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CLAT 2025 Exam: The Delhi HC has ordered modifications in the CLAT 2025 final answer key which can lead to revision of the CLAT 2025 results. The answer to question no 14 in Set has been changed to option C, and question no 100 has been withdrawn. The first CLAT 2025 merit list is scheduled to be published on December 26, 2024. Candidates in the CLAT merit list 2025 have to pay the required fees by January 4 to obtain seat allotment. The consortium has notified the complete CLAT 2025 counselling schedule for five rounds. This year, NLU Prayagraj and India International University of Legal Education and Research (IIULER) Goa have joined the CLAT consortium. Earlier, the consortium closed the CLAT 2025 counselling registration on December 20. Candidates were allowed to register for CLAT counselling through their login by submit a minimum of 15 NLU preferences and paying the registration fee. The consortium had earlier declared the CLAT 2025 result on December 7, 2024 after releasing the final answer key.
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The consortium conducted CLAT 2025 on December 1, 2024. The offline-based CLAT 2025 has 120 objective-type questions from topics mentioned in the exam syllabus. CLAT 2025 syllabus broadly covers five sections: English language, general knowledge, and current affairs, legal, logical, and maths subjects. The consortium has also released two CLAT 2025 sample papers which the candidates can access only after completing the application process.
What is CLAT Exam?
The Common Law Admission Test, also known as CLAT is a national-level law entrance exam conducted by the Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLUs). The CLAT scores are accepted for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate law programs offered by 24 national law universities, IIULER Goa and over 60 affiliated colleges.
A change introduced in CLAT 2025 is that candidates are not required to fill in their NLU preferences at CLAT 2025 registration. Instead, candidates must submit their NLU preferences at the time of counselling after the CLAT 2025 results have been declared. This change provides the candidates with the opportunity to target specific NLUs as per their CLAT 2025 score.
The addition of IILUER Goa and NLU Prayagraj this year also gives the students more options for using CLAT scores for LLB and LLM admissions.
The Consortium of NLUs has updated the CLAT syllabus and pattern to make the exam more student-friendly. It reduced the number of questions asked in the CLAT exam from 150 to 120. The comprehension paragraphs given in CLAT are also smaller than the earlier pattern. The section-wise distribution of questions is given below.
Sections | Approximate number of questions | Weight |
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English Language | 22-26 | 20% |
Current Affairs, including General Knowledge | 28-32 | 25% |
Legal Reasoning | 28-32 | 25% |
Logical Reasoning | 22-26 | 20% |
Quantitative Techniques | 10-14 | 10% |
As per the CLAT cut-off trends available for last year, a good score in CLAT 2025 is expected to be 100+ marks for general category candidates for admission into top NLUs such as NLSIU Bengaluru and NALSAR Hyderabad. The good score in CLAT varies across categories. A good CLAT score for EWS and OBC candidates is expected to be 90+ marks and 80+ marks respectively. For SC/ST category, a good score in CLAT 2025 is expected to be around 75+ marks.
CLAT 2025 - Events | Details |
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CLAT 2025 official notification | The consortium has released the CLAT 2025 admission notification. The official notification informs candidates about the registration window and CLAT 2025 exam date. |
CLAT application form 2025 | Registration for CLAT 2025 opened on July 15, 2024 and closed on October 22. |
CLAT 2025 admit card | The CLAT admit card 2025 has been issued on November 15, 2024. |
CLAT 2025 exam date | The offline-based CLAT 2025 was conducted on December 01, 2024. CLAT question paper will have multiple-choice questions on subjects like general knowledge, current affairs, legal and logical reasoning and quantitative ability. The PG-CLAT will have questions on common subjects of the LLB programme. |
CLAT answer key 2025 | After considering the objections, the consortium released the CLAT 2025 final answer key on December 7, 2024. |
CLAT 2025 result | The consortium released the CLAT result 2025 on December 7, 2024. The result aredeclared as per the CLAT 2025 final answer key. |
CLAT 2025 counselling | All candidates who have a valid score in CLAT 2025 will be able to register for CLAT 2025 counselling from December 9-20. There will be five rounds of counselling. The CLAT 2025 seat allotment will be done as per the candidate's rank and preferences. |
Being conducted at a national level, thousands of candidates attend the CLAT entrance exam every year. It is one of the most competitive law entrance exams in India at present. Mentioned below are the details of the CLAT exam in the previous years.
Particular | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
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CLAT Registration | Registrations - TBA | Registration - CLAT UG - 60295 (97.03% appeared (58,504) CLAT PG - 10948 (93.92% appeared (10,282) | Number of candidates registered - UG 44,763, PG - 9,490 Number of appeared candidates - UG - 42,766, PG - 8,703 | Number of candidates registered - 60,895 Number of candidates appeared - 56,472 | Number of Registered Candidates - 70,277 Number of appeared candidates - 62,107
| Number of Registered Candidates - 75,183 Number of appeared candidates - 59,443
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Number of seats offered | CLAT UG - 3,300+ CLAT PG - 1300+ | CLAT UG - 3,200+ CLAT PG - 1,300+ | CLAT UG - 2,860+ CLAT LLM - 1,160+ | CLAT UG - 2,801 CLAT LLM - 1,072 | CLAT UG - 2622 seats LLM program - 808 seats | CLAT UG - 2622 seats LLM program - 808 seats |
Participating institutes | 24 NLUs, GNLU off campus in Silvassa, IIULER Goa | 23 NLUs + GNLU Silvassa | 23 NLUs | 22 NLUs | ||
CLAT Colleges 2024 (Updated) - List of NLUs and Affiliated Law Colleges | ||||||
Highest marks | TBA | CLAT UG - 108 CLAT PG - 95.25 | CLAT UG - 116.75 CLAT PG - 95.25 | CLAT UG - 121 CLAT PG - 94 | CLAT UG - 125.5/150 CLAT PG - 85.75/120 | CLAT UG - 127.25/150 CLAT PG - 72/120 |
The CLAT colleges include both national law universities and over 60 law schools that will sign the memorandum with the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs). At present, there are 24 NLUs and an off campus of GNLU Gandhinagar, and IIULER Goa that accept CLAT scores. Only NLU Delhi and NLU Meghalaya are not participating in the CLAT exam. NLU Prayagraj was a new NLU that has become part of the Consortium of NLUs from the academic year 2025-26 onwards. Candidates can check the complete list of NLUs participating in CLAT below along with courses and seat intake offered by each of them.
NLU Name | Course | CLAT Seats | Supernumerary Seats | |
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NRI / Foreign national seats | Other Category Seats | |||
BA LLB (Hons.) | 310 | 15 (FN) | - | |
BA LLB (Hons.) | 132 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons.) | 104 | 18 (NRI/ NRI sponsored), 5 (FN) | 12 (EWS) | |
BSc LLB (Hons.) (no admissions in 2025-26) | 59 | 9 (NRI/NRI sponsored) 5 (FN) | - | |
BA LLB (Hons.) | 108 | 20 (NRI/ NRI sponsored), 2 (FN) | 2 (J&K) | |
B.Sc LLB (Hons.) | 50 | 10 (NRI/NRI sponsored), 2 (FN) | 2 (J&K) | |
BA LLB (Hons.) | 90 | 16 (NRI / NRI sponsored) | 12 (EWS) | |
BBA LLB (Hons.) | 30 | |||
BA LLB (Hons.) | 170 | 8 (NRI), 2 (FN) | 5 (Wards of Kashmir Migrants), 2 (Students of J&K) | |
5-year LLB (BA LLB(Hons.); BCom LLB(Hons.); BSc LLB (Hons.); BBA LLB(Hons) and BSW LLB(Hons) | 172 | 16 (NRI), 5 (FN) | 2 (J&K residents), 5 (North East India), 4 (Sports) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 66 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 169 | 20 (NRI/NRI Sponsored/ FN) | 2 (Wards of Kashmiri Migrants/ Kashmiri Pandits/ Kashmiri Hindu Families (Non-Migrants) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 180 | 5 (NRI) | 18 (EWS), 9 (Wards of Kashmir Migrants), 2 (J&K residents) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 69 | 5 (NRI) | - | |
BBA LLB (Hons) | 69 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 60 | 6 (NRI sponsored), 2 (FN) | 6 (EWS), 2 (Transgenders), 2 (J&K Migrants) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 106 | 10 (NRI/NRIS/PIO/OCI ), 4 (FN) | - | |
BBA LLB (Hons) | 53 | 5 (NRI/NRIS/PIO/OCI ), 2 (FN) | - | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 120 | - | 12 (EWS), 2 (J&K) | |
BBA LLB (Hons) | 60 | - | 6 (EWS), 1 (J&K) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 60 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 120 | 12 (NRI / NRI Sponsored/ FN) | 6 (Wards of Kashmiri Migrants and Kashmiri Pandits / Kashmiri Hindu Families (Non-Migrants)) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 56 | 3 (NRI/OCI guardian) | 1 (Wards of Kashmiri Migrants and Kashmiri Pandits / Kashmiri Hindu Families (Non-Migrants) | |
BCom LLB (Hons) | 56 | 3 (NRI/OCI guardian) | 1 (Wards of Kashmiri Migrants and Kashmiri Pandits / Kashmiri Hindu Families (Non-Migrants) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 100 | 20 (NRI/NRI sponsored/ FN) | 2 (Permanent Residents of J&K) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 120 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons in Adjudication and Justicing) | 60 | - | - | |
BBA LLB (Hons) | 60 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons.) | 60 | - | - | |
BBA LLB (Hons) | 60 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 120 | 18 (NRI/ FN) | 6 (Kashmiri Migrants), 2 (Residents of J&K) | |
BBA LLB (Hons) | 60 | 9 (NRI/ FN) | 3 (Kashmiri Migrants), 2 (Residents of J&K) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 120 | - | 12 (EWS), 2 (J&K) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 120 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 60 | - | - | |
RPNLU Prayagraj | BA LLB (Hons) | 60 | 3 (J&K) | |
IIULER Goa | BA LLB (Hons.) BBA LLB (Hons.) | 120 (BA LLB) 60 (BBA LLB) | ||
Total | 3649 | 257 | 148 |
The Consortium of NLUs has published the information brochure for all the NLUs participating in CLAT 2025 on its official website. The CLAT 2025 information brochures for NLUs contain important details about the NLU admission process, their seat intake, courses offered and fees. The table given below provides the free download links for NLU 2025 information brochures.
Sr. No | College Name | Brochure Download Link |
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1 | NLSIU Bangalore | |
2 | NALSAR Hyderabad | |
3 | WBNUJS Kolkata | |
4 | NLU Bhopal | |
5 | NLU Jodhpur | |
6 | HNLU Raipur | |
7 | GNLU Gandhinagar/GNLU Silvassa Campus | |
8 | RMLNLU Lucknow | |
9 | RGNUL Patiala | |
10 | CNLU Patna | |
11 | NUALS Kochi | |
12 | NLUO Odisha | |
13 | NUSRL Ranchi | |
14 | NLUJA Assam | |
15 | DSNLU Visakhapatnam | |
16 | MNLU Mumbai |
The Common Law Admission Test is considered one of the most difficult law entrance exams in the country. With CLAT exam analysis, candidates can decode the exam and estimate the level of preparation needed for CLAT 2025. The CLAT 2025 exam analysis will include important topics covered in the exam, good attempts, expected good scores in CLAT and the cut-off for top NLUs. As per the CLAT 2024 exam analysis available for last year, the CLAT exam was easy due to the reduced number of questions.
The inception of CLAT as the common test has its roots in the 2007 case, Varun Bhagat v. Union of India when a parent of law aspirant argued for a centralized test. Following this, the first Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) was organised in 2008 for seven national law universities.
In 2014, seven other national law universities joined CLAT. The exam was conducted online this time. However, a permanent secretariat for the CLAT consortium was still elusive. In 2015 - A PIL was filed by Professor Shamnad Bashir seeking an institutionalized system with a permanent secretariat for the conduct of CLAT. The case eventually led to the setting up of the CLAT Consortium in Bengaluru in 2018. The mode of the CLAT exam was also changed from online to offline.
Earlier, the CLAT was being conducted by national law universities on a rotation basis. Now, with a permanent secretariat, CLAT is conducted by a seven-member executive committee consisting of a convenor, president, vice-president, secretary-treasurer and other members.
IILUER and NLU Prayagraj has also joined the CLAT Consortium this year. These universities will now accept CLAT scores for 5-year LLB and LLM admissions.
As of 2025, CLAT scores are accepted by 24 out of 26 national law universities. NLU Delhi and the recently established NLU Meghalaya are conducting separate entrance exams. NLU Delhi conducts the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET), whereas NLU Meg organises MEG-UAT and MEG-PAT for admissions to UG and PG courses.
Full Exam Name | Common Law Admission Test |
Short Exam Name | CLAT |
Conducting Body | Consortium of NLUs |
Frequency Of Conduct | Once a year |
Exam Level | National Level Exam |
Languages | English |
Mode Of Application | online |
Mode Of Exam | offline |
Mode Of Counselling | online |
Participating Colleges | 144 |
Exam Duration | 2 Hours |
No Of Seats | 3361 |
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The CLAT 2025 counselling will be conducted in online mode. The Consortium of NLUs will release the first CLAT merit list 2025 on December 26, 2024 based on scores of candidates and the NLU preferences submitted by them. Candidates included in the merit list of CLAT 2025 will be eligible for admission to the allotted National Law Universities. Candidates are required to fill in their NLU preferences at the time of counselling. They will be able to gain admission in only those NLUs which are part of their preferences.
The counselling of CLAT 2025 will be conducted in five rounds, in online mode. After each round, the consortium will release the seat allotment for all national law universities participating in the common admission process. Earlier, the CLAT counselling 2025 registrations closed on December 20, 2024. Candidates were required to submit at least 15 NLU preferences at the time of counselling registration.
The counselling fee of CLAT 2025 is Rs. 30,000. For SC and ST candidates, the counselling fee is Rs 20,000. Candidates can pay the counselling fee online while registering for the counselling. The counselling fee will be adjusted with the NLU course fee.
The CLAT seat allotment is made on the basis of the merit rank of the candidate and NLU preference selected. The seat allotment of CLAT 2025 will be announced for each law school, in five rounds. After each round of seat allotment, candidates will have the following options;
Post Round 5 seat allotment, the candidate has two options before him:
To accept a seat, the candidate will have to pay the NLU fees and complete admission formalities. However, if the candidate is unhappy with the allotted seat, they may exit the admission process without paying the admission fee.
Top Law Universities in India
UPES | SRM |
ICFAI | BML |
LPU | KL University |
MIT WPU | Chandigarh University |
Candidates appearing in the CLAT exam 2025 must meet the eligibility criteria prescribed by the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs). Since the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is conducted for both UG and PG programmes, the eligibility criteria are also different for each level. The details of CLAT UG and CLAT LLM eligibility criteria are given below.
Particular | UG-CLAT | PG-CLAT |
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Educational qualification | Class 12th or equivalent | LLB graduation |
Minimum marks required | General candidates - 45% SC/ST - 40% | General candidates - 50% SC/ST - 45% |
Candidates have to meet the following conditions;
The eligibility criteria for LLM-CLAT are given below;
There is no age limit for appearing in CLAT 2025. Further, there are no restrictions on the number of attempts.
The CLAT 2025 registration window was closed on October 22, 2024. The application correction window was closed on October 25. The Consortium of NLUs opened the CLAT 2025 application form on July 15, 2024. Eligible candidates who wish to appear in CLAT 2025 could register online and fill out the CLAT application form 2025, by visiting the CLAT official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in. This year, candidates are not required to fill in the CLAT NLU preferences at the time of registration. Candidates will be required to submit the preferences after the result.
Candidates had to follow the steps mentioned below to fill out the application form of CLAT 2025.
Documents | Size | Format |
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Photograph | 500 KB | jpg/jpeg |
Signature | 100 KB | jpg/jpeg |
State domicile certificate | 2 MB |
Category | Fee |
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General/ OBC/PwD/NRI/PIO//OCI category | Rs. 4,000 |
SC/ST/BPL category | Rs. 3,500 |
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Karnataka | Bangalore Dharwad Mangalore Hubli Mysore |
Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal Indore Jabalpur Gwalior |
Odisha | Bhubaneswar Cuttack |
Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
Tamil Nadu | Chennai Tiruchirapalli Salem Tirunelveli Coimbatore Madurai |
Uttarakhand | Dehradun Haldwani |
Delhi | New Delhi |
Haryana | Faridabad Gurugram Hisar Kurukshetra Sonepat |
Gujarat | Gandhinagar Vadodara Rajkot Surat |
Assam | Guwahati |
Telangana | Hyderabad |
Rajasthan | Jaipur Jodhpur Kota |
Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu Srinagar |
West Bengal | Kolkata Siliguri Hooghly Kharagpur Malda Asansol Barrackpore |
Maharashtra | Mumbai Nagpur Pune Amravati Navi Mumbai Thane Aurangabad |
Punjab | Patiala Jalandhar Mohali Amritsar |
Bihar | Patna Muzaffarpur |
Chhattisgarh | Raipur Durg Bilaspur |
Jharkhand | Ranchi Jamshedpur |
Himachal Pradesh | Shimla |
Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram Kottayam Ernakulam Calicut |
Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada Visakhapatnam Rajahmundry Tirupati Kurnool Chittoor |
Puducherry | Puducherry |
Daman and Diu | Diu |
Sikkim | Gangtok |
Manipur | Imphal |
Meghalaya | Shillong |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli | Silvassa |
Tripura | Agartala |
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Candidates preparing for CLAT exam should be well-versed with the exam pattern and syllabus. The CLAT exam pattern informs the candidates about the test structure, number of questions and their types, marking scheme and several other test modalities.
As per the CLAT 2025 exam pattern, It is an offline-based exam, with OMR sheets and question papers. CLAT 2025 question paper comprises 120 multiple-choice type questions in CLAT UG and 120 questions in CLAT LLM. All questions are based on comprehension passages. The details of the exam pattern are mentioned below.
Particulars | Details |
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Language | English |
Type of questions | Objective type test |
Total number of questions | CLAT UG - 120 MCQs |
CLAT PG - 120 MCQs | |
Maximum marks | CLAT UG - 120 CLAT PG - 120 |
Exam duration | 2 hours |
Marking scheme | 1 mark for each correct answer |
Negative marking | 0.25 marks will be deducted for each incorrect answer |
English language: Unit 01
Current affairs including general knowledge: Unit 01
Legal reasoning: Unit 01
Quantitative techniques: Unit 01
Quantitative techniques: Unit 02
Candidates who wish to appear in CLAT 2025 can solve a good number of mock tests during their preparation. There are multiple benefits of taking the CLAT mock test 2025. The Consortium of NLUs has released the first CLAT 2025 sample paper on September 13, 2024. Registered candidates can access the sample paper through their login.
Candidates should also solve all previous year's CLAT papers, especially those based on the new exam pattern. The CLAT previous year's question papers would also be helpful in understanding the type of questions asked in the examination and topics that appear frequently in the test paper. While registering for CLAT, candidates may purchase the question papers on payment of Rs 500. However, the official question papers of CLAT at FREE of COST are provided below.
Sometimes the candidate may need a little assistance in their CLAT exam preparation to get over the line. Like the candidate may want to know about some tools that can assist them to improve accuracy or improve speed.
CLAT sample papers for quantitative ability | Download here |
CLAT Logical reasoning sample papers | Download here |
CLAT Sample Paper for General Knowledge and English | Download here |
CLAT Legal Reasoning Sample Paper | Download here |
When preparing for CLAT exam 2025, it is important to have dependable and high-quality study material. The CLAT best books 2025 will be those that are easy to understand, and contain few to no errors, including problem sets and instructions.
Subject | Recommended books |
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English language | Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis, High School English Grammar and Composition by Wren & Martin, Objective General English by RS Aggarwal, Barron’s Pocket Guide to Vocabulary |
Legal Reasoning | Universal’s CLAT Guide, Bare Acts of Indian Constitution, Legal Awareness and Legal Aptitude by AP Bhardwaj, LexisNexis Butterworths |
Quantitative Techniques | Quantitative Aptitude by RS Aggarwal, Class 10th NCERT Textbook |
Current affairs, including general knowledge | Lucent’s GK, Manorama Year Book, Competition Success Review India Year Book, and Pratiyogita Darpan. Also read leading newspapers like Hindu, Indian Express |
Logical Reasoning | Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey, Analytical and Logical Reasoning by R.S. Aggarwal, Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by RS Aggarwal |
The Consortium of NLUs has issued the CLAT 2025 admit card on November 15, 2024. The consortium also released the CLAT 2025 test day instructions on November 27, 2024. CLAT admit card is a mandatory document for appearing in the examination. The last date to download CLAT 2025 admit cards was December 1, 2024.
Further, the admit card mentions various details such as candidate roll number, application number, exam centre name, address, CLAT exam reporting time and instructions. One must download and take a printout of the admit card to the designated CLAT exam centre on the exam day.
How to download CLAT admit card 2025?
Candidates can follow the steps mentioned below to download their admit card of CLAT 2025.
As per the CLAT 2025 exam guidelines, the candidate has to report to the CLAT 2025 exam centre at least one hour before the commencement of the exam. Also, after 15 minutes after the commencement of the CLAT exam, no candidate will be allowed fresh entry.
To take the test, the candidate has to display a printout of the admit card and a valid and original photo ID proof.
There will be no baggage counter at the exam venue and candidates will be solely responsible for the safe keep of their belongings. So, it is advisable not to carry non-essential items to the centre.
If the candidate wants, they may visit the exam centre to check out the location, travel route, distance and traffic situation. However, no candidate will be allowed beyond the main entrance gate, except on exam day and that too is only on producing the admit card and photo ID.
Blue/Black Ball Pen
Admit Card
Any original photo ID proof issued by the Government.
Transparent water bottle.
Own mask, gloves and personal hand sanitiser.
Self-health declaration
Disability certificate for PWD candidates
Electronic/communication devices such as mobile phones
Any kind of watch, calculator, headphones, etc.
Sheets of paper including blank sheets are not allowed inside the examination hall.
Candidates may also note that the consortium or the security staff at the exam centre will not be held responsible for the loss and damage of any property/gadgets of candidates.
The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) is expected to publish the revised CLAT 2025 answer key after Delhi HC ordered modifications in question 14 and 100 in CLAT 2025 Set A answer key. The answer to Question 14 has changed to option C and question 100 has been withdrawn. Earlier, the consortium had published the CLAT final answer key on December 7, 2024 on its official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in after considering the valid objections raised during the objection window. Earlier, the consortium published the CLAT 2025 provisional answer key on December 2, 2024. Candidates could also raise their objections against the provisional answer key till December 3 up to 4 PM. The answer key of CLAT 2025 can be used to calculate the marks in the examination.
Further, in case of any discrepancies in the answer key or question papers, candidates will have the opportunity to object to it. The objections will be reviewed by the expert committee of CLAT 2025. In case the raised objections are found to be valid, necessary changes to the answer key will be made and result will be prepared accordingly. The final CLAT 2025 answer key will be released after reviewing the objections raised by the candidates.
As per the official marking scheme of CLAT 2025, every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while for an incorrect answer 0.25 marks will be deducted. Use the following formula to calculate probable scores.
CLAT Scores = Total numbers of Correct options*1 - Total number of incorrect responses*0.25 |
For e.g. If the number of correct answers is 100 and incorrect answers is 40 then the total marks will be calculated as-
Total CLAT Marks = (100*1) - (40*0.25)
Therefore; Total marks = 100 - 10 = 90
Candidates will be given around two days to raise their objections against the key. The CLAT objection fee is Rs. 1000 per question. In case of the objections are accepted, the objection fee will be refunded.
Question Paper | Answer Key (Final) | Question paper | Answer Key (Provisional) | Answer Key (Final) |
5-year Law Programme | Series A | Click here | Click here | Click here |
Series B | Click here | Click here | Click here | |
Series C | Click here | Click here | Click here | |
Series D | Click here | Click here | Click here | |
LLM Programme | Series A | Click here | Click here | Click here |
Series B | Click here | Click here | Click here | |
Series C | Click here | Click here | Click here | |
Series D | Click here | Click here | Click here |
The CLAT 2025 result is declared on December 7, 2024. Candidates can download their results from the official website of the NLU Consortium. They will need the application number and date of birth to download the admit card.
CLAT result is provided in the form of individual scorecards. Along with the result, an invite list is also released for counselling purposes.
In the previous year, CLAT 2024 exam was conducted on December 3, 2024 and the CLAT 2024 results were announced on December 10, 2024. The Consortium of NLUs then announced the CLAT 2024 toppers details along with the . Jai Bohara topped the CLAT 2024 with 108 marks out of 120 and secured 100 percentile.
AIR | Name | Score | Percentile |
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1 | Jai Bohara | 108 | 100 |
2 | Pradyot Shah | - | 99.99 |
3 | Rahul Palakurthy | - | 99.99 |
4 | Amireddy Sai Pragnya | - | 99.99 |
5 | TBA | - | 99.99 |
6 | TBA | - | 99.99 |
7 | Arijit Bansal | - | 99.99 |
8 | TBA | - | 99.98 |
9 | Jigyasa | - | 99.98 |
10 | Ashutosh Kar | - | 99.98 |
11 | Pawan Kumar Pandey | 103.25 | 99.98 |
Name | Ranks (AIRs) | Scores |
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Abhinav Somani | AIR 1 | 116.75 |
Gnanankit (SC category) | AIR 1 | 94.50 |
Sahil Gupta | AIR 2 | 112 |
Shubham Thakare | AIR 3 | - |
Arnav Maheshwari | AIR 4 | - |
Navya Nair | AIR 6 | - |
Piyush Gupta | AIR 8 | 107.75 |
Upmanyu Chatterjee | AIR 10 | - |
Kshitika Tyagi | AIR 12 | 106.75 |
Shruti Bhukar | AIR 16 in general, AIR 2 in OBC | - |
Ayesha Khan | AIR 17 | 105.75 |
Arunav Ghosh (To read full interview - Click here) | AIR 40 | 101.75 |
CLAT 2022 Toppers
CLAT Toppers 2022 | Ranks (AIRs) | Scores | Read Interview |
Rishabh | 1 | - | - |
Menal | 2 | - | - |
Shivaansh | 3 | - | - |
Harshit | 4 | 117.75 | Click here |
Akshat Aggarwal | 5 | 117.25 | - |
Akarsh Bhafna | 6 | 117.00 | - |
Sanjana Rao | 7 | - | - |
Jahnvi Joshi | 8 | - | Read here |
Khushi Aggarwal | 9 | - | - |
Oorja Newatia | 10 | - | - |
Varun Deval | 11 | - | - |
Shivaraman Raghuraman | 12 | - | - |
Rahul Malviya | 13 | - |
Name of candidate | Rank | Marks obtained | Interview |
Samriddhi Mishra | 1 | 94 | Click here |
To be notified | 2 | - | |
To be notified | 3 | - |
CLAT Toppers 2021 | Ranks (AIRs) | Scores | Read Interview |
Manhar Bansal | 1 | 125.5 | |
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The merit list of CLAT 2025 mentions the roll number, marks and merit rank of the candidates. The CLAT merit rank is important as it is referred to for inviting the candidates for counselling and seat allotment.
The CLAT 2025 cut off will be released in online mode. The consortium releases the cut off for each round of CLAT counselling. The cut off is the minimum marks required for admission to a national law university participating in the counselling. CLAT cut off 2025 will be different for each NLU, depending on the number of seats offered by NLU, number of applicants and reservation policy.
Name of NLU | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
NLSIU Bengaluru | 97 | 488 | 907 | 2796 | 3876 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 158 | 564 | 1076 | 3375 | 6083 |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 404 | 1006 | 1315 | 5178 | 10023 |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 878 | 1599 | 1629 | 7622 | 15219 |
WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB) | 262 | - | 15978* | 3951 | 7487 |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | 998 | - | 23192* | 8117 | 11502 |
NLU Jodhpur | 341 | - | 1261 | 4503 | 8373 |
HNLU Raipur | 707 | - | 1965 | 6602 | 10917 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 429 | 938 | 1822 | 5652 | 10438 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 869 | 1476 | 2429 | 8958 | - |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 694 | 2307* | 3370* | 9616* | - |
RGNUL Patiala | 1129 | 8822 | 15548 | ||
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 1236 | 1839* | - | 13248* | - |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 1384 | 2550 | - | 16099* | - |
NUALS Kochi | 1111 | 13761* | - | 15245* | - |
NLU Odisha | 1080 | - | - | 8124 | 15305 |
NUSRL Ranchi | 1336 | 1807 | 2518 | 9729 | 16676 |
NLUJA Assam | 1474 | - | 29403* | 14361* | 29648* |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 1233 | 1731 | 2459 | 9776 | 15875 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 1401 | - | 2628 | 10378 | - |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | 1459 | - | 3310 | 10681 | - |
MNLU Mumbai | 547 | 3932* | 6468* | 9030* | 30958* |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 1360 | 7169* | 11780* | 18459* | 41956* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 1425 | 8009* | 13568* | 20584* | 43185* |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 1561 | 9891* | 15419* | 14311* | - |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 1625 | 13863* | 16394* | 23,903* | - |
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB | 1712 | - | - | 10847 | 18736 |
HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB | 1773 | - | - | 11218 | 20154 |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 1559 | 1990 | 2782 | 11078 | 20412 |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 1714 | 2180 | 3263 | 10830 | 20671 |
NLUT Agartala | 1785 | - | - | 51586* | 50744* |
In order to secure admission to a desired NLU, candidates must clear the cut-off. Meanwhile, candidates can check the NLU-wise cut-off trends of previous years to know about the expected cut offs for this year. Mentioned below are the details of the previous year's cut-off of CLAT exam with the details like opening rank and closing rank.
NLU Name | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | |||||
Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Ran | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | |
1 | 114 | 129 | 510 | 171 | 923 | 181 | 2674 | 1781 | 2835 | |
25 | 177 | 365 | 680 | 931 | 1116 | 702 | 3388 | 3375 | 6174 | |
136 | 260 | - | - | 1397* | 7119* | 588 | 4217 | 6121 | 7792 | |
186 | 463 | 796 | 1290 | 591 | 1268 | 4505 | 5311 | 8143 | 10960 | |
70 | 383 | - | - | - | - | 2360 | 4457 | 6689 | 8076 | |
481 | 805 | - | - | 2031 | 2061 | 6997 | 7137 | 10117 | 11277 | |
147 | 462 | 488 | 1210 | 1150 | 1878 | 3680 | 5683 | 8790 | 10837 | |
432 | 749 | 1432 * | 1845* | 772* | 3088* | 6014* | 9582* | 18980* | 27764* | |
563 | 1307 | - | - | - | - | 5693 | 8856 | 10300 | 15585 | |
628 | 1541 | 2002* | 2501* | 1511* | 5260* | 7741* | 13369* | 20004* | - | |
638 | 1461 | 5660* | 41647* | - | - | 6498* | 26009* | 27055* | 28147* | |
504 | 1207 | - | - | - | - | 6147 | 7957 | 13445 | 16910 | |
939 | 1895 | 2332 | 2688 | 2248 | 2756 | 7695 | 10032 | 14248 | 18477 | |
704 | 2045 | - | - | 2509 | 4119 | 6192 | 10557 | 14452 | - | |
538 | 2080 | 2477 | 3285 | 7113* | 16077* | 9337* | 17282* | 13295* | - | |
325 | 590 | 2034* | 4878* | 3078* | 9880* | 5963* | 8923* | 17578* | 32870* | |
878 | 2102 | 2710* | 14738 | 7420* | 22745* | 4921* | 21215* | 23125* | 39121* | |
1824 | 2655 | 13589* | - | 12558 | 24704 | 21626* | 26769* | 37995* | - | |
1375 | 2569 | - | - | 4913* | 38136* | 15318* | 31993* | 25618* | 42731* | |
822 | 2816 | - | - | - | - | 8337 | 11982 | 13021 | 20699 | |
1696 | 2698 | 2969 | 3513 | 3905 | 4318 | 10030 | 12073 | 17883 | 23002 | |
767 | 2713 | 2584 | 3412 | 2533 | 4515 | 9611 | 11010 | 10923 | 21673 | |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 810 | 1820 | 1863 | 2984 | 2435 | 3992 | 8339 | 10104 | 13276 | 14846 |
*state category reservation
The following table describes the category-wise NLUs cutoff 2023 for admission into the LLM course.
NLU Name | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | |||||
Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | |
NLSIU Bengaluru | 8 | 200 | 269 | 469 | 237 | 902 | 678 | 1927 | 251 | 3096 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 19 | 230 | 566 | 710 | 700 | 1056 | 1460 | 1642 | 514 | 3854 |
WBNUJS Kolkata | 175 | 787 | - | - | 1749* | 5981* | 1127 | 3140 | 3109 | 4813 |
NLIU Bhopal | 274 | 494 | - | - | 1056 | 1289 | 1482 | 3221 | 4479 | - |
NLU Jodhpur | 236 | 909 | - | - | - | - | 3133 | 3756 | 5206 | 6998 |
HNLU Raipur | 719 | 1606 | - | - | 1734 | 3703 | 4225 | 5361 | - | - |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 37 | 766 | 864 | 1478 | 801 | 1942 | 1301 | 3767 | 5606 | 7812 |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 12 | 101 | 1002* | 1335* | 217* | 640* | 187* | 1084* | 1481* | - |
RGNUL Patiala | 239 | 1645 | - | - | - | - | 2665 | 4526 | 5429 | 7874 |
NUALS Kochi | 545 | 1799 | - | - | - | - | 2687* | 6501* | 4447* | - |
NLUO, Odisha, Cuttack | 369 | 1997 | - | - | - | - | 4345 | 6101 | 7332 | - |
NUSRL Ranchi | 529 | 1513 | 2209 | 2536 | 1714 | 3378 | 3077 | 3772 | 3701 | 5445 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli | ||||||||||
LLM: Corporate and Securities Laws | 968 | 1918 | - | - | 2339 | 3252 | 4709 | 4839 | - | - |
LLM: | 1582 | 1830 | - | - | 2037 | 4001 | 2018 | 2390 | - | - |
LLM: Natural Resources Laws | 769 | 2757 | - | - | 3473 | 4078 | 5863 | - | 7921 | - |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 766 | 2583 | 2268 | 2894 | 5527* | 7465* | 6005* | 8479* | 6491* | 8177* |
MNLU Mumbai | 202 | 679 | 1781* | 4380* | 2421* | 5743* | 3153* | 6371* | 7132* | - |
MNLU Nagpur | 643 | 2488 | 5242* | 6435* | 4436* | 6714* | 7024* | 8188* | - | - |
MNLU Aurangabad | 2169 | 2780 | - | - | 6281* | 7926* | -- | - | - | - |
NLUJA Assam,Guwahati | 1594 | 2621 | - | - | 3859* | 8555* | 5222* | 6490* | 4647* | 8383* |
HPNLU Shimla | 698 | 2362 | - | - | - | - | 3436 | 5697 | 6023 | 8699 |
DNLU Jabalpur | 1629 | 2815 | 2554 | 3008 | 3230 | 3802 | 6206 | 6268 | 8217 | 8531 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 1628 | 2179 | 2154 | 2969 | 2100 | 4135 | 5471 | - | - | - |
*state category reservation
To decide what is a good score you have to first identify the NLU you want to get admission into. And the last rank (or cutoff rank) for which admission is offered in that institute can be considered to be a good score. That said the cutoff fluctuates depending on a host of parameters like seat intake, the performance of candidates in CLAT 2025 total applicants, and the CLAT merit rank of these applicants. So, you will be in the safe zone only if you score a little higher than the past year's cutoff rank.
Name of Law School | CLAT score |
---|---|
National Law School of India University, Bengaluru | 80+ |
NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad | 78+ |
The West Bengal National University of Juridicial Sciences, Kolkata | 75+ |
NLU Jodhpur | 72+ |
National Law Institute University, Bhopal | 71+ |
Gujarat National Law University | 71+ |
MNLU Mumbai | 70+ |
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow | 68+ |
HNLU Raipur | 68+ |
National Law University, Odisha |
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No, the CLAT 2025 results have not been declared yet. The CLAT result is likely to be announced on December 05 and December 06.
The full form of CLAT is Common Law Admission Test. CLAT is conducted for admission to national law universities of India.
24 national law universities are participating institutes of CLAT. All 24 NLUs offer 5-year LLB courses, whereas 21 of them offer one-year LLM programme.
Note that in addition to the NLUs, there are many other CLAT affiliated institutes and other colleges that offer admissions based on CLAT scores. The difference between then the NLUs is that they may also use other exam scores like AILET. Further, they don't take part in the CLAT counselling process conducted by the consortium of NLUs.
There are various UG and PG courses that are offered through CLAT. These include, BA LLB, BBA LLB, BCom LLB, BSc LLB, LLM specialisation etc.
The changes in new CLAT exam pattern include reducing the number of questions from 150 to 120. The PG exam pattern remains unchanged with 120 multiple choice questions on different areas of law.
The CLAT 2025 exam was conducted on December 1, 2024, in offline mode.
As per the eligibility criteria of CLAT, the candidate should have completed Class 12 from a recognized board with a minimum 45 per cent marks (40 per cent for SC/ST category candidates). There is no age limit for appearing in the CLAT examination.
The CLAT 2025 application form was released on July 15, 2024. The last date to apply for CLAT 2025 was October 15, 2024.
Result Date
26 Dec, 2024 - 26 Dec, 2024
Counselling Date
27 Dec, 2024 - 27 Dec, 2024
Hello,
Based on your CLAT AIR rank of 55,000 and category rank of 5,000+ (Andhra Pradesh Women), it's unlikely that you'll secure a seat in the top NLUs like NLSIU or NALSAR. However, DSNLU (Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Law University, Srikakulam) may offer a possibility, given the previous year's cutoffs . Here's a breakdown:
Hope it helps !
Hello,
In the context of the CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) merit list , GC-KA refers to a specific category classification for candidates:
Hope it helps !
Hi Jaya,
Based on your OBC category rank of 4,700 in CLAT and your domicile in Kerala, securing admission to the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) in Kochi may be challenging.
Historically, NUALS has had competitive cutoffs, especially for the BA LLB (Hons) program.
For instance, in the 2023 admissions cycle, the closing ranks for the BA LLB (Hons) program were as follows:
Although, admission trends vary each year due to factors like seat availability, applicant pool, and reservation policies. Hence, you can look for other potential options like -
1. National Law University, Assam (NLUJAA)
2. Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur (HNLU)
3. Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam (DSNLU)
4. Tamil Nadu National Law University, Tiruchirappalli (TNNLU)
5. Government Law College, Ernakulam
You can get more information like Cutoff. Pattern, etc on the given link of which will redirect you the page of Careers360.
All the best!
Hello,
Admission to SASTRA University's School of Law is based on a combined score from your Class 12 marks and CLAT performance, weighted at 75% and 25% respectively.
With a CLAT score of 45 out of 120, your CLAT component is 9.375% (45/120 * 25%).
To enhance your admission prospects, achieving high marks in your Class 12 board examinations is crucial.
While specific cutoff marks vary annually based on applicant performance and seat availability, aiming for a Class 12 score above 90% can significantly strengthen your application.
This would contribute 67.5% (90% * 75%) to your combined score, totaling approximately 76.875% when combined with your CLAT component.
You can also use the CLAT college predictor tool to predict which colleghe you can get based on your score or rank.
Hope it helps !
With this rank ,you have good chances to secure a seat in tier two NLUs. Many NLUs . Some NLUs also offers domicile reservation laso. For general category students, they must score roughly around 80% to get into top NLUs. To check the clat pg cut off for NLUs ,visit CLAT PG cut off - category wise
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