Supreme Court of India

Rakesh Kumar Agarwalla & Anr. v. National Law School of India University, Bengaluru & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 10 S.C.R. 299
Bench Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 21 September 2020

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, we are of the considered opinion that Admission notification dated 03.09.2020 issued by respondent No.1 was not in accordance with law and deserves to be set aside.

Judgment, page 63

From the headnote

National Law School of India Act, 1986 – Admission of students, mode of enrolment – Recommendation of Academic Counc il – Statutory requirement of – Delay in conduct of CLAT for academi c year 2020-21 due to COVID-19 – Initially it was to be held in Ma y 2020 but was eventually postponed to 28.09.2020 – owever, respondent no.1-National Law School of India University, Bengaluru (NLSIU) issued notification dated 03.09.2020 for co nducting a separate test, National Law Aptitude Test (NLAT) thr ough online home proctored examination for admission to its five year inte grated . .LL. (Hons.)

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