Published on : 24 Sep 2025, 5:27 am 2 min read

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside a notification issued by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) which sought to recruit lawyers by factoring in Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) Post Graduate (PG) exam scores secured from 2022 onwards [ Shannu Baghel vs Union of India & Anr .].

The Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela pronounced the verdict today. The Court had earlier stayed the NHAI notification while reserving its judgment in the matter.

" The writ petition is allowed and the recruitment criteria of August 11 is hereby quashed, " it said today, pronouncing the operative portion of the judgment today.

During hearings, the Court had questioned how CLAT

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