Plea Against NLSIU' Admission Test [NLAT 2020] Live-Updates From Jharkhand HC

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10 Sep 2020 7:52 AM GMT

  • Plea Against NLSIU Admission Test [NLAT 2020] Live-Updates From Jharkhand HC

    JJharkhand High Court Judge Justice Rajesh Shankar is hearing a writ petition challenging the decision of the National Law University Bangalore to hold a separate test for admission to five year B.A LL.B(Hons) course for the academic year 2020-21.The petition has been filed by 5 CLAT aspirants from Jharkhand, stating that NLSIU's decision to withdraw from CLAT and to hold a separate...

    JJharkhand High Court Judge Justice Rajesh Shankar is hearing a writ petition  challenging the decision of the National Law University Bangalore to hold a separate test for admission to five year B.A LL.B(Hons) course for the academic year 2020-21.

    The petition has been filed by 5 CLAT aspirants from Jharkhand, stating that NLSIU's decision to withdraw from CLAT and to hold a separate examination, despite being a "permanent member" of the NLU Consortium, is unlawful and arbitrary.

    Live Updates

    • 10 Sep 2020 8:21 AM GMT

      Poovayya: Everything is panned out. The dates are out. We will start the academic year from September 18. It is there in the notification.

      Poovayya now taking the court through the notification electronically.

    • 10 Sep 2020 8:21 AM GMT

      Poovayya: Deadline for registering is today. So more students may register. We owe an obligation to them that the exam in conducted on Saturday.

    • 10 Sep 2020 8:19 AM GMT

      Poovayya: We have made arrangements for students who reached out to us regarding inaccessibility of internet access with

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      If we don't start the year, we will have a zero year. We have 30298 students ready to write the examination.

    • 10 Sep 2020 8:17 AM GMT

      Poovayya: Initially 1mbps net connectivity put forth. But we were told that this should be brought down and we did, we brought it down to 512 mbps.

    • 10 Sep 2020 8:17 AM GMT

      Justice Shankar asks Poovayya: I just want to know if there are any problems that the students may face problems while taking online exams?

    • 10 Sep 2020 8:13 AM GMT

      Gautam: I had put in a representation that in case I am not able to take the exam due to lack technical equipment or know-how, then what do I do. NLS replied that it was not responsible for internet issues that occurred in the test centres which have been set up

    • 10 Sep 2020 8:11 AM GMT

      Gautam: Notification is in blatant disregard of a Supreme Court order on CLAT exam.

    • 10 Sep 2020 8:10 AM GMT

      Justice Shankar: But those are procedural issues. The argument then can be that this was not worth even listing and thats why was not taken up by a particular HC.

    • 10 Sep 2020 8:09 AM GMT

      Justice Shankar: Maintaining the judicial decorum and keeping in mind the possibility of multiplicity of proceedings is important.

      Adv. Gautam: What if the case is not listed in the other HC'S?

    • 10 Sep 2020 8:07 AM GMT

      Adv. Gautam: This is the first writ petition which has been filed in this regard.

      Justice Shankar: But that does not satisfy my question. You chose to come here and appear before the Jharkhand HC.

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