CLAT Application Date:01 Aug' 25 - 31 Oct' 25
The CLAT reservation criteria 2026 are prescribed separately for each NLU. Law aspirants appearing for CLAT 2026 must go through the CLAT 2026 reservation criteria which are likely to influence their chances of admission at a particular NLU. NLSIU Bengaluru will reserve 10 seats for Kannadigas starting from the academic year 2025-26. The reservation has been made in exchange for 7 acres of land from Bangalore University. At present, there are 24 NLUs participating in the Common Law Admission Test.
Each one follows its reservation criteria for CLAT 2026 for admission into its law programmes. The Consortium of NLUs will conduct the Common Law Admission Test on December 7, 2025 in offline mode, for admission into 5-year LLB and LLM programmes of participating NLUs. Read ahead to know all the details about CLAT reservation criteria 2026 including seat matrix, category-wise reservation policy and other relevant details.
The tables given below describe the CLAT 2026 reservation criteria for each of the 24 participating NLUs in CLAT 2026. The reservation criteria for CLAT 2026 will include many aspects, such as CLAT 2026 domicile reservation, category-wise vertical reservation, and horizontal reservation. Students can check the CLAT total seats for general in the table below.
Ranked #18 amongst Institutions in India by NIRF | Ranked #1 in India for Academic Reputation by QS Rankings | 16 LPA Highest CTC
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NLSIU Bengaluru is the top-ranking law institute in India and is usually the number one preference of CLAT aspirants. At present, it offers 300 seats for its BA LLB programme and 120 seats for its LLM course.
| Category | Reservation | UG Seats | PG Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
General | 121 | 48 | |
SC | 15% | 45 | 18 |
ST | 7.5% | 23 | 9 |
OBC (Non-creamy layer) | 27% | 81 | 33 |
Economically Weaker Sections | 8% | 30 | 12 |
Persons with Disabilities – (Horizontal reservation) | 5% | 15 | 6 |
Women (Horizontal reservation) | 24% | 90 | 36 |
Karnataka Students* (Compartmentalised Horizontal reservation) | 25% | 75 | 30 |
| Kannadigas (Yet to be finalized officially) | - | 10 | |
Total | 300 | 120 |
NALSAR Hyderabad offers a total of 132 seats for its BA LLB programme and 66 seats for its LLM programme. It has been ranked at the third position in NIRF law rankings 2024. Given below is the reservation matrix for the institute.
Category | BA LLB | LLM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Category-wise Total Seats | No. of Seats for All India Candidates (75%) | Number of Seats for Resident Students of Telangana (25%) | Category-wise Total Seats | No. of Seats for All India Candidates (75%) | Number of Seats for Resident Students of Telangana (25%) | |
Unreserved | 66 | 51 | 15 | 33 | 25 | 08 |
Scheduled Caste | 19 | 14 (15%) | 05 (15%) | 09 | 07 (15%) | 02 (15%) |
Scheduled Tribe | 8 | 7 (7.5%) | 01 (6%) | 04 | 03 (7.5%) | 01 (6%) |
OBC / BC (Non Creamy Layer) | 26 | 17 (18%) | 09 (29%) (A(7%)-02; B(10%)-03 C(1%)-01; D(7%)-02; E(4%)-01) | 14 | 10 (20%) | 04 (29%) (A(7%)-01; B(10%)-01; C(1%)-00; D(7%)-01; E(4%)-01) |
EWS | 13 | 10 (10%) | 03 (10%) | 06 | 05 (10%) | 01 (10%) |
Total | 132 | 99 | 33 | 66 | 50 | 16 |
WBNUJS Kolkata, like the two NLUs listed above offers BA LLB (Hons) and LLM programmes. The university has a total UG and PG intake of 132 seats and 100 seats, respectively. Given below is the reservation table for the institute.
Category | All India | West Bengal Domicile | Total Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UG Seats | PG Seats | UG Seats | PG Seats | UG Seats | PG Seats | |
General | 51 | 54 | 22 | 15 | 73 | 69 |
SC | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 18 |
ST | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
OBC | - | - | OBC A - 4 OBC B - 3 | OBC A - 3 OBC B - 3 | 7 | 6 |
Foreign Nationals | - | - | - | - | 2 (To be allotted directly by the University) | 2 (To be allotted directly by the University) |
NRI/NRI sponsored seats | 20 | - | - | - | 20 | - |
PWD (Horizontal) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 (Horizontal) | 5 |
JK [supernumerary seats] | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
Total | 91 | 70 | 41 | 30 | 132 | 100 |
National Law Institute University, Bhopal offers a total of 2025 seats for its undergraduate programmes and 60 seats for its LLM course. There is also a domicile reservation of 50% for candidates from Madhya Pradesh. Given below are the reservation criteria for the institute.
| Vertical Reservation | B.A.LL.B. | B.Sc.LL.B. |
| All India General/Unreserved | 52 | 26 |
| All India EWS | 12 | 6 |
| All India SC | 16 | 8 |
| All India ST | 20 | 10 |
| All India OBC | 14 | 7 |
| Horizontal Reservation | ||
| General/Unreserved of MP | 26 | 13 |
| SC of MP | 8 | 4 |
| ST of MP | 10 | 5 |
| OBC of MP | 7 | 4 |
| Women | 30 | 15 |
| All India PWD | 5 | 3 |
| NRI/NRI Sponsored | 18 | 9 |
| J & K Resident | 2 | 2 |
| Vertical Reservation | LL.M |
| All India General/Unreserved | 30 |
| All India SC | 10 |
| All India ST | 12 |
| All India OBC | 8 |
| Horizontal Reservation | 15 |
| SC of MP | 5 |
| ST of MP | 6 |
| OBC of MP | 4 |
| Women | 18 |
| All India PWD | 3 |
National Law University Jodhpur offers BA LLB and LLM programmes. The university has a seat intake of 180 and 80 seats for its UG and PG programmes, respectively.
The tables given below provide the reservation criteria for UG and PG programmes at NLU Jodhpur. The university has notified a modified seat intake from 2025-26 onwards.
| Category | UG | ||
| (164 Seats+16 NRI/NRIs sponsored seats and 16 EWS Supernumerary seats) | Vertical Reservation Seats | Horizontal Reservation Seats (Domicile) | Horizontal Reservation PWD |
| General | 85 | 21 | 4(3+1) |
| SC | 25 | 6 | 1 |
| ST | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| OBC (NCL) | 34 | 9 | 2 |
| Women | XX | XX | XX |
| MBC (Rajasthan State Domicile - NCL) | 8 | XX | XX |
| EWS (Supernumerary) | 16 | ||
*16 supernumerary seats for EWS category. 16 seats for NRI/NRIs sponsored category.
| Category | Post-Graduate (LL.M.) | |||
| (80 Seats) LL.M. | Vertical Reservation Seats | Horizontal Reservation Seats (Domicile) | Horizontal Reservation PWD | |
| General | 41 | 10 | 2 | |
| SC | 12 | 3 | 1 | |
| ST | 6 | 2 | XX | |
| OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) | 17 | 4 | 1 | |
| Women | XX | XX | XX | |
| MBC of Rajasthan State Domicile (Non- Creamy Layer) | 4 | XX | XX | |
| EWS* Supernumerary | 8 | |||
*8 supernumerary seats for EWS category for post-graduate LL.M. programme.
Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur offers BA LLB and LLM courses with a seat intake of 180 seats and 90 seats respectively and additional seats under NRI/ supernumerary catgory. The institute also has a domicile reservation of 50%.
Category | All India Seats | Chhattisgarh Domicile | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UG Seats | PG Seats | UG Seats | PG Seats | UG Seats | PG Seats | |
General | 55 | 45 | 36 | - | 91 | 45 |
SC | 13 | 14 | 10 | - | 23 | 14 |
ST | 6 | 7 | 27 | - | 33 | 7 |
OBC | 11 | 24 | 12 | - | 23 | 24 |
NRI | - | - | - | - | 8 | - |
Foreign Nationals | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
Superannuary seats (Wards of Kashmiri Migrants ) | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 |
Superannuary seats (Students from Jammu & Kashmir ) | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Specially Abled Persons | 5% Horizontal Reservation | |||||
Dependents of Freedom Fighters (DFF) | - | - | 3% Horizontal Reservation | - | - | - |
Women | 30% Horizontal Reservation | - | - | |||
Total | 180 seats | 90 seats | ||||
Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar has a combined UG intake of 172 seats across five integrated LLB programmes and PG intake of 57 seats for its LLM programme. There is also a domicile reservation of 25%.
Category | Percentage | UG Seats | PG Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
General | - | 79 | 26 |
SC | 15% | 23 | 8 |
ST | 7.5% | 12 | 4 |
OBC | 27% | 42 | 14 |
EWS | 10% | 16 | 5 |
NRI | Superannuary Seats | 16 | 5 |
Foreign Nationals | Superannuary Seats | 5 | 2 |
J&K Residents | Superannuary Seats | 2 | 1 |
North East India | Superannuary Seats | 5 | 2 |
Sports | Superannuary Seats | 4 | - |
Total | 172 | 57 | |
Women | 30% Horizontal Reservation | ||
Specially Abled Persons /PWD | 5% Horizontal Reservation | ||
Domicile | 25% (Non-compartmentalised), except for EWS category for candidates from Gujarat | ||
Gujarat National Law University Silvassa Campus offers BA LLB and LLM programmes. The university has an intake of 66 seats for its UG programme and 33 seats for its PG programme. Like its parent university, this law institute also offers 25% domicile reservation.
| Category | Percentage | UG Seats | PG Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
General | - | 31 | 16 |
SC | 15% | 9 | 4 |
ST | 7.5% | 4 | 2 |
OBC | 27% | 16 | 8 |
EWS | 10% | 6 | 3 |
NRI | Superannuary Seats | - | - |
Foreign Nationals | Superannuary Seats | - | - |
J&K Residents | Superannuary Seats | - | - |
North East India | Superannuary Seats | - | - |
Sports | Superannuary Seats | - | - |
Total | 66 | 33 | |
Women | 30% Horizontal Reservation | ||
Specially Abled Persons /PWD | 5% Horizontal Reservation | ||
Domicile | 25% (compartmentalised), except for EWS category for candidates from UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | ||
Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University Lucknow offers BA LLB and LLM programmes with a seat intake of 169 seats and 48 seats, respectively. There is a domicile reservation of 45% for candidates from UP.
| Category | UG Seats | PG Seats |
|---|---|---|
Unreserved | 80 | 20 |
O.B.C. of Uttar Pradesh (27%) | 43 | 13 |
Schedule Castes of Uttar Pradesh (21%) | 34 | 10 |
Schedule Tribes of Uttar Pradesh (02%) | 03 | 1 |
EWS of Uttar Pradesh | 09 | 4 |
Total | 169 | 48 |
Supernumerary Seats* | ||
Foreign Nationals/ NRIs/ NRI Sponsored Candidate** | 16 | 5 |
Wards of Kashmiri Migrants/ Kashmiri Pandits/ Kashmiri Hindu Families (Non-Migrants) | 02 | 2 |
Horizontal Reservation (Specially Abled Person (SAP)) (5%) | 8 | 2 |
Horizontal Reservation Dependents of Freedom Fighters of Uttar Pradesh (2%) | 3 | 1 |
Horizontal Reservation Sons/daughters of defence personnel deployed in Uttar Pradesh or defence personnel of Uttar Pradesh either retired or killed/disabled in action (5%) | 8 | 2 |
Horizontal Reservation Women (20%) | 32 | 10 |
RGNUL Patiala offers a total 180 seats for its 5-year LLB programme and 60 seats for its LLM programme. There is a 10% domicile reservation for residents of Punjab in the UG programme.
| Category | UG Seats | PG Seats |
|---|---|---|
Unreserved | 134 | 44 |
Scheduled Caste (15%) | 27 | 9 |
Scheduled Tribes (7½%) | 14 | 5 |
Foreign Nationals | 05 | 2 |
Total Seats | 180 | 60 |
Supernumerary Quota | ||
10% Additional seats for All India Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) | 18 | 6 |
Additional Seats for Wards of Kashmiri Migrants | 09 | 3 |
J&K Residents | 02 | 2 |
Non-Resident Indian (NRI) | 05 | - |
5% Horizontal reservation for Specially Abled Persons (SAP) in UG and PG | ||
10% seats in UG (18 seats) for Punjab Residents +BC Category. | ||
01 Seat is reserved for Ancestral Resident of Village Sidhuwal | ||
CNLU Patna offers only the 5-year integrated programmes through CLAT. Close to 50% of the seats are reserved for the residents of Bihar. The university offers 69 seats each for its BA LLB and BBA LLB programmes.
| Category | Percentage | BA LLB | BBA LLB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(i) Unreserved Category | 40% | 28 | 28 | |
(ii) Economically Weaker Section (EWS) under Unreserved Category * | 10% | 07 | 07 | |
SCs of Bihar | 16% | 11 | 11 | |
STs of Bihar | 01% | 01 | 01 | |
Extremely Backward Classes - EBC, (Annexure- I) of Bihar | 18% | 12 | 12 | |
Backward Classes – BC, (Annexure-II) of Bihar | 12% | 08 | 08 | |
Women of Backward Classes (WBC) of Bihar** | 03% | 02 | 02 | |
Total | 100% | 69 | 69 | |
5% Horizontal reservation shall be applicable for PWD. | ||||
In NUALS Kochi, around 49% of the seats are reserved for residents of Kerala. The university offers 60 seats each for its UG and PG law programmes.
| Category | Percentage | UG Seats | PG Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Category | Percentage | All India category seats | State Merit category seats | All India category seats | State Merit category seats | |||
All India Merit | 51 % | 31 | - | 31 | - | |||
State Merit (Kerala) | 9 % | - | 5 | - | 5 | |||
Scheduled Caste (Kerala) | 8% | - | 5 | - | 5 | |||
Scheduled Tribe (Kerala) | 2 % | - | 1 | - | 1 | |||
Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) [Kerala] | 30 % | - | 18 | - | 18 | |||
Total: | 100 % | 31 | 29 | 31 | 29 | |||
Supernumerary Quota | ||||||||
Economically Weaker Sections among the General Category of Kerala | 6 | 6 | ||||||
Transgenders (Kerala) | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Jammu & Kashmir Migrants | 2 | 2 | ||||||
NRI sponsored candidates | 6 | - | - | |||||
Foreign Nationals | 2 | - | - | |||||
5% of the total intake of the 60 seats are horizontally reserved for the Specially Abled Persons (SAP) in UG and PG. | ||||||||
NLUO Odisha offers BA LLB and BBA LLB programmes with an intake of 120 and 60 seats. Its LLM programme has an intake of 50 seats. 25% of the seats are reserved for applicants from Odisha under domicile reservation.
| Category | BA LLB/BBA LLB | LLM | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Category | AI | AI SAP | OD | OD SAP | Total | AI | AI SAP | OD | OD SAP | Total |
General | 92 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 128 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 34 |
ST | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
SC | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
NRI/NRIS/PIO/OCI | - | 15 | 4 | |||||||
Foreign National (FN) | 6 | 2 | ||||||||
Total | 180 | 50 | ||||||||
25% horizontal reservation for applicants under General, ST & SC Candidates under State Domicile | ||||||||||
5% horizontal reservation for applicants under the Specially Abled Persons (SAP) category | ||||||||||
NUSRL Ranchi offers 134 seats and 60 seats for its BA LLB and LLM programmes. 50% of the seats are reserved for students from Jharkhand.
| Category | BA LLB | LLM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Category | Jharkhand | All India | Jharkhand | Other State | ||
Percentage | Number of Seats | Percentage | Number of Seats | No. of Seats | No. of Seats | |
General | 50% | 30 | - | 30 | 12 | 12 |
Scheduled Tribe | 26% | 16 | 7.5% | 5 | 8 | 3 |
Scheduled Caste | 10% | 6 | 15% | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Backward Classes | 6% | 3 | 27% | 16 | 2 | - |
EBC | 8% | 5 | - | - | 2 | - |
EWS | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
OBC | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
Horizontal reservation Specially Abled Person (SAP) | 3 | 3 | ||||
Over and Above Supernumerary Quota (EWS) | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
Supernumerary Quota (J&K ) | 2 | 1 | ||||
Total | 134 | 60 | ||||
50% horizontal reservation UG for candidates having domicile certificate of State of Jharkhand in the respective category | ||||||
NLUJA Assam offers 60 seats and 40 seats for its UG and PG programmes, respectively. Close to 50% seats are reserved for residents of Assam.
| Category | Percentage | UG Seats | PG Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
Schedule Caste of Assam | 7% | 4 | 3 |
Schedule Tribe (Plains) of Assam | 10% | 6 | 4 |
Schedule Tribe (Hills) of Assam | 5% | 3 | 2 |
OBC(NCL)/MOBC(NCL) of Assam | 27% | 16 | 11 |
All India Unreserved | - | 31 | 20 |
Total | 60 | 40 | |
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Given below are two tables showing the CLAT reservation criteria 2026 at DSNLU Visakhapatnam for UG and PG. 48% of the total seats are reserved for students from Andhra Pradesh.
| Category | Reservation Category | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unreserved | SC | ST | BC | E W S Total 10% | ||||||
15% | 6% | A | B | C | D | E | ||||
7% | 10% | 1% | 7% | 4% | ||||||
AP State | 30 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 66 |
All India | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 54 |
Foreign Citizens / Non-Resident Indians/ Non-Resident Indians Sponsored | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
Wards of Kashmiri Migrants and Kashmiri Pandits / Kashmiri Hindu Families (Non-Migrants) (extra seats) | 06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 06 |
Total | 138 | |||||||||
DSNLU Visakhapatnam PG Reservation Criteria 2026
| Category | Reservation Category | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unreserved | SC | ST | BC | E W S Total 10% | Total | ||||||
A | B | C | D | E | |||||||
Percentage | - | 15% | 6% | 7% | 10% | 1% | 7% | 4% | 10% | ||
AP State | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33 | |
All India | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 27 | |
Foreign Citizens / Non-Resident Indians/ Non-Resident Indians Sponsored | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
Wards of Kashmiri Migrants and Kashmiri Pandits / Kashmiri Hindu Families (Non-Migrants) (extra seats) | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
Total | 69 | ||||||||||
Note:
5% Horizontal reservation for Specially Abled Persons (SAP) All India
2% Horizontal reservation for Children of Armed Personnel (CAP) of Andhra Pradesh
1% Horizontal reservation for National Cadet Corps (NCC) of Andhra Pradesh
0.5% Horizontal reservation for Eminent Sports Persons of Andhra Pradesh
33.33% Horizontal reservation for Women of Andhra Pradesh
5% extra seats or at least one seat in merit quota for Wards of Kashmiri Migrants and Kashmiri Pandits /Kashmiri Hindu Families (Non-Migrants) living Kashmiri Valley-
10% extra seats under EWS as per GO Ms. No.60 dated 27.07.2019 of Backward Classes Welfare (F) Department, Govt. of A.P./G.O.Ms. No.39 dated 30.07.2019 of Higher Education (E.C) Department, Govt. of A.P./UGC letter No.F.81-1/2019 (CU) Vol-II dated 04.10.2019/ BCI Order dated 29.07.2019
Given below are two tables showcasing the CLAT reservation criteria 2026 for UG and PG courses at TNNLU Tiruchirappalli. The university offers 120 seats for its UG programmes and 60 seats for its PG programmes.
| Category | BA LLB | B.Com LLB |
|---|---|---|
Al - GENERAL (UR) | 9 | 9 |
Al — SC | 6 | 5 |
Al — ST | 0 | 1* |
Wards of Kashmiri Migrants and Kashmiri Pandits/Kash miri Hindu Families (Non- Migrants) | 1 | 1 |
Al — OBC | 14 | 14 |
TN — GENERAL (UR) | 8 | 8 |
TN - ST | 1’ | 0 |
TN - SC(A) | 0 | |
TN — GSSQ — SC(A) | 1 | 0 |
TN - SC(O) | 4 | 3 |
TN — GSSQ — SC (O) | 0 | 1 |
TN - MBC & DNC | S | 5 |
TN - GSSQ - MBC & DNC | 0 | 1 |
TN - BC(M) | 0 | |
TN — GSSQ — BC (M) | 1 | 0 |
TN - BC (0) | 7 | 7 |
NRI Parent/Guardian”* (OR)OCI Parent/Guardian”” | 3 | 3 |
Horizontal Reservation TN SAP | 1 | 1+1 |
Horizontal Reservation AI SAP | 1+1 | 1 |
Horizontal Reservation Eminent Sports Persons under T.N. Quota | 1 | 1 |
Horizontal Reservation Sons/daughters of Ex-Servicemen under T.N. Quota | 1 | 1 |
| Category | LLM (Corporate and Securities Laws) | LLM (Intellectual Property Laws) | LLM Natural Resources Law) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TN General | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
TN ST | 1“ | 0 | 0 | |
TN SC(A) | 0 | 1” | 0 | |
TN SC(0) | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
TN MBC & DNC | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
TN | BC(M) | 0 | 0 | 1“ |
TN BC | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
AI - General | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
AI-OBC | 5 | 5 | s | |
AI SC | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
AI ST | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Horizontal Reservation AI SAP | 1 | |||
Horizontal Reservation TN SAP | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 20 | 20 | 20 | |
Superannuary seats | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
MNLU Mumbai is also a very popular choice among CLAT applicants. It offers 100 seats for 5-year LLB and 50 seats for LLM. Around 62% of the seats are reserved for candidates from Maharashtra.
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 | |
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MNLU Nagpur offers 120 seats for its BA LLB programmes and 60 seats for its LLM programmes. Around 62% of the seats are reserved for Maharashtra candidates.
| Category | Percentage | UG Seats | PG Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
Scheduled Castes of Maharashtra | 13 | 16 | 8 |
Scheduled Tribes of Maharashtra | 07 | 08 | 4 |
De-notified Tribes (A) of Maharashtra | 03 | 04 | 2 |
Nomadic Tribes (B) of Maharashtra | 2.5 | 03 | 2 |
Nomadic Tribes (C) of Maharashtra | 3.5 | 04 | 2 |
Nomadic Tribes (D) of Maharashtra | 02 | 02 | 1 |
Special Backward Class of Maharashtra | 02 | 02 | 1 |
Other Backward Classes (OBC) of Maharashtra | 19 | 23 | 11 |
Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) of Maharashtra | 10 | 12 | 6 |
| Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) | 12 | 6 | |
Unreserved Seats | -- | 34 | 17 |
Total | 120 | 60 |
Just like its other counterparts in Maharashtra, MNLU Aurangabad prescribes 62% reservation for Maharashtra students in its reservation criteria. The university offers 120 seats and 60 seats for its UG and PG programmes.
| Category | Percent | BA LLB | BBA LLB | LLM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Maharashtra Category | ||||
SC | 13% | 8 | 8 | 8 |
ST | 7% | 4 | 4 | 4 |
OBC | 19% | 11 | 11 | 11 |
SBC | 2% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
De-Notified Tribe (A) | 3% | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Nomadic Tribes (B) | 2.5% | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Nomadic Tribes (C) | 3.5% | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Nomadic Tribes (D) | 2% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Economically Weaker Section | 10% | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| SEBC | 10% | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Total | 72% | 43 | 43 | 43 |
All India Category | ||||
Unreserved Category | 28% | 17 | 17 | 17 |
Total | 100% | 60 | 60 | 60 |
HPNLU Shimla offers 120 seats for its UG programmes and 80 seats for its LLM programmes. The university reserves 25% of the seats for candidates from Himachal Pradesh.
| Category | Percentage | UG Seats | PG Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
General | - | 92 | 62 |
SC | 15% | 18 | 12 |
ST | 7.5% | 10 | 6 |
Total | 120 | 80 | |
PwD | 5% | 03 | 4 |
Wards of Serving/Retired/Defence Personnel | 5% | 03 | 4 |
Himachal Pradesh Domiciled Candidates | 25% | 30 | 20 |
Women | - | 16 | |
Superannuary seats | |||
Kashmiri Migrants (As per UGC/MHRD Notification) | 5% | 6 | 4 |
Residents of J&K (As per UGC/MHRD Notification) | 4 | 2 | |
NRI & Foreign Nationals | 15% | 18 | 12 |
BC/OBC (all India basis) | 27% | - | - |
EWS (all India basis) | 10% | - | - |
DNLU Jabalpur provides 50% reservation to candidates domiciled in Madhya Pradesh. It offers a total of 134 seats for UG and 57 seats for its PG programmes including supernumerary seats.
| Category | Percentage | UG Seats | PG Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
General | - | 60 | 25 |
SC | 16% | 20 | 8 |
ST | 20% | 24 | 10 |
OBC | 14% | 16 | 7 |
Superannuary seats (J&K) | 2 | 2 | |
Superannuary seats (EWS) | 12 | 5 | |
50% Horizontal reservation for candidates having MP domicile certificate | |||
30% Horizontal reservation for candidates women candidates | |||
5% Horizontal reservation for candidates of M.P. domicile under the category son/grandson/daughter/granddaughter of Freedom Fighter, and wards of War | |||
DBRANLU Haryana is among the newer NLUs. It offers a BA LLB (Hons) programme. It has not yet started offering LLM programmes. The university offers 25% seats to candidates from Haryana. It’s official brochure displays the following reservation matrix.
| Category | Percentage | UG Seats |
|---|---|---|
All India Category (AIC) | 75% | 90 |
General | - | 37 |
SC | - | 13 |
ST | - | 7 |
OBC | - | 24 |
Haryana Category | 25% | 30 |
i) Ward of Land Owners of RGEC (WL) | (20% under State Quota) | 4 |
ii) Domicile of Haryana | (80% under State Quota) | 26 |
General | - | 10 |
SC | - | 2 |
DSC | - | 3 |
BC-A | - | 3 |
BC-B | - | 3 |
EWS | - | 12 |
3% Horizontal Reservation to PWD students under State Quota (1% each in General, SC/DSC and BC-A/BC-B Categories) | ||
NLU Tripura offers 60 seats and 50 seats for its UG and PG programmes. 30% of the seats are reserved for Tripura candidates.
| Category | UG Seats | PG Seats |
|---|---|---|
General | 28 | 23 |
SC | 9 | 7 |
ST | 16 | 14 |
Foreign Nationals | 2 | 2 |
NRI /NRIs | 5 | 4 |
Total | 60 | 50 |
30% Horizontal reservation for applicants under General, ST & SC candidates under Tripura State Domicile Reservation. | ||
05% horizontal reservation for Specially Abled Persons (SAP) | ||
RPNLU Prayagraj is the latest member of the Consortium of NLUs. It will conduct its admissions through the CLAT admissions process from 2025-26. The university has also introduced an LLM programme from 2025-26 onwards.
RPNLU Prayagraj Reservation Criteria 2026
| Category | BA LLB (Hons) | LLM |
|---|---|---|
| Unreserved | 24 | 4 |
| EWS | 6* | 1 |
| OBC-NCL | 17* | 3 |
| Scheduled Caste | 12* | 2 |
| Scheduled Tribes | 1* | - |
| *Reservation applicable to SC, ST, OBC (NCL) and EWS of Uttar Pradesh only | ||
| Horizontal reservation of 25% (females), 5% (PwD of UP), 2% (Dependent of freedom fighters), 5% (Sons, Daughters of Defence personnel, deployed in UP either killed/retired/disabled in action) | ||
| 5% supernumerary seats for J&K candidates for BA LLB (Hons) programme. | ||
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
24 NLUs are participating in CLAT 2026.
Yes, there are several forms of reservations in CLAT 2026 such as clat reservation criteria for OBC, EWS reservation, and so on. Candidates must make sure they fulfil the eligibility norms when applying for CLAT under a specific reservation category.
The total seat intake of NLUs including NRI and supernumerary quota is 3801 UG seats and 1541 PG seats.
Yes, almost all NLUs have a specified state quota expressed in the form of domicile reservation. Usually the domicile reservation ranges around 25-30%. It is meant to provide better representation for students belonging to the state in which the NLU is located.
On Question asked by student community
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For CLAT PG 2026 application :
Photograph: JPEG/JPG, 200x230 pixels, 20–50 KB, white/light background, recent passport-size photo.
Signature: JPEG/JPG, 140x60 pixels, 10–20 KB, sign on white paper with black ink, must match exam documents.
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On our official website, you can find various study material EBooks and Sample Papers that can help you prepare better that you can download for free.
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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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