CLAT 2015 likely to go online; Proposal to be submitted to Core Committee

While the CLAT 2014 admissions are still underway, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University Lucknow (RMLNLU) has already started the preparations for Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015..RMLNLU is considering making CLAT 2015 completely online, including the examination..Speaking to Bar & Bench, RMLNLU Vice Chancellor Gurdip Singh confirmed that they are contemplating an entirely online CLAT. “To do that we are viewing the presentations from various outsourcing agencies, like Prometric and TCS”, said Gurdip Singh..He added, “We are still contemplating it. After we make up our mind, we will put the proposal before the CLAT – Core Committee. The decision rests on the consensus that will emerge from the Core Committee meeting.”.The Vice Chancellor is interested in making it completely online in view of the problems that arose in the CLAT examination conducted by Gujarat National Law University this year..Less than twenty-four hours after declaring the results for the CLAT this year, the CLAT Core Committee withheld the results, citing “technical discrepancies”. It was GNLU’s claim that the bar code stickers on some of the answer sheets did not match the candidate sticker leading to hundreds of candidates complaining of discrepancy in marks..Gurdip Singh said, “All the steps and preparations are being made so that first, we are convinced that by making it completely online, problems will be minimized. Only then will we put the proposal before the core committee.”.The Core Committee meeting will be held in the end of September or early October.