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Bombay HC hears forceful argument that some CLAT answers wrong, asks CLAT’s ‘experts’ to explain

In the latest hearing on the CLAT 2015 case, the High Court of Bombay on 25 June asked the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) convenor to seek clarification from its expert committee on the objections raised by the petitioner regarding 7 questions in the UG exam. The court has refused to grant any interim relief, and the next date for hearing is set for 30 June 2015.

High court stays NLIU Bhopal domicile seat allocation that was quietly botched up in CLAT

The Jabalpur high court on Tuesday (23 June) stayed the downgrading of at least 15 Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) candidates who were allotted NLIU Bhopal in the first allotment list under the Madhya Pradesh state domicile category, but were later assigned lower-preference colleges in the second list.

Mx Mukherjee: Grappling with what a gender-neutral graduation certificate from Nalsar means to her

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Two sides of same coin: Male and female, Yin and yang
Two sides of same coin: Male and female, Yin and yang
*Anindita Mukherjee, the Nalsar Hyderabad graduate who successfully requested the university to issue her graduation certificate with the gender-neutral honourific Mx, rather than Mr or Ms, has explained her decision and the issues involved in a personal column on the website Orinam.

Bombay HC cancels its stay on CLAT results: Final allotment list on 1 July, petitions to be clubbed

The Bombay high court today reversed the stay it had imposed on Saturday on the publication of results of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015.

Courting contempt? Bombay HC again stays 2015 CLAT allotments, notes RMLNLU’s silence [READ ORDER]

The Bombay high court has stayed publication of the final allotment list of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015, in an order passed on Saturday (20 June), noting that the CLAT convenor has not complied with an earlier direction of another high court by publishing a new allocation list.

NLS Tamil Nadu gets first NLS-educated vice chancellor as IAS’ Arun Roy seeks to build excellence

Arun Roy
Arun Roy
V Arun Roy, a 2002-batch NLSIU Bangalore graduate and Tamil Nadu Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, has taken charge of the Tamil Nadu-based National Law School Srirangam as acting vice chancellor (VC).

Third CLAT seat allocation now live

The third seat allocation for under- and postgraduates having sat the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015 has been published: CLAT ac.in.

Tamil Nadu Nat'l Law School VC quits over exec council squabbles

The Hindu reported that Tamil Nadu-based National Law School Srirangam vice chancellor N Murugavel has resigned long before the end of his three-year term, despite him having “pooled his professional and administrative experience to build the school from scratch since the day he assumed office. Howe...

India Today law college rankings: Even more irrelevant as NLIU, NLU-J drop out post NUJS boycott

The annual India Today magazine law school rankings have seen NLIU Bhopal, NLU Jodhpur and RGNUL Patiala disappear out of the magazine’s top 20 rankings, after NUJS Kolkata threatened the magazine with a press council complaint in 2010.

Inside NLU Assam: Can its VC from Nalsar, Vijender Kumar, turn things around with innovative reforms & lots of government cash?

NLUJA Assam joins the recruitment race in 2016. As the fifteenth in the long line of India’s national law schools, by year of establishment, its first LLB batch of 63 students will vie for jobs next year in India’s legal market that already lures over 1100 elite national law school graduates each year, in addition to top graduates from around 900 non-elite Indian law schools.

NLU Delhi’s AILET admissions test corrects 2 questions, revises results (despite less mistakes than CLAT)

AILET corrections: (b) now correct in each caseNLU Delhi’s All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) has corrected two errors in its question paper and revised its ranks.
AILET corrections: (b) now correct in each caseNLU Delhi’s All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) has corrected two errors in its question paper and revised its ranks.
now correct in each caseNLU Delhi’s All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) has corrected two errors in its question paper and revised its ranks.”)NLU Delhi’s All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) has corrected two errors in its question paper and revised its ranks.

CLAT publishes second UG college allotment list

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015 has published the second allotment list to colleges that includes upgrades after the first list was published on Tuesday.

Mx Mukherjee: Nalsar drops Mr & Ms to issue first ever gender-neutral graduation certificate in recognition of gender fluidity

Mx: No heartburn
Mx: No heartburn
Nalsar Hyderabad has possibly granted India’s first ever graduation certificate with the gender-neutral honourific “Mx”, instead of “Mr”, “Ms” or “Mrs”.

More bizarre CLATness: NLIU Bhopal quietly cans 26 state reservation seats, increases general seats to 80

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NLIU Bhopal appears to have dropped 26 unreserved state seats, instead increasing the all India unreserved category by 26 seats.

Things are getting better, says NUJS student council report: Faculty exodus reversed, better infra, more open admin

NUJS Kolkata’s Student Juridical Association (SJA) has released a report outlining the changes it has facilitated in college, “from faculty recruitment to drastic overhaul of infrastructure including the remedying of the girls hostel space crunch, the situation has improved considerably in the short span of two years”.

Kerala HC stays CLAT college allotment for 2 weeks, reports LiveLaw

The Kerala high court on Monday, 15 June, has stayed the second Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015 allotment by two weeks, further to a writ petition filed by CLAT candidate Anand G Nair.

CLATastrophe 2015 continues for students foisted with lower-pref college after locking in to NLIU Bhopal

At least nine Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015 candidates from Madhya Pradesh have been shunted downwards rather than upwards in their college preferences in the second round of allotments.

NLSIU bags all toppers except 2 WB locals who go to NUJS: CLAT finally publishes ‘locked’ UG college allocations

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015 has published the long-awaited full list of university allocations that take account student’s preferences.

CLAT 2015: Why did girls do MUCH worse than boys this year? [Via Mint: Download full source #data]

Graphic by: Ahmad Raza Khan (Mint)
Graphic by: Ahmad Raza Khan (Mint)
“)Only 45.4% of national law school aspirants taking the Common Law Admission Test in 2015 were women, and only 37% scored in the top 500 ranks. Why?

CLAT: A filter that needs replacing [via Mint] #longread

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CLAT: Replacement filter required
CLAT: Replacement filter required
*This year’s entrance exam has landed in controversy and faces at least one writ petition in court.