The Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside a notification issued by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) that had made candidates’ scores in the Common Law Admission Test for Postgraduates (CLAT-PG) the basis for recruiting legal professionals.

A bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela allowed the writ petition filed by lawyer Shannu Bahgel, who had challenged the August 11 notification. “The writ petition is allowed. Resultantly, the recruitment criteria given in the notification is quashed,” the court declared while pronouncing its verdict. The detailed judgment is awaited.

Earlier, on September 18, the court had stayed the notification, remarking that there seemed to be “no rationale” behind using CLAT-PG scores as the selection benchm

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