While supporting the petition before the Delhi High Court to hold the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) in regional languages, the Education Ministry has given its no objection to holding CLAT 2024 in regional languages. The Ministry also mentioned the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which clearly says that state institutions offering law education must consider offering bilingual education for future lawyers and judges in English and in the language of the state in which the institution is situated.
CLAT 2024: No Objection to holding CLAT in regional languages, says central govt
The Central government has clear its stand on conducting CLAT 2024 Exam in regional languages. While supporting the petition before the Delhi High Court to hold the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) in regional languages, the Education Ministry has given its no objection to holding CLAT 2024 in regional languages.
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The Ministry also mentioned the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which clearly says that state institutions offering law education must consider offering bilingual education for future lawyers and judges in English and in the language of the state in which the institution is situated. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Sanjeev Narula was apprised of the government’s stand when it heard a public interest litigation (PIL) by a student named Sudhanshu Pathak.
The Court has asked the government to file a detailed reply in the case and listed the matter for further consideration on September 15. The Court has also sort reply from National Testing Agency (NTA) on same grounds.
The Consortium of NLUs will conduct CLAT Exam 2024 in offline mode. CLAT Exam Date 2024 is December 3, 2023. The Consortium recently filed an affidavit stating that it is not feasible to hold CLAT 2024 in multiple languages, because of the substantive and procedural difficulties involved. The Consortium said that an appropriate policy decision will be taken to govern future editions of CLAT after comments from experts and thorough consultations.
It also contended that CLAT cannot be compared to the All India Bar Examination (AIBE), as there are fundamental differences between their testing patterns.
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