The Delhi High Court has directed the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) to come up with a concrete decision so that no student who seeks admission to law courses is exempted from giving Common Law Admission Test (CLAT).

The Court was considering a Writ Petition filed seeking the conduct of CLAT in regional languages other than English.

The Bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyay and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed, "We expect that by the next date of listing, some concrete decision qua the grievances raised in this petition shall be taken so that no exclusion on account of any barrier of a particular language occurs for those, who seek admission to law courses in the National Law University throughout the country."

The Petitioner was represented by Senior Advocate Sanjay Poddar, while the Respondent was represented by Advocate Arun Srikumar.

Advocate for the Petitioner stated that a High Powered Advisory Board has made certain recommendations, however, the matter is still under consideration qua the prayer made in the Writ Petition and therefore he sought more time for arriving at a final decision.

The Court accordingly granted eight week's time.

The Petition was thus listed for August 28, 2025.

Cause Title: Sudhanshu Pathak vs. The Consortium Of National Law Universities Through Secretary & Ors.

Appearances:

Petitioner- Senior Advocate Sanjay Poddar, Advocate Sakshi Raghav, Advocate Akash Vajpai, Advocate Annu Singh, Advocate Vikrant Goyal

Respondent- Advocate Arun Srikumar, Advocate Shubhansh Thakur, Advocate Pankhuri Shrivastava, Advocate Alekshendra Sharma, Advocate Sarvan Kumar, CGSC Bhagvan Swarup Shukla, Advocate Satyam Singh

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Delhi High CourtJustice DK UpadhyayJustice Tushar Rao Gedela

Sheetal Joon