BLAT 2019

BLAT 2019: Banaras Hindu University will now conduct BLAT 2019 on May 16, 2019 instead of on May 12, 2019 for admissions to five-year integrated law programmes in the Law Faculty of BHU for the academic year 2019-20. The university has released BLAT Application form 2019 on February 10, 2019 for admissions to five year integrated BA LLB programme. The entrance exam of BLAT 2019 will be held in both online and offline modes this year. The BLAT 2019 is the entrance examination administered by the central university for admissions to undergraduate law programmes namely BA LLB. Candidates eligible for BHU BA LLB 2019 will then be allowed to appear in BLAT entrance exam 2019. The Banaras Hindu University offers as many as 60 seats in their five-year law programme. Candidates could check details on BLAT 2019 admission process including important dates, eligibility criteria, application form, exam pattern, results and counselling in this article. Candidates may note that the facts and figures (including the number of seats and number of participating institutes) in this article of BLAT 2019 are as per the official brochure for BHU UET released by the central university.
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Overview of BLAT 2019

BLAT 2019 Admission Process

The candidate can only be admitted for the programme if he/she satisfies all the eligibility requirements, appears in the BLAT 2019 entrance examination, qualifies in the BLAT exam 2019 and completes all the official procedures required in the BLAT 2019 admission procedure. The BLAT 2019 admission process will begin after the BLAT 2019 results will be announced. The candidates will get an call letter issued by Head of the Department/Coordinator. The candidates may login to their respective BLAT 2019 Entrance Test Portal in the official site for downloading their BLAT call letter 2019. Information on issue of their call letter will be sent to the candidates E-mail ID. Therefore, the candidates are suggested to give their correct and active e-mail id for avoiding any delays or flaws. The candidates may note that there will be no postal dispatch of the BLAT 2019 call letter. The admission will be strictly based on the merit index obtained in the BLAT Entrance Test 2019.

BLAT Important Dates 2019

Candidates who are applying for BLAT 2019 need to know the important dates of BLAT 2019. According to the BLAT 2019 Important Dates , the admission test will be held on May 16, 2019.

Candidates can check the events and important dates of BLAT 2019 in the table below

 

BLAT Eligibility Criteria 2019

The candidates should go through the BLAT 2019 eligibility criteria once before applying for the online registration for the exam. The BLAT eligibility criteria 2019 lists out certain conditions and requirements that the applying candidates have to meet for them to sit for the examination process.

BLAT Marks Percentage Required

BLAT Eligibility Criteria 2019: Age Limit

There is no age bar to appear in BLAT 2019 as per the Supreme Court's stay on age bar in 2017.

BLAT Application Form 2019

Banaras Hindu University has opened an online window for BLAT 2019 Application Form on February 10, 2019. The candidates interested in filling the application form for BLAT 2019 will need to register for BLAT 2019 admission test. Candidates will also need to submit the duly filled in BLAT application form 2019 after uploading scanned copies of photograph and signature in the specified format. Further, the candidates will also need to pay the fees for BLAT 2019 application form in the available modes. Candidates may note that no application form of BLAT 2019 can be submitted after the last date of receiving the application form.

What to Keep Ready before filling BLAT Application Form 2019?

• Before filling the application form, the candidate is suggested to keep his/her Aadhar card with himself/herself. The use of Aadhar Card for the applicants of BLAT 2019 will result in accuracy of their details. The enrollment number given in their Aadhar Card will be compulsory for the authentication of their identity.

• The applicants applying for BLAT 2019 will be needing their mobile numbers and email id whilst filling up the BLAT application form 2019 as the information about OTP and important information will be sent to either of them.

• The candidates are suggested to keep the scanned copy of their photo and signature as per instruction given in the portal and upload it in the BLAT admission form 2019 when asked.

• Credit card, Net banking or ATM-cum-Debit card are advised to be there while filling up the form online as the candidates will be asked to pay the BLAT 2019 application form fee online only. 

Steps to fill the BHU BA LLB Application form 2019

Step 1: Registration on the portal

• This step involves the authentication of the aspirants’ email ID and mobile number before filling the BLAT 2019 application form.

• All the information related to BLAT 2019 admission process will be mailed to the provided mail ID and mobile numbers only. Therefore, the candidates are suggested to give their correct email IDs and numbers.

Step 2: Authentication of candidate’s identity

• Only after successful registration on the online portal, the students will be asked to fill an Authentication form for authentication of their identity.

• The candidate are, therefore, suggested to fill their names and all the other details carefully. 

• The candidates who have filled up their BLAT 2019 application form after Aadhar card shall be compulsorily required to carry their Aadhar cards to the BLAT 2019 examination centres.

Step 3: Online Application Form Entry and Course Selection

• After successful authentication of their identity, the candidate will be asked to fill up the BLAT 2019 admission form and choose the course they desire for, according to their eligibility.

Step 4: Uploading photographs and signature:

• Candidates will be asked to keep scanned copies their photo and signature as per instruction given in the portal and upload it when asked.

Step 5: Payment process of BLAT 2019 Application form

• After the process of filling up the BLAT Application form 2019,  click on “Confirm” and that will lead the candidates to the payment page. 

• The candidates can make the payment through credit card or debit card through the payment gateway available on the official portal. 

• After filling up the application form and its submission, the Challan can be printed from the portal. The printout of challan (in two folds) will contain all necessary details of the candidate and the bank account details of the Banaras Hindu University in which the entrance test fee will be deposited. The candidate will be required to visit any branch of the HDFC Bank of his/her choice (only during banking hours on any banking day) where he/she will be required to deposit the requisite Fee amount to the Bank and the bank will retain one fold of the Challan and its second fold containing the necessary Entrance Test Fee payment details will be given to the candidate. The candidate is required to retain it for his record. 

Step 6: Printout of BLAT application form 2019 for the record of candidates

• After the filling of the BLAT application form 2019 and the successful payment process of application fee, the candidates are suggested to print out the online filled up form for their own record.

BLAT Application Fee 2019

The candidates will be asked to make the payments from their credit card/ debit card through the gateway available on the official portal. Therefore, they are suggested to keep the cards with themselves whilst filling up the BLAT application form 2019.

BHU BA LLB 2019 Registration Fee

BLAT Exam Centres 2019

• BLAT 2019 will be held in 45 cities in offline mode and in 115 cities in online mode. 

• These cities include Varanasi, Mirzapur, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Kolkata, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Patna, Ranchi, Bhopal, Vadodara, Guwahati, Dimapur, Kochi, Jaipur, Allahabad, Bhubaneshwar, Jhansi, Raipur.

• The candidates should keep in mind that the university can cancel any centre except Varanasi without providing any reason. Therefore, the candidates must choose the centre in their BLAT application form 2019 carefully.

• The candidates must note that the centres allotted will not be changed. 

• The candidate will be allotted another centre in case of cancellation of their centre by the university.

• Blind candidates will be allotted Varansi Centre only.

BLAT Admit Card 2019

• The candidates can easily download their admit cards from the official site of the university one week prior to the date of conduct of BLAT 2019 entrance exam. The candidates will be asked to provide their unique registration ID allotted to them at the time of online submission of BLAT application form 2019.

• E-mail/SMS notification regarding loading of the Admit card will also be sent on the e-mail ID/ mobile numbers provided by the candidate. Therefore, the candidates are suggested to fill their correct e-mail IDs and  mobile numbers.

• If the candidate is unable to download their admit cards till three days before the BLAT entrance exam 2019, then he/she may contact the Controller of Examination, BHU, Varanasi.

• The candidate is suggested to carefully examine the admit card that he/she gets after downloading from the online portal. In case of any discrepancy, he/she should inform the Office of the Controller of Examinations immediately. No considerations will be given, if discrepancies are not printed out timely.

• A passport photograph should be affixed in the space provided on the printout of the BLAT Admit card 2019.

• No candidate will be allowed to give BLAT entrance test 2019 without the admit card.

• The candidate is suggested to keep their admit cards for further use in the BLAT 2019 counseling process (if called for counseling).

• In addition to his/her valid Admit Card for the concerned Entrance Test issued by the University, it will be essential for a candidate to have Aadhaar Card for entry into the examination Hall. He/She must occupy only his/her allotted seat as per his/her Roll Number in the seating arrangement made for the concerned Test. Further, if any candidate have not issued his/her Aadhaar Card must carry one of the following ID proofs for entry into the examination Hall: 

(a) Passport Number

(b) Ration Card Number 

(c) Bank Account Number and 

(d) any other valid Government ID Number.

BLAT Exam Pattern 2019

The BLAT 2019 entrance exam will be held on May 16, 2019. The candidates who will get selected in BLAT entrance exam 2019 will get the chance to sit for the examination. The BLAT 2019 examination question paper will consist of 150 multiple-choice questions and the total marks will be 450.

BLAT 2019 entrance exam will be conducted in cities like Varanasi, Mirzapur, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Kolkata, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Patna, Ranchi, Bhopal, Vadodara, Guwahati, Dimapur, Kochi, Jaipur, Allahabad, Bhubaneshwar, Jhansi, Raipur, and so on. The candidate is suggested to keep all the documents in hand, without which he/ she will not be allowed to enter the examination hall. The candidate is advised to reach half an hour before the commencement of BLAT 2019 examination to avoid any last minute delays. 

The candidates must keep in mind that there shall be negative marking for every answers that are incorrect. One mark will be deducted from total obtained marks for each incorrect answer This is applicable for all the courses and candidates appearing in the BLAT entrance exam 2109. Although, three marks shall be awarded for the answers that are correct. No marks will be given to the unattempted questions.

The candidates shall be selected in order of the merit on the basis of aggregate marks secured in the BLAT 2019 entrance exam. The University, further, reserves all the rights to fix minimum marks for all the courses and/or categories.

BLAT 2019 Paper Pattern

BLAT Cutoff 2019

The Banaras Hindu University will determine the cut off of BLAT 2019 on the result of BLAT 2019. Candidates may note that BLAT 2019 cut off will the minimum marks required to secure a seat in the BA LLB programme of the university. The BLAT cut off is also considered the last rank to be admitted in the five-year integrated law programme of the university. Candidates may also note that BLAT cut off 2019 will be different for each of the categories. Candidates can check below the previous year’s cutoff of BLAT including closing marks and closing ranks for each category as mentioned in table below -

BHU BA LLB 2018 Cutoff

*The minimum marks required for admissions in BHU BA LLB programme for the year 2018.

^The last rank at which admission was confirmed for BHU BA LLB programme in the year 2018.

BLAT Result 2019

The university shall try to announce the result of BLAT 2019 in the first week of June 2019. The candidates can check the BLAT result 2019 on the official site of the university. In addition, the marks obtained by the candidate will also be, further, mailed to their respective e-mail IDs or through an SMS on their respective mobile numbers. Therefore, candidates are suggested to give correct e-mail ID and mobile number.

BLAT Counselling 2019

Step 1: Online Preference Entry (on or after issue of Call Letter and before the Counseling date)

• Every candidate called for counseling for admission in a course will have to fill an Online Preference Entry form which will soon be available on candidate’s segment of the BLAT 2019 Entrance Test Portal for online purpose after they have received the password. 

• In this form, a candidate is suggested to give his/her preference of the subjects.

 

Step 2: Activity on the day of Counseling

• The candidate is suggested to reach the BLAT Counseling 2019 venue/location prescribed in his/her Call Letter. Contact the Counseling Centre/ Venue Incharge and mark your attendance by signing the attendance sheets available with the Counseling Centre Incharge. 

• Discuss with the teachers available at the Counseling Centre/Venue about the available Honours/Course Combinations [UG programmes of Faculty of Science, Arts and Social Science etc], Options of UG courses (in case common entrance test is held for admission to more than one course], locations and fee structures, availability of hostels etc. In case you want to change your preference [earlier filled up by you ONLINE), you can do at this stage. Request the Counseling Centre/Venue Incharge for change. After preference entry form is finalized, get its printout, sign it and submit it along with other required original documents at the Verification Desk. 

• Preference Entry once filled will not be able to get changed. The computer will allott the seats strictly in order of the merit in the BLAT 2019 entrance test taking into the account the order of preference filled by the candidate and availability of the seats.

• In case you are already provisionally admitted, collect your Provisional Admission Letter from the Counseling Centre/ Venue Incharge at 10.00 am on the next day of Counseling. The Admission letter will show the course in which you are provisionally admitted on the date of counseling, amount of admission fee (regular fee) to be paid and deadline for fee payment. In case you are provisionally admitted to a special Course of Study or on Paid Seat, you will be required to pay the Special Course/ Paid Seat Fee in addition to regular Fee of the Course. Please checkup from the Counseling Centre Incharge about the amount, mode of payment and deadline for payment of Special Course/ Paid Seat Fee. 

• After the candidate as received the provisional admission letter, he/she will have the following options to pay for the Admission fee:

         a) Online payment through credit card/ debit card through the payment gateway available on the Entrance Test portal 

         b) Payment of Fee in cash at the Fee Counters (check the location of the nearest Fee Counter at the Counseling Centre/Venue)

Step 3: Activity on the next day of the Counseling

• Candidate must submit their proof of payment of admission fee to the Counseling Centre/Venue Incharge latest by 4 pm on the next day of the Counseling.

• Ignore the above mentioned step if already paid online through credit card/debit card. In case, the candidate fails to provide the proof of their payment that will lead to the cancellation of their BLAT 2019 admission. The letter will be treated as withdrawn/cancelled.

BLAT (BHU BA LLB) 2019 - FAQs

Question: When will BLAT 2019 will be conducted?

Answer: BLAT 2019 will be held on May 16, 2019.

Question: In which mode the exam will be organised?

Answer: BLAT 2019 exam will be conducted in offline and online modes this year. 

Question: Who will be conducting BLAT 2019?

Answer: The entrance exam of  BLAT 2019 will be conducted by Banaras Hindu University.

Question: What are the basic eligibility of BLAT 2019?

Answer: For general category, the candidate must have passed 12th standard and should have minimum percent of 50% in their 12th standard.

For OBC category, the candidate must have passed 12th standard and should have minimum percent of 45% in their 12th standard.

For SC/ST category, the candidate must have passed 12th standard and should have minimum percent of 40% in their 12th standard.

Question: I have a gap year between Class 11 and 12. Am I eligible to appear for BLAT 2019?

Answer: Yes, candidates with a gap year between Class 11 and Class 12 will be eligible for BLAT 2019 for UG programme. 

 

Question: What is the date of availability of application form and what will be last date for submission?

Answer: BLAT application form has been made available on February 10, 2019. Only the registered candidates with all the relevant information will be eligible to take the entrance examination. The process of downloading and filling the form will be for a whole week.

 

Question: I have finished making payment but the final confirmation page is still not being displayed. What should I do?

Answer: Aspirants are advised to wait for 24 hours. Take the print out of the confirmation page in next 24 hours as there could be delay in updation of fees on NIC server from the gateway payment. This updation is done within 24 hours maximum. Thereafter if the confirmation page is still not generated, pay the fees once again and take the printout of the confirmation page. The excess fee paid will be automatically refunded in the account from which application fee has been remitted. If the problem is still not resolved, contact the respective banks for further clarification.

 

Question: While submitting my application form, my session is shown as expired before as I soon as I try to submit it. Thus, the form remains unfulfilled or un-submitted. What can I do?

Answer: It should be ensured that aspirants submits the application form within a maximum duration of 30 minutes. The session expires after this time. First, save one part of the form and save it as draft. Save each part of the form similarly before beginning the new one. This way, none of the entered information will be lost even if the session expires. It must be ensured that candidates keep all the required information ready before commencing with the form.

 

Question: How to get proof of fee payment made to BLAT for BLAT 2019?

Answer: Once the confirmation page is generated, it means the fee payment has been successful. Further, in the lower portion of the confirmation page, details of the fee payment such as transaction ID are given which may be saved for future reference. No other receipt will be provided.

 

Question: What if uploaded my photograph without the mandatory name and date at the bottom?

Answer: Candidates will not be allowed to make any changes to the uploaded photograph. If the photo is otherwise correct, i.e. it matches size specifications and clearly shows the candidate's face, then it will be accepted by the BHU even without the name and date.

 

Question: Should I send copy of my BLAT application and other documents by post to the University?

Answer: Please note that the entire BLAT application process is completely online and no offline correspondence should be done. Thus, no hard copy of application form or any other relevant document should be sent to the conducting authority.

 

Question: I have given both wrong Email ID and phone number in my BLAT application form. What should I do?

Answer: In this case, applicants will not be able to proceed with their application form submission since OTP will be required. This means they will be able to and will have to change the mobile phone number and Email ID immediately. Please be careful while filling the form and enter only the correct details.

 

 

Question: How will the BLAT 2019 cut off will be determined and what will be the expected cut off for the year 2019?

Answer: The cut off of BLAT UG 2019 will be made available along with the result. However, based on the following factors, the cut off will be determined:

• Number of candidates appeared for entrance test

• Difficulty level of exam

• Seats available under each category and college

Only after the conclusion of entrance test, the experts of coaching institutes will prepare the cut off of BLAT based on the above mentioned factors, which will be available as soon as it will be released.

 

Question: What is final date for declaration of BLAT result 2019?

Answer: The final date of BLAT 2019 will be announced on the first week of June, 2019 in online mode only. No result will be send to the candidates through post or any other sources.

 

Question: What should I do a day before the BLAT examination?

Answer: The answer to this question is nothing. Following are the tips which will help you a day before the exam:

• Do nothing and try not to panic. 

• One can also take help of meditation to get relaxed. 

• And try to speak about your anxiety without panicking to your parents or the concerned elders. 

• Later in the evening or afternoon (if not tired), they can go through some previous years question papers, but don’t try to solve it.

• Students must stay positive. Thinking negative and try to panic before the D-day is natural, but the way to deal with it will make you a game-changer.

• Take sleep of 7-8 hours