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CLAT Cut Off 2026 For SC Category: Expected Cut-Off in Top NLU's
The Consortium of National Law Universities will release the CLAT SC Cut-off 2026 on its official website - consoritumofnlus.ac.in. The CLAT 2026 cut-off for the SC category is expected to be significantly lower than the cut-off for general and EWS categories. As per the available CLAT cut-off data, the expected CLAT SC cut-off rank 2026 for top NLUs will be 3000 and above which translates to CLAT cut-off marks of 80+ marks.
The Common Law Admission Test for 5-year LLB and LLM programme was held on December 7, 2025. This year there were an increase of candidates appearing for the CLAT 2026, compared to previous year. Therefore, the increase in applicants heightens the competitiveness, and raises the cutoff scores.
CLAT 2026 Expected Cut-Off Trends for SC
The CLAT 2026 cut-off rank for SC category in lower Tier 1 NLUs such as GNLU Gandhinagar and NLIU Bhopal is expected to be around 6000, which translates to a score of 78+ marks. Given below are the expected CLAT SC cut-off 2026 ranks based on the cut-off trends observed in the previous year.
CLAT SC Expected Cut-Off in Top NLUs
NLU Name | CLAT 2026 SC cut-off marks | CLAT 2026 SC cut-off rank |
NLSIU Bengaluru | 83+ | 300 and above |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 82+ | 3500 and above |
WBNUJS Kolkata | 80+ | 4500 ad above |
NLU Jodhpur | 79+ | 5000 and above |
NLIU Bhopal | 78+ | 5100 and above |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 77+ | 6000 and above |
MNLU Mumbai | 71+* | 10000* and above |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 53+* | 25000* and above |
How to Check CLAT SC Cut-Off 2026?
Candidates can check the SC cut-off for CLAT 2026 by following the steps given below:
Visit the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in
Click on CLAT 2026
In the notification section, click on the CLAT 2026 merit list for the desired round of counselling
Select the NLU for which the CLAT SC cut off 2026 is required
The CLAT 2026 cut off for SC category will be visible on the screen
Download and save the PDF for future reference
Factors Influencing the CLAT Cut-Off 2026 for SC
The CLAT SC cut-off 2026 is determined by the following factors
Number of applicants in the exam
Number of available seats
Reservation policy of the participating NLU
Difficulty level of the exam
NLU preferences given by the candidate
Previous Year CLAT Cut Off for SC Category
The tables given below provide the previous year's CLAT cut-off ranks for the SC category. The CLAT SC cut-off data for previous years can help candidates predict the cut trends.
CLAT UG SC Cutoff 2025
NLU | SC Category | |
Opening Rank | Closing Rank | |
NLSIU Bengaluru | 182 | 3133 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 1483 | 3273 |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 5077 | 5763 |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 6764 | 8625 |
WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB) | 3048 | 4753 |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | 4244 | 6987 |
NLU Jodhpur | 3343 | 5445 |
HNLU Raipur | 6232 | 7660 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 974 | 5934 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 8584 | 8826 |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 1832* | 11228* |
RGNUL Patiala | 2067 | 8625 |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 7884* | 12662* |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 12269* | 15833* |
NUALS Kochi | 9871* | 15029* |
NLU Odisha BA LLB | 3196 | 7247 |
NLU Odisha BBA LLB | 7630 | 7891 |
NUSRL Ranchi BA LLB | 8542 | 9902 |
NUSRL Ranchi BBA LLB | 8493 | 38622* |
NLUJA Assam | 4020* | 26413* |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 8198 | 9330 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 6291 | 10327 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | 6571 | 12470 |
MNLU Mumbai | 7180* | 15622 |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 13180* | 27496* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 17024* | 26619* |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 7378* | 30029* |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 22029* | 31652* |
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB | 8641 | 11597 |
HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB | 9542 | 13886 |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 9959 | 11065 |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 7991 | 12802 |
NLUT Agartala | 29955* | 49197* |
RPNLU Prayagraj | 12017* | 21354* |
IIULER Goa BA LLB | 6774 | 14412 |
IIULER Goa BA LLB | 11342 | 14867 |
*state category reservation
CLAT PG SC Cutoff 2025
NLU | SC Category | |
Opening rank | Closing rank | |
NLSIU Bengaluru | 510 | 1682 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 861 | 1364 |
NLIU Bhopal | 1530 | 2991 |
WBNUJS Kolkata | 979 | 2367 |
NLU Jodhpur | 1864 | 3458 |
HNLU Raipur | 2923 | 5588 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 1110 | 3079 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 3288 | 5291 |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 304* | 2923* |
RGNUL Patiala | 950 | 4073 |
CNLU Patna | 1280* | 7116* |
NUALS Kochi | 2198* | 12214* |
NLU Odisha | 3826 | 4968 |
NUSRL Ranchi | 3952 | 5884 |
NLUJA Assam | 6184* | 13097* |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 4070 | 5964 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli | 2409 | 6214 |
MNLU Mumbai | 3992* | 5756* |
MNLU Nagpur | 7826* | 13110* |
MNLU Aurangabad | 7996* | 13892* |
HPNLU Shimla | 3851 | 5469 |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 4313 | 6073 |
DBRANLU Sonepat | - | - |
NLUT Agartala | - | - |
RPNLU Prayagraj | - | 4313* |
IIULER Goa | 3954 | 6234 |
*state category reservation
CLAT UG SC Cut Off 2024
NLU | SC | |
Opening rank | Closing rank | |
NLSIU Bengaluru | 372 | 3007 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 1604 | 3574 |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 4573 | 5178 |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 6497 | 7622 |
WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB) | 2056 | 4503 |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | 4663 | 8958 |
NLU Jodhpur | 3574 | 5178 |
HNLU Raipur | 3408 | 6765 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 4584 | 6175 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 8833 | 10735 |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 5397* | 10340* |
RGNUL Patiala | 3234 | 10253 |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 4522* | 14864* |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 13550* | 16714* |
NUALS Kochi | 12306* | 15245* |
NLU Odisha | 5997 | 9869 |
NUSRL Ranchi | 5972 | 11124 |
NLUJA Assam | 8824* | 17168* |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 8057 | 10568 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 9853 | 11289 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | 10130 | 12418 |
MNLU Mumbai | 4506* | 11392* |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 11235* | 25115* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 12722* | 29474* |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 8281* | 28813* |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 21344* | 29975* |
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB | 9061 | 12158 |
HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB | 9789 | 12740 |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 10083 | 12556 |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 9107 | 12447 |
NLUT Agartala | 32520* | - |
*state category reservation
CLAT PG SC Cut Off 2024
NLU Name | SC | |
Open rank | Closing rank | |
385 | 1642 | |
699 | 2247 | |
2749 | 3721 | |
805 | 2732 | |
2209 | 3465 | |
3815 | 5056 | |
2976 | 3815 | |
3779 | 6459 | |
19* | 1628* | |
1883 | 5971 | |
6171 | 8179 | |
4010 | 5215 | |
4860 | 6869 | |
6383* | 9703* | |
5118 | 6890 | |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (Corporate and Securities Law) | 4162 | 5338 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (Intellectual Property Law) | 4753 | 6848 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (Natural Resources Law) | 5401 | 7072 |
5070* | 5242* | |
4731* | 9822* | |
6051* | 9876* | |
4191 | 6997 | |
4569 | 5545 | |
9760* | 11928* | |
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