MS SADHANA YADAV vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 31st May, 2025 + LPA 392/2025 MS SADHANA YADAV .....Appellant Through: Mr. Vinayak Goel and Mr. Alexander Mathai Paikaday, Advocate. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Khanna, Standing Counsel with Ms. Pragya Bhushan, Mr. Tarandeep Singh and Ms. Vilakshana Dayma, Advocates for NTA. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE RAJNEESH KUMAR GUPTA JUDGMENT Prathiba M. Singh, J. 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. CM APPL. 36468/2025 & CM APPL. 36471/2025 (for exemption) 2. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. Applications are disposed of. LPA 392/2025, CM APPL. 36469/2025 (for interim order) & CM APPL. 36470/2025 (to put additional documents on record) 3. The present Appeal has been filed by the Appellant – Sadhana Yadav under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent read with Section 10 of the Delhi High Court Act, 1966 against the judgment dated 28th May, 2025 (hereinafter, ‘the impugned judgment’) passed by the ld. Single Judge of this Court in W.P.(C) 6854/2025 titled Ms. Sadhana Yadav v. Union of India & Ors. Signature Not Verified Signed By:NAMITA LPA 392/2025 Page 1 of 16 DHYANI Signing Date:02.06.2025 17:50:30 4. The present is a rather unfortunate case, where the Appellant was unable to give the Common University Entrance Test (UG) Exam (hereinafter, ‘CUET’) being conducted by the National Testing Agency (hereinafter, ‘NTA’) as she reached the examination centre beyond the gate closing timings, as prescribed in the admit card. 5. A brief background of the case is that the Appellant, aged 18 years, cleared her CBSE class 12th examination from Guru Harkrishan Public School in Delhi. The online applications for CUET, UG, 2025, were announced on 1st March, 2025. The