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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.
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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.
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.
Particulars | CLAT UG | CLAT PG |
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First SC CLAT cut-off 2026 | Will be notified | Will be notified |
Second SC CLAT cut-off 2026 | Will be notified | Will be notified |
Third SC CLAT cut-off 2026 | Will be notified | Will be notified |
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
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
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.
NLU Name | CLAT 2026 SC cut-off marks | CLAT 2026 SC cut-off rank |
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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 |
*state category reservation
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.
NLU | SC Category | |
Opening Rank | Closing Rank | |
Will be updated | Will be updated | Will be updated |
*state category reservation
SC Category | ||
Opening rank | Closing rank | |
Will be updated | Will be updated | Will be updated |
*state category reservation
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.
NLU Name | UG Seats | PG Seats |
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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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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.
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
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
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
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* |
*state category reservation
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 |
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
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: | 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)
Yes, there is a reservation for the SC category in CLAT admission to the NLUs.
For the SC category in CLAT, a score of 75-85 is a good score for top NLUs.
Yes, a score of 75+ will be a good score in CLAT 2026 for SC category for admission into tier 2 NLUs.
Candidates can check the CLAT cut-off 2026 for SC from the CLAT 2026 merit list released for each round of counselling.
A good CLAT SC 2026 rank is 3000 or higher for admission into top NLUs.
On Question asked by student community
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:
Know the complete process at:
CLAT Registration 2026 (Started): Documents Required, Application Fee, Link, Steps to Apply
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