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    CLAT 2025 Cut-Off: How Challenging Is Entry to MNLU Mumbai

    CLAT 2025 Cut-Off: How Challenging Is Entry to MNLU Mumbai

    Sumeet SudarshanUpdated on 11 Jan 2025, 09:17 AM IST

    MNLU Mumbai ranked 31st in the NIRF law rankings 2024 among India's top law colleges. Even though, it is a relatively new university, entry to MNLU Mumbai is challenging as it is among the top preferences among candidates appearing for the Common Law Admission Test. In this article, find out how many marks are required for MNLU Mumbai admission and how challenging entry to MNLU Mumbai is.

    CLAT 2025 Cut-Off: How Challenging Is Entry to MNLU Mumbai
    CLAT 2025 Cut-Off: How Challenging is Entry to MNLU Mumbai

    Is It Challenging to Secure Admission in MNLU Mumbai?

    Trends suggest that general candidates need a high CLAT 2025 rank, preferably higher than 600, as the university is popular among law aspirants. The university offers domicile reservations for other categories of candidates, which takes the MNLU Mumbai CLAT cut-off lower for these categories. Entry to MNLU Mumbai is less challenging for SC/ST candidates as the cut-off is below that of many other tier 2 NLUs such as NLU Odisha and NUSRL Ranchi.

    MNLU Mumbai Expected Cut-Off 2025

    The CLAT 2025 cut-off will be available for each round of counselling. As per the NLU cut-off trends observed in the past, general candidates will find it more challenging. The table below shows the expected CLAT cutoff for MNLU Mumbai.

    Expected MNLU Mumbai CLAT Cut-Off 2025

    Category

    MNLU Mumbai Cut-Off 2025 marks

    MNLU Mumbai Cut off 2025 rank

    General

    93

    600

    EWS

    81

    3900*

    OBC

    77

    6400*

    SC

    71

    10000*

    ST

    41

    34000*

    MNLU Mumbai Seat Matrix and Reservation Criteria

    The seat availability and reservation policy followed by the university are important determinants of how challenging MNLU Mumbai admissions will be. The CLAT 2025 reservation criteria for MNLU Mumbai are given in the table below.

    MNLU Mumbai Seat Matrix and Reservation

    Categories

    Percentage%

    Seats

    B.A.,LL.B,

    (Hons.)Programme - 5Years

    LL.M.

    All India General Category–[A]


    27

    12

    Maharashtra State ReservedCategory –[B]


    73

    38

    Maharashtra State-

    ScheduleCaste

    13

    13

    07

    Maharashtra State -ScheduleTribe

    07

    07

    04

    Maharashtra State:-




    DenotifiedTribes(VimuktaJatis)(A)

    03

    03

    02

    NomadicTribes (B)

    2.5

    03

    01

    NomadicTribes(C)

    3.5

    04

    02

    NomadicTribes(D)

    02

    02

    01

    MH-SpeciallyBackward Class

    02

    02

    01

    MH–OtherBackwardClass

    19

    19

    10

    MH- Economically Weaker Section(EWS)

    10

    10

    05

    MH- Socially and Educationally Backward Classes(SEBC)

    *(refer note)

    10

    10

    05

    Total Seats


    100

    50

    • 30% for women across all categories.

    • 5% seats for Specially Abled Persons (SAP). Certificate of Disability issued by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt.of India

    • 5% seats of the total sanctioned intake for an institute shall be reserved for wards of Ex-Servicemen/Defence Personnel.

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    Several top law colleges are accepting the CLAT score, other than the NLUs. These include:

    • Siksha ‘O’ Anusadhan University, Bhubaneswar
    • Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Science, Chennai
    • Lovely Professional University
    • Institute of Law, Nirma University

    Candidates can check out the detailed list of non-NLUs accepting CLAT for admission in

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    You can refer to books like AP Bhardwaj for legal aptitude, RS Aggarwal for reasoning, and dedicated guides like CULET Guide by Dipanjan Mitra for best preparation for CULET. Additionally, you can refer to the CULET previous year question papers .

    SASTRA Deemed University accepts CLAT scores for admission. They admit students based on CLAT scores as well as class 12 marks, with an aggregate score of 50% in English. Based on these scores, a merit list is published by the university.