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The Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell Maharashtra prescribes the MH CET law eligibility criteria 2026 on its official website - cetcell.mahacet.org. Candidates can check the MH CET law 2026 eligibility criteria details in the information bulletin published by the CET Cell. The eligibility criteria of MH CET law 2026 include the requirements about the minimum educational qualification, minimum passing marks, and age limit if any. If candidates are found not to satisfy the MH CET law 2026 eligibility criteria at any stage of admission, they will be disqualified from the process. Read ahead to get all the details on the MH CET law eligibility criteria 2026 including the educational qualifications, marks, and other relevant information.
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The CET Cell Maharashtra will open the MH CET law application form tentatively in January 2026. Candidates who fulfil the MH CET law 2026 eligibility criteria can complete the registration online through the official website. Through the Maharashtra State Common Entrance Law, candidates will be admitted into 5-year LLB and 3-year LLB programmes of participating MH CET law colleges. The CET Cell will conduct the MH CET Law 2026 for 5-Year LLB tentatively in the last week of April 2026, while the MH CET 3-Year LLB exam 2026 is expected to be held in the first week of May 2026.
The CET Cell releases separate information bulletins containing the MH CET law 3 year eligibility and MH CET law 5 year eligibility. The tables given below provide an overview of the eligibility criteria of MH CET law 2026 for 3-year LLB and 5-year LLB programmes.
Particulars | Details |
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Minimum educational qualification | 10+2 or equivalent from a recognised board |
Passing marks for MH CET LAW 5 years | 45% for general/EWS, 42% for OBC, 40% for SC/ST |
Age limit | No age limit |
Particulars | Details |
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Minimum educational qualification | Graduation from any stream from a recognised university |
Passing marks for MH CET LAW 3 years | 45% for general/EWS, 42% for OBC, 40% for SC/ST |
Age limit | No age limit |
Candidates must have passed 10+2 or equivalent with the minimum prescribed marks. Candidates appearing for their class 12 exams in 2026 are also eligible to apply provided they submit their qualifying certificates at the time of admission.
To appear for MH CET 3-year LLB, candidates must have completed graduation in any stream with the minimum prescribed marks. Candidates appearing for their graduation exams in 2026 are also eligible to apply. However, such candidates must submit their qualifying certificates at the time of admission.
The passing marks for MH CET law 5 years and MH CET law 3 years are the same. prescribed minimum marks for both programmes are 45% for general and EWS categories, 42% for OBC, and 40% for SC/ST categories.
Candidates who have completed their 10th,12th, and/or graduation in correspondence/ distance mode are eligible to apply.
Candidates who have completed their 10th, and 12th, through open university without having any basic qualifications are not eligible to apply.
Candidates from outside Maharashtra will be considered under the open category irrespective of actual caste/category. Such candidates must fulfil the MH CET law eligibility criteria 2026 prescribed for candidates from the open category.
The minimum percentage of marks will be calculated by rounding off to two places after the decimal. However, the round-off will apply only to the marks above the minimum passing marks. The percentage of marks below the minimum prescribed marks will not be rounded off.
The MH CET law admission process will be conducted as per the MH CET law reservation criteria prescribed by the CET Cell. Candidates applying under different categories must fullfil the MH CET law 2026 eligibility criteria prescribed under that category. The reservation categories under MH CET law 2026 are listed below:
Maharashtra state candidates (MS)
All India category candidates (OMS)
J & K candidates
Minority candidates
Foreign nationals
NRI/OCI
In this section, candidates can find the MH CET law eligibility criteria prescribed for candidates to be eligible for reservation under various categories.
Under the MS category, candidates are classified into various types of candidature which are given in the table below. Candidates should have completed their qualifying education (SSC/HSC/graduation) in Mahrashtra to be eligible for MS candidature subject to fulfillin other eligibility criteria.
MS Candidature Type | Details |
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Type-A | (i) A candidate who has completed 10th/ 12th/graduation or PG from a recognized institute in Maharashtra or outside Maharashtra, as the case may be; and (ii) A candidate who is either domiciled in Maharashtra and/or is born in Maharashtra ; |
Type-B | Type B includes a candidate who is not born or domiciled in Maharashtra, but whose father or mother is domiciled in the State of Maharashtra and possesses a domicile certificate. |
Type-C | Type C includes candidates who nor their parent/parents were born or domiciled in Maharashtra but whose father or mother is an employee of the Government of India or Government of India Undertaking and who has been posted and reported to duty in Maharashtra before the last date for submitting the Application Form for CAP. |
Type-D | Type D includes candidates who completed their qualifying education in Maharashtra but do not fulfil criteria mentioned in clause (ii) of “Type-A”, or conditions under Type B or Type C, but whose father or mother is an employee or retired employee of the Government of Maharashtra or Undertaking of the Government of Maharashtra. |
Type E | Type E includes a candidate who has completed graduation and or post-graduation examination or equivalent examination from a recognized institution from a disputed Maharashtra-Karnataka border area or from Maharashtra, and is residing in the disputed Maharashtra-Karnataka Border area and whose mother tongue is Marathi. |
Candidates having Indian nationality are eligible to apply under the All India or OMS category. Candidates who are born or domiciled outside Maharashtra and who have completed their education outside Maharashtra will also be considered under the All India (open category). Candidates who completed their qualifying education in Maharashtra but are not born in Maharashtra nor possess a domicile certificate or a birth certificate issued by the Govt. of Maharashtra will also be considered as OMS candidates.
Candidates belonging to linguistic or religious minority groups as notified by the Govt. of Maharashtra will be eligible to apply under the minority category.
These candidates are exempt from appearing for the MH CET law 2026. They can directly register for the MH CET law counselling 2026 process.
The CET Cell Maharashtra will open the MH CET law 2026 application form tentatively in January 2026. Candidates who fulfil the MH CET law eligibility criteria 2026 will be able to register online from the official website. The application fee to complete MH CET law 2026 registration will be Rs 1000 for general/ EWS candidates and Rs 800 for OBC/SC/ST candidates.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
A candidate who has completed 10+2 in any stream with the minimum prescribed marks is eligible for MH CET 5-year LLB 2026.
For colleges that participate in MH CET law 2026, candidates have to compulsorily appear for the LLB CET 2026 exam.
As per the LLB 3 years eligibility criteria, candidates must have completed graduation in any stream with the minimum prescribed marks.
Candidates must have passed 10+2 with an aggregate of 45% marks (general category), 40% (SC/ST category) from a recognized board or university.
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Hello Aspirant
Mumbai University has opened its application forms, under the Department of Law, for the two-year LLM program. The portable was made accessible for the applicants from the 3rd of August, 2024, and will be open till the 12th of August, 11:55 pm.
The applicants can fill out the form via their online portable, which is linked below for your convenience. The exam conducted by the Mumbai University for their LLM program is called the LLM CET exam, which will most probably be conducted by the end week of August 2024.
There will be around 50 multiple-choice questions from different areas of law such as constitutional law, family law, administrative law, human law, etc. The exact date of the exam will be conveyed to you either by email or via their website.
Link for registration- https://muadmission.samarth.edu.in/index.php/registration/user/register
For more details, you can visit the Careers360 website- https://law.careers360.com/articles/mumbai-university-llm-entrance-exam
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55 percentile means 55- 65 marks. You can click E-consulting link for further information and visit C.E.T official website and check out the pdf.
MH -C.E.T link (https://cetcell.mahacet.org/notices/)
percentile to marks document link (file:///C%3A/Users/ADITYA/Documents/Normalisation-Document_LLB-3-Yrs-CET-2024.pdf)
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