[NLAT Vs CLAT] Live-Updates Of SC Hearing On Petitions Challenging NLAT 2020

The bench is about to rise and the bench is deciding how the hearing will continue.

Justice Shah: You make sure there is no allegation of "leakage of submissions"

*bench and lawyers laugh*

The bench is about to rise and the bench is deciding how the hearing will continue.

Justice Shah: You make sure there is no allegation of "leakage of submissions"

*bench and lawyers laugh*

Datar says that the Executive Council is superior.

Justice Reddy: Act has the councils and powers and authority of the academic council. 

Datar: NLSIU has the General Council, Academic Council, Executive council, Finance Committee....

Datar now reads the NLSI Act to explain the hierarchy of the council's.

Senior Adv. A. Datar begins.

Justice Bhushan: Broad contours of arguments -

Whether EC empowered to take a decision?

Whether as part of consortium you could have held a separate examination?

Whether the nature of conduct of examination served the purpose of examination?

Techical Glitches ensue.

Justice Bhushan: We cannot hear you.

Sankaranarayan: This is what I am saying, if connection not back in 45 seconds, my attempt is gone!

Sankaranarayan: 23,000 tool the NLAT though 69000 registered for CLAT.

Note that only less than 10 % students don't give their first preference for NLSIU when they register for the CLAT.

Sankaranarayan: No one was informed about the nature of the examination. Complete suppression of information. Even though, the SC had said that an exam will be conducted on September 12, 3 exams were conducted throughout the day on 14th.

Sankaranarayan: Youtube videos with thousands of views showing how easy it was to meddle with the examination, many techies registered just to show how easy it was to do so. These videos have thousands of views.

Sankaranarayan: On the aspect of Trimester system, I want my lords to know that even NLU Bhopal has a trimester system.