The Supreme Court turned down a request for early hearing of the petition filed by IPR expert Shamnad Basheer, seeking the constitution of permanent body for conducting the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)..The matter was mentioned by Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan yesterday before a Bench presided by Chief Justice TS Thakur. The CJI, however, turned down the request for early hearing..Basheer had filed the PIL last year pointing out the various flaws in the conduct of the examination over the years. He had arraigned all the 18 National Law Universities (NLUs) as Respondents in the case. He had sought appointment of an expert committee consisting of key stakeholders from the legal ecosystem to review the working of the CLAT and suggest institutional reforms. He had also prayed for constituting an independent professional permanent body tasked with conducting CLAT on an annual basis..On September 4, the Court had issued notice to the Central Government, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala (RGNUL) and Chairman of the Bar Council of India, Manan Kumar Mishra. RGNUL is the NLU which is in charge of conducting the CLAT this year..As per the website of the Supreme Court, the case is now likely to be listed on March 4. CLAT is scheduled to be held on May 8 this year.
The Supreme Court turned down a request for early hearing of the petition filed by IPR expert Shamnad Basheer, seeking the constitution of permanent body for conducting the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)..The matter was mentioned by Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan yesterday before a Bench presided by Chief Justice TS Thakur. The CJI, however, turned down the request for early hearing..Basheer had filed the PIL last year pointing out the various flaws in the conduct of the examination over the years. He had arraigned all the 18 National Law Universities (NLUs) as Respondents in the case. He had sought appointment of an expert committee consisting of key stakeholders from the legal ecosystem to review the working of the CLAT and suggest institutional reforms. He had also prayed for constituting an independent professional permanent body tasked with conducting CLAT on an annual basis..On September 4, the Court had issued notice to the Central Government, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala (RGNUL) and Chairman of the Bar Council of India, Manan Kumar Mishra. RGNUL is the NLU which is in charge of conducting the CLAT this year..As per the website of the Supreme Court, the case is now likely to be listed on March 4. CLAT is scheduled to be held on May 8 this year.