NLU Consortium Agrees To Consider Grievance Against Rs 50,000 CLAT Deposit ; Kerala High Court Directs Students To Submit Representations Before 3 PM Today

The Consortium of National Law Universities agreed before the Kerala High Court to look into the grievance regarding its demand for Rs. 50,000 deposit for participation in the allotment process.

Justice Anu Sivaraman directed the grievances to be submitted before 3 pm today.

The last date for registering for the counseling process along with the payment of the aforementioned amount was set to be today at 12:pm. However, the Consortium had extended its deadline for the same till 3 pm today. 

This development came during the hearing of a petition challenging the imposition of the condition that Rs.50,000/- is to be deposited for being considered for allotment of seats even before admission.

Advocate Thareeq Anver K representing the petitioners in the matter.

It was also alleged that the short time period for remitting it put candidates with a poor economic background at an unwarranted disadvantage, as even if they get good scores, they will not be considered for the admission counselling process unless they paid the exorbitant amount within one day.

The Consortium of NLUs has agreed to take up the grievance before its Grievance Redressal Committee and consider all such applications today itself. The matter has been posted to next week for further consideration. 

Case Title: Sivapriya Ajith & Ors v. Union of India Ors.