DW BUREAU / CHANDIGARH The Consortium of National Law Universities has decided to postpone the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2021 and the last date for submission of online application has been extended to June 15 June. The exam will be conducted by National Law School of India University, Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru for the admission in the year 2021-22 in 22 National law universities (NLUs) and 16 affiliated Law colleges and universities in India. The Common Law Admission Test would be administered online. Dr Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans College of Law, Rajpura, near Chandigarh said that Aryans College of Law is the first College in Punjab which has now also become part of those top universities and colleges of legal studies to use CLAT score for the admissions in LL.B. (3 years) and BA-LL.B. (5 years) programme. Kataria thanked the CLAT committee for making Aryans the part of CLAT and permitting it to use CLAT score for its admissions. Kataria further thanked the students and staff for taking the law college to such a top position in a short span of time with their efforts made in academics, innovations etc. Kataria said that in North India, Chandigarh has emerged as the most preferred destination for the students of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, J&K etc. For undergraduate programmes (five-year Integrated Law Degree), an applicant must pass in 10+2 or equivalent examination with a minimum of 45 percent marks for all categories except for SC/ST categories in which case the applicant needs to have 40 percent marks. There shall be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer for both UG and PG. For a post-graduate programme (one year LLM degree), an applicant must have an LLB degree with at least 55 percent marks. Candidates belonging to SC/ST categories need to have 50 percent marks in LLB degree. Candidates who are appearing in the qualifying examination in March/April/May are also eligible to apply. (editor@dailyworld.in)