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MH CET 3-year LLB 2026 Top Law Colleges with Closing Percentiles
Opening and closing percentile data for top law colleges in Maharashtra indicate high competition for the MH CET 3-year LLB course. Premier institutions like GLC Mumbai and ILS Law College, Pune, maintain an opening percentile of 100.00. The closing percentiles for these premier colleges rarely drop below 99.07. This competitive trend is the same across both the Maharashtra State (MS) Male cutoffs and the Outside Maharashtra State (OMS) Male Cutoffs for the OPEN Category.
Beyond the top law institutions in Mumbai and Pune, several other universities across Maharashtra offer competitive 3-year LLB programmes. The closing percentiles for these colleges vary based on their regional reputation. They also depend on the university to which they are affiliated, such as Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), Mumbai University (MU), and Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU).
MH CET 3-year LLB Top Law Colleges MS Male Cutoffs (OPEN Category)
Actual College Name | Opening percentile | Closing percentile | Actual College Name | Opening percentile | Closing percentile |
Government Law College, Mumbai | 100.000 | 99.663 | Ahmednagar Jilha Maratha Vidya Prasarak Samajs New Law College, Ahmednagar | 99.663 | 82.561 |
Indian Law Society Law College, Pune | 100.000 | 99.071 | Dayanand College Of Law, Latur | 99.742 | 82.561 |
KC Law College, Mumbai | 99.938 | 98.529 | Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh College of Law, Amravati | 99.918 | 82.561 |
DES Shri Navalmal Firodia Law College, Pune | 99.876 | 97.852 | Subhash Desai College of Law, Mumbai | 99.050 | 81.996 |
Yashwantrao Chavan Law College, Pune | 99.986 | 97.413 | Hitkarni College of Law, Mumbai | 96.512 | 81.967 |
Modern Education Society's New Law College, Mumbai | 99.849 | 96.469 | Vaishalitai Jondhale Law College, Dombivali | 96.928 | 81.967 |
Dr Ambedkar College of Law, Mumbai | 99.993 | 95.965 | Kai Bhagubai Pingle Law College, Pabal | 95.275 | 81.398 |
Marathwada Mitra Mandal's Shankarrao Chavan Law College, Pune | 99.358 | 95.777 | Jeevandeep Shaikshanik Santha Jeevandeep Law College, Goveli | 97.859 | 81.394 |
Gopaldas Jhamatmal Advani Law College, Mumbai | 99.773 | 95.723 | Sant Tukaram Law College, Udgir | 98.794 | 81.394 |
Lala Lajpat Rai College of Law, Mumbai | 98.529 | 95.402 | SES Dayal Asha Law College, Ulhasnagar | 97.423 | 81.394 |
Govindrao Wanjari College of Law, Nagpur | 99.796 | 95.275 | SNJB's Law College, Chandwad | 96.983 | 81.394 |
Siddharth College of Law, Mumbai | 99.987 | 95.275 | Manikchand Pahade Law College, Aurangabad | 99.918 | 81.056 |
Adv Balasaheb Apte College of Law, Mumbai | 99.401 | 95.121 | Yeshwant Mahavidyalaya, Wardha | 99.226 | 81.056 |
Jitendra Chauhan College of Law, Mumbai | 99.986 | 95.121 | Dattajirao Kadam Law College, Ichalkaranji | 96.351 | 80.418 |
Central India College of Law, Nagpur | 99.633 | 94.755 | Adsul Law College, Ahmednagar | 98.219 | 80.177 |
Progressive Education Societys Modern Law College, Pune | 98.749 | 94.638 | Late Anuradha Dhoble Law College, Jule Solapur | 97.704 | 80.177 |
Dr DY Patil Vidya Pratishthan Societys Dr DY Patil Law College, Pune | 99.928 | 94.461 | Poddar Brio College of Law, Badlapur | 92.173 | 80.044 |
Shri Shivaji Maratha Society's Law College, Pune | 99.226 | 93.883 | Priyadarshini Dnyan Prabodhini's Law College, Phaltan | 98.874 | 80.044 |
Rizvi Law College, Mumbai | 97.987 | 93.630 | Santosh Law College, Mhasrul | 97.413 | 80.044 |
MKLM'S Adhia College of Law, Mumbai | 99.512 | 93.038 | Shri Nathmal Goenka Law College, Akola | 99.773 | 80.044 |
MES Law College, Pune | 98.219 | 92.671 | Balasaheb Thackeray Law College, Panvel | 97.704 | 79.717 |
Abhinav Education Society College of Law, Pune | 99.509 | 91.995 | Janardan Bhagat Shikshan Prasarak Sansthas Bhagubai Changu Thakur College of Law, Raigad | 99.876 | 79.511 |
PDEA's Law College, Pune | 98.835 | 91.637 | Mahatma Gandhi Vidyamandirs Karmaveer Bhausaheb Hiray Law College, Malegaon | 99.842 | 79.038 |
Suryadatta Law College, Pune | 98.874 | 91.219 | Amolakchand Law College, Yavatmal | 97.852 | 78.436 |
Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar College of Law, Nagpur | 99.785 | 91.182 | Deogiri Law College, Sambhajinagar | 96.469 | 78.436 |
Hindi Vidya Prachar Samiti's College of Law, Mumbai | 99.712 | 91.182 | Shahaji Law College, Kolhapur | 99.773 | 78.436 |
Mukul Wasnik College of Law, Buldhana | 99.849 | 91.182 | Sharadchandra Pawar Law College, Nanded | 99.050 | 78.436 |
Sinhgad Law College, Pune | 99.309 | 91.033 | Shri Omkarnath Malpani Law College, Sangamner | 98.474 | 78.436 |
Thakur Ramnarayan College of Law, Mumbai | 99.824 | 91.033 | VN Patil Law College, Aurangabad | 99.614 | 78.436 |
Vilasrao Deshmukh Law College, Pune | 94.951 | 91.033 | Parikarama Law College, Ahilyanagar | 96.469 | 78.420 |
MGM Law College, Nerul | 99.401 | 90.316 | Vaibhav Shikshan Sanstha Law College, Vita | 97.987 | 78.420 |
Navjeevan Law College, Nashik | 99.928 | 90.056 | Public Law College, Mumbai | 94.951 | 78.021 |
SSS’s Nalanda Law College, Mumbai | 98.184 | 90.056 | Shivajirao S Jondhle Institute of Law and Research, Thane | 97.423 | 78.021 |
Agnel School of Law, Navi Mumbai | 96.983 | 89.698 | Shri Swami Vivekanand Law College, Shirur | 95.003 | 78.021 |
Balaji Law College, Pune | 99.492 | 89.698 | Akola Law College, Akola | 92.671 | 77.554 |
Dr Ambedkar College, Nagpur | 99.309 | 89.698 | Anandi Law College, Kolhapur | 99.401 | 77.554 |
Guru Nanak Vidyak Society's Law College, Mumbai | 95.723 | 89.600 | Bharati Vidyapeeth's New Law College, Kolhapur | 99.824 | 77.554 |
Anand Vishwa Gurukul, Thane | 99.401 | 89.314 | Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial College of Law, Dhule | 99.796 | 77.554 |
SNBP Law College, Pune | 98.625 | 88.862 | Kha Shri Govindrao Adik Law College, Shrirampur | 97.052 | 77.554 |
Oriental College of Law, Navi Mumbai | 99.941 | 88.525 | Sw Shri Namdevrao Parjane Patil Law, Kopargaon | 97.413 | 77.554 |
P A Menon College of Legal Studies, Mumbai | 99.598 | 88.525 | Vivekanand Education Society's College of Law, Mumbai | 99.395 | 77.554 |
RE Society’s Shriman Bhagojisheth Keer Law College, Ratnagiri | 99.492 | 88.525 | Dr GK Dongargaonkar Law College, Navi Mumbai | 93.080 | 76.662 |
Advocate Datta Patil College of Law, Alibag | 99.210 | 88.434 | Late Yadavraodada Deshmukh Law College, Achalpur | 97.859 | 76.662 |
Dr Ambedkar College of Law, Aurangabad | 99.993 | 88.434 | RB Law College, Bhiwandi | 95.275 | 76.662 |
Shri Pancham Khemraj Law College, Sawantwadi | 99.614 | 88.434 | SVERI Law College, Pandharpur | 90.661 | 76.662 |
Vasantdada Patil Pratishthan's Law College, Mumbai | 96.798 | 88.434 | Dr Ulhas Patil Law College, Jalgaon | 99.217 | 76.253 |
Adv PC Patil Law College, Navi Mumbai | 99.492 | 88.286 | MSS Law College, Jalna | 99.309 | 76.253 |
Jadhavar College of Law, Pune | 99.046 | 88.286 | Shri Shivajirao Nagawade Law College, Shrigonda | 99.358 | 76.012 |
Om Vidyalankar Shikshan Sansthas Asmita College of Law, Vikhroli | 97.859 | 88.286 | Adv BD Hambarde Mahavidyalaya, Ashti | 95.965 | 75.131 |
Sankalp College of Law, Pune | 93.883 | 87.844 | Chembur Karnataka College of Law, Chembur | 99.492 | 75.131 |
Barrister AR Antulay College of Law, Mumbai | 96.983 | 87.684 | KTSP Mandal's Law College, Khopoli | 93.562 | 75.131 |
Bharatratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Law College, Bhiwandi | 95.726 | 87.684 | MS College of Law, Thane | 97.704 | 75.131 |
Kai Nirmalatai Pingle Law College, Chakan | 99.050 | 87.684 | Namdev Surve Law College, Mumbai | 94.638 | 75.131 |
ASK’s Rajarshi Shahu College of Law, Vikhroli | 96.928 | 87.157 | Children Welfare Centre Law College, Mumbai | 99.681 | 74.394 |
Sandesh Law College, Mumbai | 99.401 | 87.157 | MKES College of Law, Mumbai | 98.184 | 74.394 |
Karamveer Audumbar Patil Law College, Pandharpur | 99.509 | 87.149 | Victor Dantas Law College, Kudal | 99.149 | 74.394 |
Lords Universal College of Law, Mumbai | 99.024 | 87.149 | Warana School of Law, Warananagar | 99.226 | 74.394 |
MCE Societys AKK New Law Academy and PhD Research Centre, Pune | 99.492 | 87.149 | Dnyandeep Law College, Morvande-Boraj | 99.512 | 74.156 |
AAER's Asian Law College, Pune | 96.339 | 87.023 | Dr Milind Yerne College of Law, Bhandara | 98.371 | 74.066 |
Kandivli Education Society's Jayantilal H Patel Law College, Mumbai | 99.623 | 87.023 | KCE Societys SS Maniyar Law College, Jalgaon | 98.794 | 74.066 |
MSP Mandal's Swatantrya Senani Ramrao Awargaonkar Law College, Beed | 99.777 | 86.648 | Balaghat Vidhi Mahavidyalaya, Ahmedpur | 91.182 | 73.330 |
Shilpkar Law College, Pune | 99.217 | 86.335 | Dr Subhashrao Dhakne Law College, Jalna | 97.852 | 73.330 |
Late Adv Ku Shalaka Santosh Khandge Law College, Pune | 98.749 | 86.063 | Shree LR Tiwari College of Law, Thane | 99.149 | 73.330 |
Natwarlal Maniklal Dalal College of Art and Commerce College, Gondia | 98.774 | 86.063 | Bharati Vidyapeeth's New Law College, Sangli | 99.918 | 72.723 |
Bharati Vidyapeeth's Yashwantrao Chavan Law College, Karad | 99.633 | 85.852 | Kalyani Patil Law College, Palghar | 98.219 | 72.401 |
DTSS College of Law, Mumbai | 98.529 | 85.852 | Prof Dr N D Patil Law College, Sangli | 97.580 | 72.401 |
Nari Gursahani Law College, Ulhasnagar | 98.529 | 85.852 | Shripatrao Chougule Vidhi Mahavidyalaya, Malwadi, Kotoli | 97.852 | 72.302 |
N B Thakur Law College, Nashik | 99.633 | 85.672 | Shantaram Potdukhe College of Law, Chandrapur | 99.149 | 70.856 |
Central Province College of Law, Lonara | 95.723 | 85.603 | Shri Indrapal Baburao Chaughule Law College, Thane | 98.835 | 70.856 |
DGB Dayanand Law College, Solapur | 99.509 | 85.603 | Agnihotri College of Law, Wardha | 97.413 | 70.259 |
Hutatma Rajguru Shikshan Prasarak Mandals Law College, Pune | 99.226 | 85.603 | Adv MZ Siddiqui Law College, Nanded | 85.603 | 69.798 |
Jai Bhagwan Law College, Thane | 96.403 | 85.603 | Shri Shivaji Law College, Parbhani | 99.401 | 69.798 |
Rajarshi Shahu Law College, Barshi | 96.928 | 85.603 | Sundarbai Maganlal Biyani Law College, Dhule | 88.862 | 69.798 |
Late MLC Vasantraoji Kale Law College, Aurangabad | 99.905 | 84.524 | KLE College of Law, Navi Mumbai | 92.111 | 69.796 |
RK Law College, Bhandup | 95.121 | 84.524 | Presidency College of Law, Ulhasnagar | 93.883 | 69.796 |
Shri Shivaji Law College, Kandhar | 96.403 | 84.524 | Smt Smita Ravindra Ghodvinde Law College, Dalkhan | 90.661 | 69.796 |
Vidya Partishtan's Vasantrao Pawar Law College, Pune | 99.358 | 84.524 | Sonopant Dandekar Shikshan Mandali's Law College, Palghar | 96.512 | 68.537 |
Late Tukaram Dhondiba Kunjir Law College, Pune | 96.928 | 84.505 | Dr APJ Abdul kalam Law College, Vasumbe Tasgaon | 88.909 | 67.853 |
VIVA College of Law, Palghar | 98.774 | 84.505 | Mahatma Gandhi Law College, Hingoli | 83.467 | 67.853 |
Shri Rambhau Shelke Law College, Khamgaon | 98.371 | 84.236 | Smt Kamalatai Kisan Kathore Law College, Mhasa | 92.874 | 67.853 |
Advocate Ramkrishnaji Rathi Law College, Washim | 99.395 | 84.221 | Alice Law College, Boisar | 93.805 | 67.568 |
Shri Rajasthani Seva Sangh's Law College, Andheri, Mumbai | 98.794 | 84.221 | Saket College of Law, Shahapur | 85.852 | 67.568 |
Gokhale Education Society's Law College, Kharghar | 99.824 | 83.467 | Siddhayog Law College, Ratnagiri | 98.774 | 67.568 |
Narayanrao Chavan Law College, Nanded | 99.693 | 83.467 | Devaashish Law College, Arjunnagar | 95.402 | 66.828 |
Manjara Charitable Trust's College of Law, Navi Mumbai | 99.046 | 83.340 | Prof Manjunath Acharya College of Law, Raigad | 93.630 | 66.828 |
St Rock's Degree College of Law, Borivali | 96.469 | 83.340 | Yashwant Law College, Selu | 83.340 | 66.046 |
Swami Vivekanand Law College, Dombivli | 99.358 | 83.340 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Law College, Korochi | 89.600 | 64.877 |
Ismailsaheb Mulla Law College, Satara | 97.423 | 82.979 | St Wilfred's College of Law, Panvel | 95.926 | 64.877 |
Jaywant Harchand Lokhande Law College, Mumbai | 98.874 | 82.979 | Ashokdada Sable Law College, Raigad | 99.309 | 64.566 |
MVP Samaj's Law College, Nashik | 99.980 | 82.979 | Priti Academy Law College, Kalyan | 99.024 | 64.566 |
Shri Swami Vivekanand Shikshan Sanstha Dr Bapuji Salunkhe Law College, Osmanabad | 99.889 | 82.979 | 99.946 | 64.566 | |
Universal Law College, Pune | 98.184 | 82.979 | Reena Mehta College of Law, Thane | 97.704 | 62.282 |
MH CET 3-year LLB Top Law Colleges OMS Male Cutoffs (OPEN Category)
Actual College Name | Opening percentile | Closing percentile | Actual College Name | Opening percentile | Closing percentile |
Government Law College, Mumbai | 99.986 | 99.395 | Advocate Ramkrishnaji Rathi Law College, Washim | 80.177 | 74.156 |
Indian Law Society Law College, Pune | 99.712 | 99.024 | Shri Shivaji Law College, Parbhani | 99.623 | 74.156 |
KC Law College, Mumbai | 99.598 | 98.217 | Akola Law College, Akola | 75.131 | 72.723 |
Modern Education Society's New Law College, Mumbai | 99.842 | 97.413 | Kha Shri Govindrao Adik Law College, Shrirampur | 84.505 | 72.723 |
Siddharth College of Law, Mumbai | 99.993 | 96.928 | Parikarama Law College, Ahilyanagar | 76.253 | 72.723 |
DES Shri Navalmal Firodia Law College, Pune | 99.149 | 96.798 | Late Yadavraodada Deshmukh Law College, Achalpur | 76.662 | 72.401 |
Jitendra Chauhan College of Law, Mumbai | 98.835 | 95.726 | Sw Shri Namdevrao Parjane Patil Law, Kopargaon | 79.717 | 72.401 |
Dr Ambedkar College of Law, Mumbai | 99.980 | 95.723 | Vaibhav Shikshan Sanstha Law College, Vita | 77.554 | 72.302 |
Gopaldas Jhamatmal Advani Law College, Mumbai | 98.529 | 94.951 | Shri Rambhau Shelke Law College, Khamgaon | 76.253 | 72.193 |
Rizvi Law College, Mumbai | 98.625 | 91.033 | MSS Law College, Jalna | 79.038 | 71.653 |
Dr DY Patil Vidya Pratishthan Societys Dr DY Patil Law College, Pune | 97.580 | 90.150 | Adv BD Hambarde Mahavidyalaya, Ashti | 75.131 | 70.856 |
Lala Lajpat Rai College of Law, Mumbai | 96.403 | 89.698 | Dr Milind Yerne College of Law, Bhandara | 74.066 | 70.259 |
Adv Balasaheb Apte College of Law, Mumbai | 97.987 | 88.909 | Dattajirao Kadam Law College, Ichalkaranji | 84.236 | 69.798 |
MSP Mandal's Swatantrya Senani Ramrao Awargaonkar Law College, Beed | 94.951 | 84.524 | Anandi Law College, Kolhapur | 80.177 | 68.839 |
Late MLC Vasantraoji Kale Law College, Aurangabad | 93.883 | 84.505 | Balaghat Vidhi Mahavidyalaya, Ahmedpur | 70.856 | 68.839 |
Rajarshi Shahu Law College, Barshi | 85.672 | 81.996 | Dayanand College Of Law, Latur | 99.614 | 68.537 |
Late Adv Ku Shalaka Santosh Khandge Law College, Pune | 94.755 | 80.418 | Adv MZ Siddiqui Law College, Nanded | 69.796 | 67.568 |
Shri Omkarnath Malpani Law College, Sangamner | 85.672 | 80.418 | SNJB's Law College, Chandwad | 68.537 | 67.568 |
Navjeevan Law College, Nashik | 99.071 | 80.177 | Prof Dr N D Patil Law College, Sangli | 70.259 | 66.518 |
Universal Law College, Pune | 97.413 | 79.038 | Shahu Shikshan Sanstha Rani Putalabai Womens Law College, Pune | 80.044 | 66.289 |
Adsul Law College, Ahmednagar | 84.221 | 78.021 | Dr Ulhas Patil Law College, Jalgaon | 81.398 | 66.046 |
Mukul Wasnik College of Law, Buldhana | 88.862 | 77.554 | Agnihotri College of Law, Wardha | 67.568 | 64.566 |
Priyadarshini Dnyan Prabodhini's Law College, Phaltan | 97.580 | 77.554 | Warana School of Law, Warananagar | 69.796 | 64.566 |
Shri Swami Vivekanand Law College, Shirur | 77.864 | 77.554 | Shri Nathmal Goenka Law College, Akola | 97.200 | 64.366 |
Sankalp College of Law, Pune | 90.056 | 75.973 | Sundarbai Maganlal Biyani Law College, Dhule | 67.568 | 64.366 |
Yashwantrao Chavan Law College, Pune | 99.785 | 75.973 | Dnyandeep Law College, Morvande-Boraj | 79.511 | 63.696 |
VN Patil Law College, Aurangabad | 98.794 | 75.131 | Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial College of Law, Dhule | 94.638 | 63.696 |
Late Anuradha Dhoble Law College, Jule Solapur | 79.717 | 74.635 | KCE Societys SS Maniyar Law College, Jalgaon | 95.121 | 63.696 |
Marathwada Mitra Mandal's Shankarrao Chavan Law College, Pune | 98.474 | 74.635 | Yashwant Law College, Selu | 66.828 | 63.696 |
Shri Shivajirao Nagawade Law College, Shrigonda | 91.115 | 74.635 | Lords Universal College of Law, Mumbai | 95.965 | 62.322 |
Factors Influencing the MH CET Law 2026 Closing Percentiles
There are several variables that determine the MH CET law cut-offs for the MAH CET LLB 2026 examination, as detailed below:
Total number of applicants: A high volume of candidates typically increases competition, leading to higher closing percentages for top-tier law programmes.
Normalisation and shift difficulty: The normalisation process maintains fairness across multiple sessions. Shifts with a greater difficulty level require greater accuracy to achieve a competitive percentile score.
Reservation policy impact: The specific allocation of seats across different categories influences the closing rank for each group.
Availability of seats: Fluctuations in the total intake capacity of participating institutes can cause cut-offs to rise or fall.
- Candidate preferences: The order of preference entered by students during the MH CET counselling process affects the final closing ranks for individual colleges.
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