CLAT Cut off 2026 for General Category: Cutoff Marks for CLAT UG

CLAT Cut off 2026 for General Category: Cutoff Marks for CLAT UG

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Sukriti SahooUpdated on 01 Sep 2025, 11:21 AM IST

The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) will publish the CLAT cut-off 2026 for general category on its official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in. Candidates can download the general cut-off from the CLAT 2026 merit list, which is published for each round of counselling. The CLAT 2026 cut-off for general category is usually higher than the cut-offs for other categories as per trends observed in the CLAT cut-offs for previous years. The analysis of the previous year's success rate of CLAT shows that the maximum pass rate in CLAT 2026 is around below 10% for UG and PG which along with the high cut-off marks, makes CLAT tough. Read on to get all the details on the CLAT cut-off for general category including the expected cut-off, good score in CLAT and more.

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  1. How to Download CLAT 2026 Cut-Off for General?
  2. Analysis of CLAT Cut-Off Trends for General Category
  3. CLAT 2026 Seat Intake for General
  4. Previous Year CLAT Cut Off for General Category
CLAT Cut off 2026 for General Category: Cutoff Marks for CLAT UG
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The Consortium of NLUs will conduct the CLAT 2026 exam on December 7, 2025. Through the Common Law Admission Test, candidates will be admitted into the 5-year LLB programmes of 24 participating NLUs and 60+ affiliated colleges. Whereas through the Common Law Admission Test PG, candidates will be admitted into the LLM programme. Candidates from the general category have to clear the CLAT 2026 expected cut-off for general to obtain CLAT seat allotment in the counselling process.


How to Download CLAT 2026 Cut-Off for General?

The CLAT cut-off 2026 for the general category will be available in the CLAT merit list published by the consortium for UG and PG programmes before the start of each round of counselling. Candidates can download the cut off from the consortium’s official website.

Steps to Download CLAT 2026 General Cut Off

  • Visit the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in

  • Click on the CLAT 2026 tab

  • Next, in the notification section click on the CLAT merit list link for the desired round

  • On the next page, select the NLU for which the CLAT 2026 general cut-off is required

  • The CLAT cut-off 2026 for general category pdf will be displayed on the screen

  • Download and save the PDF for future reference

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Factors Affecting CLAT 2026 Cut-Off for General Category

The CLAT general cut-off 2026 will be determined based on the following factors-

  • Number of applicants

  • Difficulty level of the exam

  • Availability of seats

  • Reservation criteria followed by the NLU

  • NLU preferences given by candidates

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Analysis of CLAT Cut-Off Trends for General Category

The CLAT 2026 general category cut-off will be the benchmark for success in the CLAT 2026 exam for general category candidates. As per the CLAT exam analysis of the previous year's CLAT question paper, a good score in CLAT UG 2026 for general category is expected to be 100+. With a score of 100 or more in CLAT 2026 a candidate is expected to achieve a rank within 150 and gain admission into NLSIU Bengaluru or NALSAR Hyderabad. For Tier 1 NLUs such as NLIU Bhopal and GNLU Gandhinagar, a CLAT cut-off rank of 450 is needed for general category candidates.

In 2023, the consortium revised the CLAT exam pattern by reducing the number of questions to make the exam more student-friendly. This change has resulted in higher CLAT cut-off marks for general category. However, the change in CLAT cut off 2026 rank for general category is not expected to be significant. The CLAT general cut-off rank has gone beyond 100 for NLSIU Bengaluru due to the introduction of more seats last year. An understanding of CLAT marks vs rank can help candidates understand how marks in CLAT translate to a particular rank.

CLAT 2026 General Cut-Off for Top NLUs

Name of Law School

Expected CLAT 2026 cut-off marks for general

Expected CLAT 2026 cut-off rank for general

NLSIU Bengaluru

100+

100

NALSAR Hyderabad

100+

150

WBNUJS Kolkata

98+250

NLU Jodhpur

95+350

NLIU Bhopal

95+450

GNLU Gandhinagar

95+450

MNLU Mumbai

93+600

RMNLU Luknow

91+750

HNLU Raipur

91+800

NLU Odisha

89+

1200


CLAT 2026 Seat Intake for General

The success rate in CLAT 2026 for general candidates can be analysed in terms of the number of seats on offer and the candidates that appear for the exam. As per the exam statistics available for last year, 58504 candidates appeared for CLAT UG and 10282 candidates appeared for CLAT PG. In comparison, the number of CLAT seats for the general category is less making CLAT tough for law aspirants. The total number of general category seats in CLAT 2026 is around 1637 seats for 5-year LLB and 699 for LLM. The seat availability is one of the determining factors for the CLAT cut-off 2026 for general. The table given below provides the CLAT 2026 general seat matrix.

CLAT 2026 General Category Seats

Sl. noNLU NameUG SeatsPG Seats
1NLSIU Bengaluru12148
2NALSAR Hyderabad6633
3WBNUJS Kolkata7369
4NLIU Bhopal7830
5NLU Jodhpur6224
6HNLU Raipur9145
7GNLU Gandhinagar7926
8GNLU Silvassa Campus3116
9RMLNLU Lucknow8020
10RGNUL Patiala13444
11CNLU Patna56-
12NUALS Kochi3636
13NLUO Odisha12834
14NUSRL Ranchi6024
15NLUJA Assam3120
16DSNLU Visakhapatnam7839
17TNNLU Tiruchirapalli3418
18MNLU Mumbai3717
19MNLU Nagpur4623
20MNLU Aurangabad4623
21HPNLU Shimla9262
22DNLU Jabalpur6025
23DBRANLU Haryana90-
24NLU Tripura2823
25RPNLU Prayagraj24*-

Total1637699
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CLAT General Off 2026 Details

The CLAT cut-off 2026 for General category will be updated in this section. The Consortium will publish the CLAT General cut off 2026 data before commencing each round of CLAT counselling.

CLAT UG 2026 Cutoff for General Category- All NLUs



NLU
General Category
Opening RankClosing Rank
NLSIU Bengaluru

TBA


TBA
NALSAR Hyderabad
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB)
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB)
WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB)
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons)
NLU Jodhpur
HNLU Raipur
GNLU Gandhinagar
GNLU Silvassa Campus
RMLNLU Lucknow
RGNUL Patiala
CNLU Patna (BA LLB)
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB)
NUALS Kochi
NLU Odisha BA LLB
NLU Odisha BBA LLB
NUSRL Ranchi BA LLB
NUSRL Ranchi BBA LLB
NLUJA Assam
DSNLU Visakhapatnam
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB
MNLU Mumbai
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB
HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB
MPDNLU Jabalpur
DBRANLU Sonepat
NLUT Agartala
RPNLU Prayagraj
IIULER Goa BA LLB
IIULER Goa BA LLB

*state reservation

CLAT PG 2026 Cutoff for General Category- All NLUs

NLUGeneral Category
Opening rankClosing rank
NLSIU Bengaluru
TBA

TBA
NALSAR Hyderabad
NLIU Bhopal
WBNUJS Kolkata
NLU Jodhpur
HNLU Raipur
GNLU Gandhinagar
GNLU Silvassa Campus
RMLNLU Lucknow
RGNUL Patiala
CNLU Patna
NUALS Kochi
NLU Odisha
NUSRL Ranchi
NLUJA Assam
DSNLU Visakhapatnam
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli
MNLU Mumbai
MNLU Nagpur
MNLU Aurangabad
HPNLU Shimla
MPDNLU Jabalpur
DBRANLU Sonepat
NLUT Agartala
RPNLU Prayagraj
IIULER Goa


Previous Year CLAT Cut Off for General Category

The tables given below provide the CLAT general cut-off for previous years based on only vertical reservations without considering any horizontal reservations. The CLAT cut-off data for general category for the previous years can help candidates identify trends and make predictions on the CLAT 2026 expected cut-off for general category.

CLAT UG 2025 Cutoff for General Category



NLU
General Category
Opening RankClosing Rank
NLSIU Bengaluru1112
NALSAR Hyderabad17159
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB)257480
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB)486915
WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB)57327
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons)299711
NLU Jodhpur159367
HNLU Raipur480807
GNLU Gandhinagar236444
GNLU Silvassa Campus7551461
RMLNLU Lucknow461780
RGNUL Patiala5651279
CNLU Patna (BA LLB)8821398
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB)12151555
NUALS Kochi3501346
NLU Odisha BA LLB4691013
NLU Odisha BBA LLB5521176
NUSRL Ranchi BA LLB8641667
NUSRL Ranchi BBA LLB11641760
NLUJA Assam11632141
DSNLU Visakhapatnam9571682
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB12311763
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB12591947
MNLU Mumbai4431473
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB7221529
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB12141623
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB10231949
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB13612393
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB9492555
HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB12982634
MPDNLU Jabalpur13712243
DBRANLU Sonepat6261930
NLUT Agartala19642855
RPNLU Prayagraj14462469
IIULER Goa BA LLB13142784
IIULER Goa BA LLB11982832

*state reservation

CLAT PG 2025 Cutoff for General Category

NLUGeneral Category
Opening rankClosing rank
NLSIU Bengaluru13145
NALSAR Hyderabad10216
NLIU Bhopal161387
WBNUJS Kolkata144608
NLU Jodhpur181679
HNLU Raipur4681304
GNLU Gandhinagar303565
GNLU Silvassa Campus5992004
RMLNLU Lucknow27268
RGNUL Patiala431310
CNLU Patna2731380
NUALS Kochi5412114
NLU Odisha5711828
NUSRL Ranchi8681597
NLUJA Assam9952311
DSNLU Visakhapatnam11232215
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli8712169
MNLU Mumbai470740
MNLU Nagpur8961849
MNLU Aurangabad12192513
HPNLU Shimla6652461
MPDNLU Jabalpur13142581
DBRANLU Sonepat--
NLUT Agartala11382799
RPNLU Prayagraj469-
IIULER Goa4432524

*state reservation

CLAT UG 2024 Cut Off for General Category

NLU

General


Opening rank

Closing rank

NLSIU Bengaluru

1

102

NALSAR Hyderabad

6

167

NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB)

311

450

NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB)

187

1047

WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB)

140

279

WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons)

289

1010

NLU Jodhpur

170

379

HNLU Raipur

434

791

GNLU Gandhinagar

210

464

GNLU Silvassa Campus

593

1060

RMLNLU Lucknow

410

764

RGNUL Patiala

502

1250

CNLU Patna (BA LLB)

790

1358

CNLU Patna (BBA LLB)

1051

1552

NUALS Kochi

231

1136

NLU Odisha

591

1205

NUSRL Ranchi

637

1594

NLUJA Assam

1344

1704

DSNLU Visakhapatnam

656

1390

TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB

806

1628

TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB

821

1711

MNLU Mumbai

99

590

MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB

491

1587

MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB

611

1685

MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB

945

1832

MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB

681

2115

HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB

885

2102

HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB

284

2150

MPDNLU Jabalpur

1060

1824

DBRANLU Sonepat

503

2050

NLUT Agartala

1716

2243


CLAT PG Cut Off 2024 for General Category

NLU

General

Open rank

Closing rank

NLSIU Bengaluru

14

239

NALSAR Hyderabad

119

298

NLIU Bhopal

300

651

WBNUJS Kolkata

158

620

NLU Jodhpur

290

638

HNLU Raipur

564

1094

GNLU Gandhinagar

125

627

GNLU Silvassa Campus

634

1267

RMLNLU Lucknow

19

261

RGNUL Patiala

90

987

NUALS Kochi

486

1707

NLU Odisha

494

1358

NUSRL Ranchi

827

1623

NLUJA Assam

1321

2195

DSNLU Visakhapatnam

754

2033

TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (Corporate and Securities law)

660

1578

TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (Intellectual Property law)

641

1011

TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (Natural Resources Law)

1006

2246

MNLU Mumbai

242

727

MNLU Nagpur -

1

1808

MNLU Aurangabad

924

2250

HPNLU Shimla

623

2132

MPDNLU Jabalpur

1216

2278

NLUT Agartala

1619

2530

CLAT UG Cut-Off 2023 for General Category

NLU Name

General

Opening Rank

Closing Rank

NLSIU Bengaluru

1

114

NALSAR Hyderabad

25

177

WBNUJS Kolkata

136

260

NLIU Bhopal

186

463

NLU Jodhpur

70

383

HNLU Raipur

481

805

GNLU Gandhinagar

147

462

RMLNLU Lucknow

432

749

RGNUL Patiala

563

1307

CNLU Patna

628

1541

NUALS Kochi

638

1461

NLUO, Odisha, Cuttack

504

1207

NUSRL Ranchi

939

1895

TNNLU Tiruchirapalli

704

2045

DSNLU Visakhapatnam

538

2080

MNLU Mumbai

325

590

MNLU Nagpur

878

2102

MNLU Aurangabad

1824

2655

NLUJA Assam, Guwahati

1375

2569

HPNLU Shimla

822

2816

DNLU Jabalpur

1696

2698

DBRANLU, Sonipat, Haryana

767

2713

GNLU Silvassa Campus

810

1820

CLAT LLM Cut Off 2023 for General Category

NLU Name

General

Opening Rank

Closing Rank

NLSIU Bengaluru

8

200

NALSAR Hyderabad

19

230

WBNUJS Kolkata

175

787

NLIU Bhopal

274

494

NLU Jodhpur

236

909

HNLU Raipur

719

1606

GNLU Gandhinagar

37

766

RMLNLU Lucknow

12

101

RGNUL Patiala

239

1645

NUALS Kochi

545

1799

NLUO, Odisha, Cuttack

369

1997

NUSRL Ranchi

529

1513

TNNLU Tiruchirappalli


LLM: Corporate and Securities Laws

968

1918

LLM:
Intellectual Property Laws

1582

1830

LLM:

Natural Resources Laws

769

2757

DSNLU Visakhapatnam

766

2583

MNLU Mumbai

202

679

MNLU Nagpur

643

2488

MNLU Aurangabad

2169

2780

NLUJA Assam,Guwahati

1594

2621

HPNLU Shimla

698

2362

DNLU Jabalpur

1629

2815

GNLU Silvassa Campus

1628

2179

Check Category-wise cut-off marks:

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: Is 70 a good score in CLAT for general category?
A:

A score of 70 in CLAT may not be a good score for the general category to gain admission in top NLUs. A good score in CLAT 2026 will be 90+ marks.

Q: What are the minimum marks for CLAT in NLU?
A:

There are no minimum qualifying marks in CLAT 2026. However, only those candidates are eligible for admissions who have received the CLAT 2026 counselling invite.

Q: Is 40 a good score in CLAT?
A:

No, 40 is not a good score for the general category in CLAT 2026.

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While NLUs are costly, you can still pursue government-funded law education through state-funded universities and their affiliated colleges that accept CLAT scores, such as institutes like Banaras Hindu University and Aligarh Muslim University.

I hope it will clear your query!!

It is always better to take the CLAT exam right after Class 12 if your goal is to build a career in law, because CLAT UG is specifically designed for admission into integrated five-year law programs like BA LLB, BCom LLB, or BBA LLB. Appearing after Class 12 saves you time, as you complete both graduation and law together in a single course. On the other hand, if you first complete graduation and then plan for law, you will not be eligible for CLAT UG but instead for CLAT PG, which is meant for admission into LLM programs. This path takes longer, because you first spend three or four years on graduation and then add another three years in an LLB program if you choose not to go for an integrated course. So, if you are already sure about pursuing law as your career, writing CLAT right after Class 12 is the smarter and time-saving option, while writing it after graduation makes sense only if you are considering higher studies in law or a shift in career later.

For CLAT, the most important topics are from  Legal Reasoning, Current Affairs & GK, the Indian Constitution, English Language, Quantitative Techniques and Logical Reasoning. For a brief detail you can go through the following link: https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-important-topics

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Hi dear candidate,

Both the colleges Maharaja Agrasen (MAIMS) or Gitarattan (GIBS) are affiliated to IP University and allows admission either by CLAT or IPU CET Law. Without either of these exams, your admission is NOT accepted there. You can try looking for management quota seats in these colleges if you have got good marks in 12th class.

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Hi dear candidate,

You can easily register yourself for CLAT exam by visiting the Consortium of NLUs official website and follow these steps:

  • Register yourself with your EMail ID, phone number and password.
  • Log in using OTP
  • Complete application form by entering details, selecting program (UG/PG) and uploading required documents mentioned there.
  • Then at last, review the application and pay the registration fees.
  • Download your confirmation slip.

Know the complete process at:

CLAT Registration 2026 (Started): Documents Required, Application Fee, Link, Steps to Apply

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