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    CLAT PG 2025 Revised Result: Rank Drops By Upto 2000 Places in Merit List; Here is How!
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    CLAT PG 2025 Revised Result: Rank Drops By Upto 2000 Places in Merit List; Here is How!

    Sumeet SudarshanUpdated on 11 Jun 2026, 11:58 AM IST

    The Delhi HC pronounced the CLAT PG judgment on June 6, 2025, and directed the consortium of NLUs to revise answers to two of the three questions under review. Additionally, the Consortium of NLUs has withdrawn 5 questions on its own volition. These changes in the CLAT PG revised final answer key will cause a significant change in the candidates’ scores in the CLAT PG revised result. The extent of impact is such that a candidate’s rank can increase or decline by up to 2000 ranks in the revised CLAT PG merit list. In this article, let’s find out how.

    CLAT PG 2025 Revised Result: Rank Drops By Upto 2000 Places in Merit List; Here is How!
    CLAT PG Rank vs Marks

    The Consortium of NLUs will notify the revised result and restart the CLAT PG counselling soon for admission into LLM programmes of participating NLUs.

    Changes Ordered in CLAT PG Judgement

    In its CLAT PG judgement, the Delhi HC has ordered revisions in the answer key to two of the questions while rejecting one of the objections. The three questions in CLAT PG considered by the Delhi HC were Q. no. 21, 57, and 58 from the master booklet. The details are given below.

    CLAT PG Answer Key Revision after HC verdict

    Question

    Answer as the Consortium’s answer key

    Answer As Per the HC

    21

    Option B

    Option C

    57

    Option A

    Option A

    98

    Option A

    Option B

    How Does HC Judgment Change CLAT PG Score?

    The table below explains the impact of the HC judgement on three questions on the final CLAT PG 2025 score. Due to the judgment, a candidate's score can increase or decrease by up to 2.5 marks.

    Impact of Delhi High Court Judgment on CLAT PG Final Answer Key

    Question number

    Positive Impact

    Negative Impact

    21

    +1.25 marks for option C

    -1.25 marks for option B


    57

    Nil

    Nil

    98

    +1.25 marks if selected option B

    -1.25 marks if selected option A

    Impact of Withdrawn Questions on CLAT PG Final Score

    In addition to the 3 questions considered by the Delhi HC, the Consortium of NLUs has also withdrawn 5 questions on its own volition after meetings with the candidates. The impact of the withdrawn questions is given below.

    Withdrawn Questions Impact

    Particulars

    Positive Impact

    Negative Impact

    Q. 56 + 4other withdrawn questions

    +0.25 marks per question for marking the wrong answer as per the consortium’s answer key

    -1 mark per question for marking the correct answer as per the consortium’s answer key

    Maximum Impact on Score in CLAT PG Revised Final Answer Key

    The table given below provides the maximum positive and negative impact on the final CLAT PG score due to the changes in the revised CLAT PG final answer key.

    Maximum Impact on Final Score

    Particulars

    Details

    Maximum Positive Impact on Score

    +3.75 marks

    Maximum Negative Impact on Score

    -7.5 marks

    How does rank drop in CLAT PG's revised merit list?

    The table below shows the CLAT PG marks vs rank comparison, which provides the expected corresponding rank for various scores in the CLAT PG revised result. The comparison indicates that a candidate’s rank can drop by as much as 2000 places due to the maximum negative impact of -7.5 marks on the final score.

    CLAT PG Marks vs Rank

    Marks

    Expected Rank

    80-70

    1-100

    70-52

    100-1000

    52-47

    1000-1500

    47-45.5

    1500-1800

    45.5-44

    1800-2000

    44-41.5

    2000-2500

    41.5-39

    2500-3000

    39-37

    3000-3500

    37-35

    3500-4000

    35-33.5

    4000-4500

    33.5-31.75

    4500-5000

    31.75-30.25

    5000-5500

    30.25-29

    5500-6000

    29-27.5

    6000-6500

    27.5-26.25

    6500-7000

    26.25-24.75

    7000-7500

    24.75-21.75

    7500-8500

    21.75-15

    8500-10000

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