$~125 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Delivered on: 11.07.2025 + W.P.(C) 8389/2025 VIDYA RAI .....Petitioner Through: Petitioner-in-person.

versus NATIONAL TESTING AGENCY & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Khanna, Standing Counsel with Ms. Pragya Bhushan, Mr. Tarandeep Singh and Ms. Vilakshana Dayma, Advs. for R-

l/NTA Mr. Devashish Bhadauria, Sr. Panel Counsel for R-2/UOI.

Mr. Mohinder J.S. Rupal, Mr. Hardik Rupal and Ms. Aishwarya Malhotra, Advs. for University of Delhi.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS MAHAJAN

JUDGMENT

VIKAS MAHAJAN, J

1. The controversy in the present writ petition revolves around challenge to four questions and their answer key(s), in LL.M. Entrance Exam.

2. The case set out by the petitioner in the present petition is that she is a law graduate from Faculty of Law, B.H.U. (Varanasi) and had applied for Post-Graduate Entrance Examination conducted by respondent no.1/NTA namely, Common University Entrance Test (CUET-PG) 2025 for LL.M with subject code COQP-14.

3. The petitioner applied for LL.M. (COQP-14) on 19.01.2025 and Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C)8389/2025 Page1of10 appeared in the entrance examination that was held on 26.03.2025. As per the petitioner, out of the total 75 questions, there were approximately three questions in the entrance examination that contains incorrect options i.e. none of the options provided were correct and besides that, there was other question for which answer provided in the provisional answer key was incorrect.

4. On 22.04.2025, the respondent no.1/NTA released the provisional answer keys for the code COQP-14 and invited objections from the candidates. As per the provisional answer keys, petitioner got 182 marks.

5. During the window period made available to the candidates for raising objection, the petitioner raised objection and contested two answers by duly submitting the requisite fee of Rs.200/- per question. The two questions IDs objected bythe petitioner are:

(i) Question ID No. 1780705849 Which of the following are not correct as per the Constitution of India?

(A) President of India is not a de jure executive (B) Prime Minister and Council of Ministers are de facto executive (C) Council of Ministers are responsible to the Lok Sabha (D) Council of Ministers is not subject to judicial review. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A) and (B) only 2. (A) and (D) only 3. (B) and (C) only 4. (8) and (D) only (ii) Question ID No. 1780705872 Arrange in descending order the following Acts from the year of their coming into being: (A) Hindu Marriage Act (B) Hindu Succession Act Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C)8389/2025 Page2of10 (C) Family Court Act (D) Prohibition of Child Marriage Act Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A) (B) (C) (D) 2. (A) (B) (D) (C)

3. (B) (A). (D), (C)

4. (C) (B) (D) (A)

6. Apart from the aforesaid two questions with regard to which specific objection was raised by petitioner during the window period, the petitioner has also raised objection to two more questions for the first time in the present petition, which alongwith their question IDs, read as under:

(i) Question ID No. 1780705902 Which among the following cases are connected to Volunti Non Fit lnjuria?

(A) Vidyawanti v. State of Rajasthan (8) Padmawati v. Dugganaika (C) Ushaben v. Bhagya Laxmi Chitra Mandir (D) Balton v. Stone Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A) (B) and (D) only 2. (A) (B) and (C) only 3. (A) (B) (C) and (D)

4. (B) (C) and (D) only (ii) Question ID No. 1780705865 Identify in descending order the following Conventions from their year of coming into being:

(A) Universal Declaration of Human Rights (B) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (C) European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (D) World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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