CONSORTIUM OF NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITIES

Reg.No:DRB1/SOR/707/2018-2019.

CLAT PERMANENT SECRETARIAT

NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY
Post Bag No.7201, Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru-560072 Karnataka, India

June 23, 2022

COMMON LAW ADMISSION TEST (CLAT) 2022
Sunday, June 19, 2022 – 2 P.M. – 4 P.M.

PRESS RELEASE
CLAT-2022 was conducted on June 19, 2022 at 131 centres in 81 cities across the country. Out
of 60,895 registered candidates, 56472 candidates appeared for the test. The CLAT was
coordinated through 24 regional centres and 131 test centres.

Candidates were allowed to carry their Question Booklet and the carbon copy of the OMR
Response Sheet. The Consortium published the Master Question Booklet with Provisional
Answer Key on June 20, 2022 inviting objections on Questions and Answer Key. The portal for
objections closed at 3:30 P.M on June 21, 2022. The Consortium Office received a total of 765
objections on 57 out of 150 Questions and Answer Key from the U.G. and on 17 out of 120
Questions and Answer Key for the PG questions from P.G.

The Executive Committee of the Consortium met on 19 June 2022 directed the Convenor, CLAT
2022 to constitute a committee of subject experts for each of the five sections of UG and a
committee of subject experts for PG. The Convenor constituted the committees of renowned
scholars immediately after the meeting to look into the objections. Question Papers with
Provisional Answer Key along with all objections in each section were placed before the
respective committees of each section.

There were 129 objections on 09 Questions out of 30 Questions of English Section; 9 objections
on 9 Questions out of 35 Questions on General Knowledge & Current Affairs; 91objections on
13 out of 40 Questions of Legal Reasoning; 372 objections on 20 Questions out of 30 Questions
of Logical Reasoning; and 138 objections on 01 Question out of 30 Questions of Quantitative
Techniques. Further, there were 45 Objections received on 22 Questions out of 120 Questions of
the P.G. Question Paper. The Meeting of the Subject Expert Committee was held on June 22,
2022 and deliberated upon all the objections so raised and submitted their report.

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The Meeting of the Oversight Committee was held on June 23, 2022, which was chaired by
Hon’ble Justice Mr. A.P. Sahi, Director, National Judicial Academy, Bhopal and former Chief
Justice of High Court of Madras and High Court of Patna. Minutes of the Subject Experts
Committee along with the data sheets of all objections and explanation therewith submitted by
the Subject Experts Committee were reviewed by the Oversight Committee. Accordingly, the
Oversight Committee, after due deliberations, approved the recommendations and minutes of the
Subject Experts Committee.

Minutes of both the meetings as mentioned above were placed in the meeting of Executive
Committee of the Consortium of NLUs held on June 23, 2022 at 6:30 P.M. and the Executive
Committee unanimously accepted the recommendations of the Oversight Committee and
directed the Convenor, CLAT 2022 to release the Final Answer Key with changes as
recommended by the Subject Experts Committee and approved by the Oversight Committee.

Prof. Dr V.C. Vivekanandan

Convenor, CLAT-2022

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