DELHI HIGH COURT FINDS TWO ANSWERS 'DEMONSTRABLY WRONG', DIRECTED TO REVISE RESULTS OF PETITIONER: CLAT 2025

The court stated that since the court upheld option 'C' as the correct answer, which was also the view of the Expert Committee, benefit cannot be restricted only to the Petitioner and will extend to all candidates who have opted for option 'C'.

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The Delhi High Court in the case Aditya Singh (minor) Versus. Consortium of National Law Universities observed and has held that the law does not commend a total 'hands off' approach for Courts where the answer key is demonstrably wrong, underscoring that injustice caused to a candidate must be undone.

The bench headed by Justice Jyoti Singh in the case observed that there being no absolute proscription against a Court examining a challenge to the answer key in an examination process, even if there is an expert opinion before the Court.

The court in the case stated that the law does not commend a total 'hands off' approach and in exceptional cases where questions are found to be demonstrably wrong, the resultant injustice to a candidate must be redressed and undone.