The Supreme Court of India, Recruitment Cell has sought 72 hours to rectify errors in the Law Clerks’ Examination, pinning the blame on the third-party agency entrusted with conducting the exam.

In a notice released on April 21, the Recruitment Cell states,

"The Agency entrusted with the conduct of the Law Clerks’ Examination has admitted its mistake in evaluation of Part-I paper. Hence, the Agency has sought for 72 hours to rectify the mistakes."

On April 20, many candidates appearing for the Law Clerk-cum-Research Associate examination found glaring differences of 20-30 marks in the score-card for Part 1 of the exam in comparison to the answers they had submitted.

Registrations for the exam had opened earlier in January this year.

The exam is divided into two parts. Part 1 is a multiple-choice questions with each question carrying 1 mark and every wrong answer carrying -0.25 mark. Part 2 is a written subjective test, covering writing and analytical skills which candidates have given via pen and paper mode.

Part 1 requires a minimum of 60%, in order for Part 2 submissions to be evaluated.

With the discrepancy in marks, many candidates state their Part 2 answers would not have been checked as the medium of the exam was pen and paper.

Links to view the scorecard, and to submit preference for interview have been closed after multiplr candidates voiced their grievances to the Supreme Court Registry.

The exam was conducted by the Supreme Court of India through TCS iON Digital Zones, a unit of Tata Consultancy Services, across the country.

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