Hyderabad, July 28 -- The recently conducted Common law admission test (CLAT) on July 23 for entry into the National Law Universities (NLU's) has been criticized for its length and the quandary in which it placed the students who wrote it. The students who hoped to enter these prestigious institutions, had to read a 41-page question paper as they attempted to tackle the long-form questions in a two-hour duration.

A significant portion of the questions were long English passages, which some argue would restrict the chances of a marginalized student from entering any of the NLUs, given its complex structure. Some lawyers Siasat.com spoke to, also aired similar views. The arduousness of the paper is made more difficult by the limited durati...