The Consortium of National Law Universities has commenced the CLAT PG 2025 counselling process on June 11, 2025. The CLAT PG cut-off 2025 will be published for each round of counselling in the CLAT PG merit list. Only those candidates who clear the CLAT PG cut-off in each round will be eligible to obtain seat allotment. In this article, find out the expected CLAT PG cut-off 2025 for the top 10 NLUs. There will be three rounds of CLAT PG 2025 counselling as per the revised schedule.
The Consortium of NLUs declared the revised CLAT PG result 2025 on June 10, 2025, after considering the changes ordered by the Delhi HC verdict and the outcome of its EC meeting. The CLAT PG cut-off 2025 will be determined based on scores prepared as per the revised result.
Given below are a few factors that will influence the CLAT PG cut-off 2025 -
Difficulty level of the exam
Seat Intake
Reservation Policy
NLU preferences given by candidates
The premier NLUs are often counted among the top law colleges in India and also feature in the NIRF law rankings 2024. The higher cut-offs make it difficult to obtain a seat at these premier universities. The table given below provides the category-wise CLAT LLM cut-off for the top 10 NLUs as per the cut-off data available for previous years. This will help candidates to understand the cut-off trends and estimate the expected CLAT PG 2025 cut-off.
General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | ||||||
NLU | Open rank | Closing rank | Open rank | Closing rank | Open rank | Closing rank | Open rank | Closing rank | Opening | Closing rank |
14 | 239 | 302 | 940 | 165 | 1236 | 385 | 1642 | 2253 | 3663 | |
119 | 298 | 884 | 990 | 531 | 1432 | 699 | 2247 | 4313 | - | |
300 | 651 | - | - | 1217 | 1992 | 2749 | 3721 | 4726 | 5970 | |
158 | 620 | - | - | 1952* | 11255* | 805 | 2732 | 3263 | 5555 | |
290 | 638 | - | - | 1236 | 2039 | 2209 | 3465 | 3880 | 5562 | |
564 | 1094 | - | - | 1939 | 3428 | 3815 | 5056 | 5562 | 7718 | |
125 | 627 | 851 | 1205 | 1177 | 2757 | 2976 | 3815 | 5555 | 6372 | |
19 | 261 | 562* | 1307* | 315* | 2145* | 19* | 1628* | |||
494 | 1358 | - | - | - | - | 4010 | 5215 | 6881 | 8575 | |
242 | 727 | 2705* | 4227* | 2000* | 3683* | 5070* | 5242* | 5368* | 9388* | |
*state category reservation
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 | 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* | - |
NLUO, Odisha, Cuttack | 369 | 1997 | - | - | - | - | 4345 | 6101 | 7332 | - |
MNLU Mumbai | 202 | 679 | 1781* | 4380* | 2421* | 5743* | 3153* | 6371* | 7132* | - |
*state reservation
On Question asked by student community
Several top law colleges are accepting the CLAT score, other than the NLUs. These include:
Candidates can check out the detailed list of non-NLUs accepting CLAT for admission in
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You can check NLU wise marks required in CLAT PG for admissions here .
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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 .
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You can download the CLAT PG previous year question papers here .
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