New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday struck down the National Highways Authority of India's (NHAI) notification that made CLAT-PG scores the sole criterion for hiring legal professionals.

A division bench led by Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, along with Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, pronounced its verdict, holding that the August 11 notification was arbitrary and beyond the intended purpose of CLAT-PG.

Recently, the Court clarified that an academic entrance test for postgraduate law admissions cannot be applied to govern professional employment in public institutions.

The ruling was made in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Advocate Shannu Baghel in Shannu Baghel v. Union of India & Anr. The petitioner argued that CLAT-PG was designed

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