Citing the National Education Policy of 2020, the Ministry of Education has said that it has no objection if the CLAT exams are held in English and regional languages.
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has supported the PIL before the Delhi High Court seeking the conduct of CLAT in Hindi and other regional languages along with English.
The Consortium of National Law Universities said NLUs prepare students to be proficient in English for practice in High Courts and Supreme Courts, which have English as the court language.