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    CLAT 2026 LLB cut-off trends for national law universities

    CLAT 2026 LLB cut-off trends for national law universities

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    Shubham BhakuniUpdated on 16 Dec 2025, 08:59 PM IST

    CLAT 2026 final answer keys and results have been published for both UG and PG on December 16. Unlike last year’s CLAT, this year, the provisional answer key for UG was clean with no revision required in the final answer key. Students with their CLAT ranks can now compare with previous NLU-wise cutoff trends to know the chances of their qualification.

    CLAT 2026 LLB cut-off trends for national law universities
    CLAT 2026 LLB cut-off trends for national law universities

    Meanwhile, the CLAT cut-offs for five NLUs are likely to be closed within AIR 500. These NLUs are NLSIU, NALSAR, WBNUJS, NLU Jodhpur and GNLU Gandhinagar.

    NLIU Bhopal will also see a very competitive admission for BA LLB this year. The BSc LLB admission at the university might close at an AIR 1000. This also applies to the BSc LLB of WBNUJS Kolkata, where BA LLB seats will be locked at around AIR 350.

    While this is a general admission trend in national law universities, the NLU preference order will play a crucial role during the allotments. A well-informed preference order will help the students get admission as per their merit rank. Last year, several candidates created a preference order without proper research, and they ended up getting mid or low-tier NLUs, while higher-ranked universities were open to accept them, as indicated by lower cutoffs.

    After NLIU Bhopal, MNLU Mumbai, RMNLU Lucknow, CNLU Patna, HNLU Raipur and NLU Kochi are prominent options for students. CLAT cutoffs in these NLUs are likely to close below AIR 1500 for the general category. Candidates can check the previous year's cutoff for each NLU below in the table.

    NLU

    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

    1

    112

    119

    703

    209

    1,541

    182

    3,133

    678

    3,396

    NALSAR Hyderabad

    17

    159

    372

    546

    333

    1,219

    1,483

    3,273

    1,311

    3,621

    WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB)

    57

    327

    -

    -

    1359*

    4168*

    3,048

    4,753

    4,823

    6,343

    NLU Jodhpur

    159

    367

    542

    986

    1,333

    1,776

    3,343

    5,445

    4,343

    5,955

    GNLU Gandhinagar

    236

    444

    819

    1,118

    1,396

    2,303

    974

    5,934

    4,457

    8,568

    NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB)

    257

    480

    787

    1,377

    1,658

    1,757

    5,077

    5,763

    6,166

    8,243

    MNLU Mumbai

    443

    558

    2524*

    7523*

    4161*

    8067*

    7180*

    15,622

    10288*

    13124*

    WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons)

    299

    711

    -

    -

    4168*

    4596*

    4,244

    6,987

    8,994

    9,739

    RMLNLU Lucknow

    461

    780

    1327*


    1064*

    3769*

    1832*

    11228*

    19305*

    -

    HNLU Raipur

    480

    807

    -

    -

    2,156

    2,408

    6,232

    7,660

    9,746

    10,507

    NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB)

    486

    915

    1,338

    1,997

    2,217

    2,464

    6,764

    8,625

    10,384

    11,901

    NLU Odisha BA LLB

    469

    1,013

    -

    -

    -

    -

    3,196

    7,247

    8,920

    12,967

    NLU Odisha BBA LLB

    552

    1,176

    -

    -

    -

    -

    7,630

    7,891

    10,921

    15,161

    RGNUL Patiala

    565

    1,279

    -

    -


    -

    2,067

    8,625

    7,540

    12,742

    NUALS Kochi

    350

    1,346

    4238*

    22632*

    -

    -

    9871*

    15029*

    32306*

    -

    CNLU Patna (BA LLB)

    882

    1,398

    1420*

    1950*

    1861*

    7359*

    7884*

    12662*

    -

    16829*

    GNLU Silvassa Campus

    755

    1,461

    1,447

    2,620

    2,745

    2,620

    8,584

    8,826

    12,320

    15,112

    MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB

    722

    1,529

    7863*

    16868*

    2230*

    15059*

    13180*

    27496*

    43425*

    57657*

    CNLU Patna (BBA LLB)

    1,215

    1,555

    1928*

    2316*

    3106*

    8364*

    12269*

    15833*

    -

    27043*

    MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB

    1,214

    1,623

    13166*

    19846*

    9041*

    16794*

    17024*

    26619*

    41775*

    59008*

    NUSRL Ranchi BA LLB

    864

    1,667

    1,501

    2,551

    1,671

    3,597

    8,542

    9,902

    10,015

    15,023

    DSNLU Visakhapatnam

    957

    1,682

    1,506

    2,571

    2,472

    3,813

    8,198

    9,330

    13,506

    15,632

    NUSRL Ranchi BBA LLB

    1,164

    1,760

    2,052

    2,714

    1,845

    4,096

    8,493

    38622*

    10,573

    13,619

    TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB

    1,231

    1,763

    -

    -

    2,045

    4,082

    6,291

    10,327

    14,211

    15,384

    DBRANLU Sonepat

    626

    1,930

    1,768

    2,727

    2,173

    4,210

    7,991

    12,802

    12,630

    19,973

    TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB

    1,259

    1,947

    -

    -

    3,432

    4,987

    6,571

    12,470

    -

    -

    MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB

    1,023

    1,949

    8328*

    23203*

    11062*

    19813*

    7378*

    30029*

    55196*

    58448*

    NLUJA Assam

    1,163

    2,141

    3740*

    18701*

    10753*

    40275*

    4020*

    26413*

    8513*

    39689*

    MPDNLU Jabalpur

    1,371

    2,243

    2,112

    2,922

    3,766

    4,228

    9,959

    11,065

    13,674

    20,674

    MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB

    1,361

    2,393

    8244*

    19846*

    15631*

    21108*

    22029*

    31652*

    56594*

    59056*

    RPNLU Prayagraj

    1,446

    2,469

    2636*

    3726*

    3454*

    5559*

    12017*

    21354*

    -

    25539*

    HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB

    949

    2,555

    -

    -

    -

    -

    8,641

    11,597

    13,499

    18,083

    HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB

    1,298

    2,634

    -

    -

    -

    -

    9,542

    13,886

    15,632

    19,910

    IIULER Goa BA LLB

    1,314

    2,784

    2,446

    3,623

    2,721

    5,597

    6,774

    14,412

    12,362

    21,325

    IIULER Goa BBA LLB

    1198

    2832

    2727

    3751

    4440

    5892

    11230

    14867

    11093

    22260

    NLUT Agartala

    1,964

    2,855

    -

    -

    -

    -

    29955*

    49197*

    25887*

    -

    The CLAT counselling has also started on December 16. The registration will close on December 27. NLU allotments will be done in three rounds, with the final rounds to be announced in January 2026.

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