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No age limit for CLAT: SC refuses to interfere with Allahabad HC's interim order [Updated]

A Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justice Gopala Gowda and Justice C. Nagappan has refused to interfere with the interim order of the Allahabad High Court which had scrapped the upper age limit for CLAT-2015. The appeal was filed against RMNLU, the organizing university.While allowing the petitioner to withdraw the petition with the liberty to approach the Allahabad High Court for review. A brilliant student does not get the opportunity to give the exam, or fails before 20, he will not be able to give the exam.” Earlier this month, LiveLaw had reported that Allahabad High Court has scrapped the upper age limit of 20 years for CLAT-2015, on a petition filed by 21 students whose online applications for CLAT-2015 were not accepted by the computer database as they were shown to be overage. Rajasthan High Court had also issued an interim stay on the age limit prescribed for the Common Law Admission Test, on a Petition filed by two 1st year students of NLSIU, Bangalore.

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