Key Points

1. Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking a court-monitored investigation into the alleged leak of the CLAT 2026 question paper.
2. The petition was filed by law aspirants from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
3. The alleged leak involved screen recordings and screenshots circulating on social media around 10:15 p.m. on December 6, 2025.
4. CLAT 2026 was held on December 7, 2025, in offline mode at 156 centers across 25 States and 4 Union Territories.
5. 92,344 candidates applied for CLAT 2026, competing for over 3,500 undergraduate seats and around 1,500 postgraduate seats.
6. The results were declared on December 16, 2025.
7. The Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLUs) conducted the examination.