Challenge to conduct of NLAT for NLSIU admissions 2020: Live Updates from Supreme Court [Day 3]

The Supreme Court is presently hearing the plea challenging the decision of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru to base its law admissions this year on the basis of its independent National Law Aptitude Test (NLAT) scores instead of CLAT.

The petition has been moved by former NLSIU Vice-Chancellor Professor Venkata Rao and an aggrieved parent.

The NLAT was announced by NLSIU on September 3 and conducted on September 12. A re-test for candidates who reported facing technical difficulties during the exam's conduct was also later conducted on September 14.

Whereas the re-test paper was reported to have been leaked while the exam was still in progress, NLSIU later released a statement asserting that it would not affect the integrity of the exam itself and stating that those who indulged in malpractices during the exam would be weeded out at the admissions stage.

A day before the exam was to be held, the Supreme Court had allowed NLSIU to go ahead with the test's conduct but clarified that the test results would be subject to the results of the case.

The matter was taken up for the first time after NLAT's conduct yesterday. Read an account of yesterday's hearing below:

Arguments in the matter will continue today. The matter is being heard by a Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and MR Shah

Live updates of the hearing today feature on this page.