across cities. But the result of the audit will have no bearing on the payments Sify has to make under this order.
i. Sify is directed to carry out these order in the next 30 days. No leave for an appeal, review, revision to be allowed.
Dismissed as ordered.
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The first sentence of the joint statement had me. Why is this exam being described as 'prestigious'? Of course, it is important, but not prestigious. Anyway, my solution, which I invite the Supreme Court judges to defer to:
a. No re-exam. There may well be several meritorious students who will do well from centres where there were no glitches.
b. As far as incorrect questions are concerned, everybody is on the same plane. All students should be given full marks for the incorrect questions.
c. Students who faced difficulties in some centres be refunded the money they have paid for taking the exam and the CLAT committee/Sify to not charge them fees if these students take the exam next year. All the students who have faced problems during this exam be given compensation in the tune of the average first year fees of all the colleges affiliated to CLAT. Sify will pay this amount. [Summation of the first year fees of all the colleges under CLAT/no. of colleges affiliated to CLAT]
d. These students who have suffered shall also not be charged any fees when the re-take the exam next year and Sify to pay for the coaching the students wish to take for the next year's exam. Sify to also pay Rs. 1 lakh for mental trauma these students have gone through.
e. I am sympathetic for the students who have been treated unfairly. However, due to the time constraint of the academic year starting soon, it will be logistically not be possible for a re-exam and the new academic year to start on time.
f. I urge the students who have suffered this year to write the exam again next year. One year in a career of 35-40 years (or even more) will not make a difference. Even if there is a difference it is De Mimimis. There are several examples of successful lawyers who have dropped a year.
g. CLAT should be of a permanent committee and should not be passed around to different colleges every year.
h. An audit of SIFY should be conducted to determine the reason for so many technical glitches across cities. But the result of the audit will have no bearing on the payments Sify has to make under this order.
i. Sify is directed to carry out these order in the next 30 days. No leave for an appeal, review, revision to be allowed.
Dismissed as ordered.
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The results are now known as the answer keys are out. Very bright and hardworking students have made it to the NLUs. There simply cannot be a retest. We are not a banana republic and need to follow the rule of law. Yes, there are problems with CLAT and administration of NLUs, but a retest is NOT the solution. The solution is to only refund the candidates with the Rs 4,000 registration fee, have a permanent body next year so that the mistake is not repeated, and reforms like scrapping of NRI seats, National Importance status, inclusion of NLUD in CLAT etc etc. But NO RETEST.
It will be a black day if the judiciary orders a retest, and we hope it will not happen. Please think sensibly instead of downvoting my comment. Stop thinking like the Jat quota/Padmavat mobs who burnt cars and buses and expected the Supreme Court to decide per their whims. Please be mature about it.
Very bright and hardworking students topping the exam is not news, that happens every year and in any exam.
Though admittedly by that token, CLAT disasters also happen every year, so how long before that isn't news anymore :)
Some of you are saying that beecause of the clat answer keys are out and many students got bad results thats why theey are protesting then in lieu of it I must tell you that clat answer key are out in less tham 36 hours after the clat 2018 exam. And many students filed complains regarding this on the day of cat itself . and before going to the court students haave to consult with their lawyers and lawyers too have to prepare with the proofs that can be shiwn in the courts . And it need at least 2-3 days to prepare.
Some of you are saying that clat authorities should refund the 4000 RS. So guys this basically means that a NATIONAL LEVEL EXAM just do this mishap and the students 1 year got wsted because of the mistake of siffy technologies and NUALS. this is not the good idea .
In the end i just need to say this guys that you should feel the pressure of pressure of clat 2018 aspirants including many students just have given class 12 boards exams. so in my opinion i think that there should be retest but i also know that there are many problems like if retest is conducted then the admission proceess will go very late but we cant do anything inn this and bloody refund of money is a blunt idea in my opinion.
SO lets hope for best and i beleive in our judiciary system and i will always respect the decision of court so they always take decision in favour of suffering party and in thr way thaat non suffering party will not be affected.
First of all at my centre most of the PC's were not even working. Shoddy invigilators kept assuring us a d giving false promises . It was so bad that even at 3 the system wasn't working for some students.
When I click next question it skips 2 or 3 questions and the system was too slow and some questions were encrypted.I also lost some time as to miscommunication between the inviligators who weren't clear when to actually login .
Despite all this I am getting a score of around 129.I still want a re exam because this was marred with glitches.
Multiple reports of rampant cheating across centres is truly a cause for concern.There is always a certainity that even one of those people who cheated maybe have scored more than deserving candidates through unfair means.
Many people getting extra time , many people losing time and not getting it back... totally unbecoming if an exam of national standards.
If a exam on which rests the future of many students who toiled and worked hard throughout the year a re test IS the only solution.
Of course the people who scored good this time..there is nothing stopping them from doing well again because their efforts will obviously pay off.
Re scheduling of a academic year is not a big thing.The Supreme court ordered the CBSE to reconduct the AIPMT in 2015 due to reports of massive malpractices that deroded the sanctity of the exam.AIPMT was a exam attempted by more than 9 lakh students...so NUALS Kochi cannot escape the "cost" factor here.Even CBSE kept denying the fact that cheating took place just like how NUALS Kochi keeps saying the exam was smooth,while the ground reality was totally a different scenario.
It would be a gross travesty of justice not to conduct a re exam.Just because clat is marred with errors every year doesn't mean it should continue each year the same cycle.
Mere compensation of 4000 doesn't amount to a year of even more than a year of toil and hard work.
This year the Supreme Court must set an example by ordering a re test to set a precedent for the nlu conducting the test next year.This year it wasn't just minor issues like questions in which words were missing but massive technical glitches and rampant cheating in some centres that ultimately cost the future of a student.
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