<p>The Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLU) on Sunday divested National Law School of India University vice chancellor Sudhir Krishnaswamy from the post of secretary-treasurer of the consortium after the Bengaluru-based varsity decided to hold its own entrance test instead of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT).</p>.<p>The CNLU, in a statement issued late Sunday, also said all law universities, except National Law School of India University (NLSIU), will hold the CLAT on September 28, as announced earlier.</p>.<p><strong>Secretariat shifted</strong></p>.<p>The governing body of the CNLU, at a meeting held on Saturday, also decided to shift the secretariat of the Consortium from NLSIU, Bengaluru to National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (Nalsar) University of Law, Hyderabad.</p>.<p>Nalsar Vice Chancellor Faizan Mustafa will discharge the administrative and secretarial functions of the Consortium in the interim, while NLU Odisha Vice Chancellor S K D Rao shall discharge the functions of the treasurer, a CNLU statement said.</p>.<p>Krishnaswamy had announced that the NLSIU will hold separate entrance examination to this year’s academic courses, a decision that had shocked the legal education circles. He had said that if NLSIU failed to complete admissions before end of September, it will result in a Zero Year with no admissions.</p>.<p>The CLAT, which was earlier scheduled to be held on September 7, was postponed to September 28.</p>.<p>Krishnaswamy was present at the meeting of the Governing Board of the CNLU, but left midway.</p>
<p>The Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLU) on Sunday divested National Law School of India University vice chancellor Sudhir Krishnaswamy from the post of secretary-treasurer of the consortium after the Bengaluru-based varsity decided to hold its own entrance test instead of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT).</p>.<p>The CNLU, in a statement issued late Sunday, also said all law universities, except National Law School of India University (NLSIU), will hold the CLAT on September 28, as announced earlier.</p>.<p><strong>Secretariat shifted</strong></p>.<p>The governing body of the CNLU, at a meeting held on Saturday, also decided to shift the secretariat of the Consortium from NLSIU, Bengaluru to National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (Nalsar) University of Law, Hyderabad.</p>.<p>Nalsar Vice Chancellor Faizan Mustafa will discharge the administrative and secretarial functions of the Consortium in the interim, while NLU Odisha Vice Chancellor S K D Rao shall discharge the functions of the treasurer, a CNLU statement said.</p>.<p>Krishnaswamy had announced that the NLSIU will hold separate entrance examination to this year’s academic courses, a decision that had shocked the legal education circles. He had said that if NLSIU failed to complete admissions before end of September, it will result in a Zero Year with no admissions.</p>.<p>The CLAT, which was earlier scheduled to be held on September 7, was postponed to September 28.</p>.<p>Krishnaswamy was present at the meeting of the Governing Board of the CNLU, but left midway.</p>