Supreme Court hears challenge to conduct of NLAT by NLSIU [LIVE UPDATES]

The Supreme Court is hearing the petition filed challenging the decision of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru to conduct the National Law Aptitude Test (NLAT) as the basis for admissions to its law courses this year, instead of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT).

The petition before the Supreme Court has been moved by a former Vice-Chancellor of NLSIU, Professor Venkata Rao and an aggrieved parent.

The petition has found support from the NLU Consortium which has also filed an affidavit over the matter.

The matter is being heard by a Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and MR Shah.

Allied petitions were also moved before the Jharkhand High Court and the Madhya Pradesh High Court. However, both Court have declined to entertain the matter citing concerns of territorial jurisdiction.

This morning, the Jharkhand High Court dismissed the plea whereas the Madhya Pradesh High Court allowed the petitioner to withdraw the petition.

Live updates from the hearing before the Supreme Court today feature on this page.