CLAT Cut off 2026 for SC - Cutoff Marks for SC Category

CLAT Cut off 2026 for SC - Cutoff Marks for SC Category

Ongoing Event

CLAT Application Date:01 Aug' 25 - 31 Oct' 25

Sukriti SahooUpdated on 01 Sep 2025, 11:53 AM IST

The Consortium of NLUs will publish the CLAT SC cut-off 2026 on its official website consortiumofnlus.ac.in. Candidates will be able to check the CLAT 2026 cut-off for SC through the CLAT 2026 merit list published before the start of each counselling round. The CLAT SC cut-off is far lower in comparison to the CLAT cut off for general category and other categories such as OBC and EWS. The lower CLAT cut-off for SC also increases the NLU admission chances for SC candidates. The consortium publishes NLU wise CLAT SC cut-off 2026 for each round of CLAT 2026 counselling. The category-wise CLAT cut-off 2026 is also a metric to understand whether the CLAT exam is tough or not.

This Story also Contains

  1. Important Dates for CLAT SC Cut-Off 2026
  2. How to Check CLAT SC Cut-Off 2026
  3. Factors Determining CLAT SC Cut-Off 2026
  4. CLAT 2026 Expected Cut-Off Trends for SC
  5. CLAT SC Cut Off: Number of Seats in Top NLUs
  6. Previous Year CLAT Cut Off for SC Category
CLAT Cut off 2026 for SC - Cutoff Marks for SC Category
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As per the counselling schedule, the Consortium of NLUs will conduct five rounds of CLAT 2026 counselling after publishing the CLAT cut-off for each round. CLAT 2026 will be conducted on December 7, 2025, for admissions into 5-year LLB programmes. 24 NLUs and 60+ affiliated colleges are participating in the Common Law Admission Test, which will be conducted in offline mode. Admission into the LLM programme of participating NLUs will be done based on scores in the Common Law Admission Test PG. The consortium will declare the CLAT 2026 results for both the UG and PG programmes tentatively one week after the exam in online mode.

Important Dates for CLAT SC Cut-Off 2026

As noted above, the CLAT cut-off 2026 for the SC category will be released at the beginning of each counselling round. The dates for the release of CLAT SC cut-off 2026 will be given below.

CLAT Cut Off 2026 for SC Release Dates

Particulars

CLAT UG

CLAT PG

First SC CLAT cut-off 2026

Will be notifiedWill be notified

Second SC CLAT cut-off 2026

Will be notified
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Third SC CLAT cut-off 2026

Will be notified
Will be notified

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

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Factors Determining CLAT SC Cut-Off 2026

The CLAT cut off 2026 for SC category will be determined by the following factors:

  • Number of applicants

  • CLAT NLU preferences given by the candidates

  • Number of SC seats in the participating NLU

  • Difficulty level of the exam

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CLAT 2026 Expected Cut-Off Trends for SC

The CLAT cut-off 2026 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 CLAT 2026 cut-off rank for SC category in 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 NameCLAT 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 Bhopal78+5100 and above

GNLU Gandhinagar

77+6000 and above

MNLU Mumbai

71+*10000* and above

RMLNLU Lucknow

53+*25000* and above

*state category reservation

CLAT SC Cut Off 2026 Details

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

CLAT UG 2026 Cutoff for SC Category- All NLUs



NLU
SC Category
Opening RankClosing Rank
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SC Category
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*state category reservation

CLAT SC Cut Off: Number of Seats in Top NLUs

The table given below provides the number of CLAT 2026 seats in the SC category in the top 10 NLUs as per the NIRF law rankings 2024 that were released on August 12, 2024.

CLAT 2026 SC Seats in Top 10 NLUs

NLU Name

UG Seats

PG Seats

NLSIU Bengaluru

45

18

NALSAR Hyderabad

19

9

WBNUJS Kolkata

20

18

GNLU Gandhinagar

23

8

RMNLU Lucknow

34

10

NLIU Bhopal

24

10

NUSRL Ranchi

15

7

RGNUL Patiala

27

9

NLUO Cuttack

12

4

NLUJA Assam

4

3

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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 RankClosing Rank
NLSIU Bengaluru1823133
NALSAR Hyderabad14833273
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB)50775763
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB)67648625
WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB)30484753
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons)42446987
NLU Jodhpur33435445
HNLU Raipur62327660
GNLU Gandhinagar9745934
GNLU Silvassa Campus85848826
RMLNLU Lucknow1832*11228*
RGNUL Patiala20678625
CNLU Patna (BA LLB)7884*12662*
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB)12269*15833*
NUALS Kochi9871*15029*
NLU Odisha BA LLB31967247
NLU Odisha BBA LLB76307891
NUSRL Ranchi BA LLB85429902
NUSRL Ranchi BBA LLB849338622*
NLUJA Assam4020*26413*
DSNLU Visakhapatnam81989330
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB629110327
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB657112470
MNLU Mumbai7180*15622
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB13180*27496*
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB17024*26619*
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB7378*30029*
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB22029*31652*
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB864111597
HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB954213886
MPDNLU Jabalpur995911065
DBRANLU Sonepat799112802
NLUT Agartala29955*49197*
RPNLU Prayagraj12017*21354*
IIULER Goa BA LLB677414412
IIULER Goa BA LLB1134214867

*state category reservation

CLAT PG SC Cutoff 2025


SC Category
Opening rankClosing rank
NLSIU Bengaluru5101682
NALSAR Hyderabad8611364
NLIU Bhopal15302991
WBNUJS Kolkata9792367
NLU Jodhpur18643458
HNLU Raipur29235588
GNLU Gandhinagar11103079
GNLU Silvassa Campus32885291
RMLNLU Lucknow304*2923*
RGNUL Patiala9504073
CNLU Patna1280*7116*
NUALS Kochi2198*12214*
NLU Odisha38264968
NUSRL Ranchi39525884
NLUJA Assam6184*13097*
DSNLU Visakhapatnam40705964
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli24096214
MNLU Mumbai3992*5756*
MNLU Nagpur7826*13110*
MNLU Aurangabad7996*13892*
HPNLU Shimla38515469
MPDNLU Jabalpur43136073
DBRANLU Sonepat--
NLUT Agartala--
RPNLU Prayagraj-4313*
IIULER Goa39546234

*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

NLSIU Bengaluru

385

1642

NALSAR Hyderabad

699

2247

NLIU Bhopal

2749

3721

WBNUJS Kolkata

805

2732

NLU Jodhpur

2209

3465

HNLU Raipur

3815

5056

GNLU Gandhinagar

2976

3815

GNLU Silvassa Campus

3779

6459

RMLNLU Lucknow

19*

1628*

RGNUL Patiala

1883

5971

NUALS Kochi

6171

8179

NLU Odisha

4010

5215

NUSRL Ranchi

4860

6869

NLUJA Assam

6383*

9703*

DSNLU Visakhapatnam

5118

6890

TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (Corporate and Securities Law)

4162

5338

TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (Intellectual Property Law)

4753

6848

TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (Natural Resources Law)

5401

7072

MNLU Mumbai

5070*

5242*

MNLU Nagpur -

4731*

9822*

MNLU Aurangabad

6051*

9876*

HPNLU Shimla

4191

6997

MPDNLU Jabalpur

4569

5545

NLUT Agartala

9760*

11928*

*state category reservation

CLAT UG SC Cut-Off 2023

NLU Name

SC

Opening Rank

Closing Rank

NLSIU Bengaluru

181

2674

NALSAR Hyderabad

702

3388

WBNUJS Kolkata

588

4217

NLIU Bhopal

4505

5311

NLU Jodhpur

2360

4457

HNLU Raipur

6997

7137

GNLU Gandhinagar

3680

5683

RMLNLU Lucknow

6014*

9582*

RGNUL Patiala

5693

8856

CNLU Patna

7741*

13369*

NUALS Kochi

6498*

26009*

NLUO, Odisha, Cuttack

6147

7957

NUSRL Ranchi

7695

10032

TNNLU Tiruchirapalli

6192

10557

DSNLU Visakhapatnam

9337*

17282*

MNLU Mumbai

5963*

8923*

MNLU Nagpur

4921*

21215*

MNLU Aurangabad

21626*

26769*

NLUJA Assam, Guwahati

15318*

31993*

HPNLU Shimla

8337

11982

DNLU Jabalpur

10030

12073

DBRANLU, Sonipat, Haryana

9611

11010

GNLU Silvassa Campus

8339

10104

*state category reservation

CLAT PG SC Cut Off 2023

NLU Name

SC

Opening Rank

Closing Rank

NLSIU Bengaluru

678

1927

NALSAR Hyderabad

1460

1642

WBNUJS Kolkata

1127

3140

NLIU Bhopal

1482

3221

NLU Jodhpur

3133

3756

HNLU Raipur

4225

5361

GNLU Gandhinagar

1301

3767

RMLNLU Lucknow

187*

1084*

RGNUL Patiala

2665

4526

NUALS Kochi

2687*

6501*

NLUO, Odisha, Cuttack

4345

6101

NUSRL Ranchi

3077

3772

TNNLU Tiruchirappalli


LLM: Corporate and Securities Laws

4709

4839

LLM:
Intellectual Property Laws

2018

2390

LLM:

Natural Resources Laws

5863

-

DSNLU Visakhapatnam

6005*

8479*

MNLU Mumbai

3153*

6371*

MNLU Nagpur

7024*

8188*

MNLU Aurangabad

--

-

NLUJA Assam, Guwahati

5222*

6490*

HPNLU Shimla

3436

5697

DNLU Jabalpur

6206

6268

GNLU Silvassa Campus

5471

-

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: Is there any reservation for SC in CLAT?
A:

Yes, there is a reservation for the SC category in CLAT admission to the NLUs. 

Q: What is a good score in CLAT for SC category?
A:

For the SC category in CLAT, a score of 75-85 is a good score for top NLUs. 

Q: Is 75 a good score in CLAT 2026 for SC category?
A:

Yes, a score of 75+ will be a good score in CLAT 2026 for SC category for admission into tier 2 NLUs.

Q: How to check CLAT cut-off 2026 for SC?
A:

Candidates can check the CLAT cut-off 2026 for SC from the CLAT 2026 merit list released for each round of counselling.

Q: What is a good rank in CLAT 2026 for SC?
A:

A good CLAT SC 2026 rank is 3000 or higher for admission into top NLUs.

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Hello,

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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