GLC Mumbai’s Exclusion May Push Up Cut-Offs at ILS Pune, Yashwantrao Chavan Law College and Other Top Colleges

GLC Mumbai Exclusion Impact on MH CET Law 2026 Round 1 Counselling

Candidates participating in the MH CET Law 2026 CAP round 1 are required to fill out the preference list based on only the approved law colleges. With several major top colleges, including GLC Mumbai, missing from the list, the order of preference has changed for many candidates. This shift is expected to increase the competition for Maharashtra's top law colleges. Law colleges such as Yashwantrao and Jitendra could experience increased MH CET Law round 1 cut-off and competition, which was traditionally lower in comparison to GLC Mumbai.

MH CET Law 2026 Round 1 Preference List

Based on the approved list of law colleges so far for round 1 CAP, the preference list follows:

• ILS Law College, Pune

• Yashwantrao Chavan Law College

• Jitendra Chauhan College of Law

• Dr DY Patil Law College, Pune

• DES Shri Navalmal Firodia Law College, Pune

• ABMS Parishad's Yashwantrao Chavan Law College

• Asmita College of Law

• Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh College of Law, Amravati

• Manikchand Pahade Law College, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

• NTVS Shri Batesing Bhaiya Raghuwanshi College of Law, Nandurbar

• Dr Bapuji Salunkhe Law College, Osmanabad

• Janardan Bahagat Shikshan Prasarak Sanstha's Bhagubai Changu Thakur College of Law

• Late Govindrao Wanjari College of Law

Previous Year MH CET Law Cutoff for Top Colleges

The previous year's round 1 MH CET Law cut-off for Maharashtra State (MS) candidates is given below. Note that the cut-off is expected to change for these top law colleges this year.

ILS Pune MH CET 3-year LLB Cut-Off

ILS Pune MH CET 5-year LLB Cut-Off

Yashwantrao Chavan Law College MH CET 3-year LLB Cut-off

Yashwantrao Chavan Law College MH CET 5-year LLB Cut-off

Is GLC Mumbai Expected to Join MH CET Law 2026 CAP Round 2?

The State CET Cell, Maharashtra, notified that more colleges are expected to be added for the upcoming CAP rounds once they are approved. The CET Cell also confirmed to Careers360 that there is no official confirmation on whether GLC Mumbai will join the MH CET Law 2026 counselling. In case GLC joins, then other law colleges might experience an increased number of vacant seats as candidates will shift their preference.

As per the MH CET Law 2026 CAP rules, candidates are not allowed to submit a preference list for round 2. However, this might change for the current academic year as more colleges are expected to be added. The list of top law colleges expected to join MH CET Law 2026 counselling is as follows:

• Government Law College (GLC), Mumbai

• Dr. Ambedkar College of Law

• Siddharth College of Law

• MVP Samaj's Law College

• Oriental College of Law

• Navjeevan Law College

• Bharati Vidyapeeth's New Law College

• Late M.L.C. Vasantraoji Kale Law College

• Modern Education Society's New Law College

• Mukul Wasnik College of Law

• Balasaheb Thackeray Law College

• Gokhale Education Society's Law College

Note that if the above-mentioned colleges are added to the list of approved law colleges, then the competition in the MH CET Law 2026 CAP round 2 and round 3 is expected to significantly increase.