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

Sankaranarayan: No notification was put up following the August 28 meeting with the Consortium until 3rd September.

No information disclosed to student aspirants.

Justice Shah: You want to say that the process has completely been altered right.

Sankaranarayan: Not only the process, the game has entirely changed. We bought a ticket for cricket & we got to watch Football.

Sankaranarayan: My lord must note that This exam is severally competitive, not like it was years ago - when the fortunate ones like me cracked it.

Students start prepping for these exams from 10th standard.

Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayan (for parent of a clat aspirant) - The CLAT took a stand that we will ensure that we will have a permanent secretariat. On 11th 2019, CLAT puts out a press release, mentioning the entire timelines for registration of exam etc.

Datar: We worked on this (Rejoinder) overnight, not even 48 hours on hand.

Justice Shah: That is a last minute preparation for you, much like exams.

Datar: Systematic program to denigrate the entire process of #NLAT2020

Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayan seeks to make submissions.

Justice Bhushan: “We’ll hear you after Mr. Datar”

Gupta: Interest of students mandatory. 35 centres declared for NLAT. The entire north east had only one centre.

The CLAT on the other hand - 230 centres across the country.

Gupta: Prior concurrence with the consortium was mandatory.

“except prior concurrence" makes it mandatory. 

Justice Shah in lighter vein: Pandemic has made this also possible.