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    Top 10 National Law Schools in India: Expected CLAT 2025 Cut-Offs for Each Category

    Sumeet SudarshanUpdated on 25 Dec 2024, 04:07 PM IST

    The CLAT 2025 cut-off for top 10 NLUs is closely watched data. There is high competition among candidates to gain NLU admission into these universities. A good score in CLAT 2025 for top 10 NLUs is around 95 to 100 marks for the general category. The CLAT 2025 expected cut-off for top 10 national law schools will vary significantly across categories. This article provides the expected CLAT 2025 category-wise cut-offs for top 10 NLUs, including cut-off marks and rank, and more.

    Top 10 National Law Schools in India: Expected CLAT 2025 Cut-Offs for Each Category
    Expected CLAT 2025 Cut-Offs for Each Category

    CLAT 2025 was conducted on December 1, 2024. Candidates who clear the CLAT cut-off will be able to gain admission into 5-year LLB and LLM programmes of participating universities. The top National Law Schools in India offer BA LLB, BBA LLB, BCom LLB, BSc LLB, BSW LLB, and LLM programmes.

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    Which are the Top 10 National Law Schools in India?

    Given below are the top 10 NLUs in India as per the NIRF law rankings 2024. These NLUs are ranked among the best law colleges in India in terms of infrastructure, faculty, and placements.

    Top 10 NLUs in India

    Expected Cut-Off for Top 10 NLUs: Factors at Play

    The cut-off for top 10 national law schools in India in the Common Law Admission Test is invariably on the higher side. Given below are the factors that will influence how high the CLAT 2025 cut-off will go for these universities.

    • Difficult level of the exam: The SLAT 2025 exam analysis suggests an easier exam, which will take the top 10 NLU cut-off higher. The difficulty level of the exam is similar to trends seen last year.

    • Seat Intake: As per the CLAT UG seats matrix the top 10 NLUs together offer around 1600+ seats. A higher number of seats will lead to a lower CLAT cut-off.

    • Reservation Policy: The NLU cut-off for reserved categories is much lower. Even within the same category, candidates with domicile reservations get further relaxation in the cut-off. Thus, the CLAT 2025 reservation criteria will play a crucial role in determining the expected cut-off for top 10 national law schools.

    Top 10 NLUs Expected CLAT Cut-Off 2025

    Given below are the expected cut-offs for top NLUs. The estimates are based on trends seen in earlier years.

    Expected Category Wise CLAT 2025 Cut-Off Marks in Top 10 NLUs

    NLU Name

    General

    EWS

    OBC

    SC

    ST

    NLSIU Bengaluru CLAT cut-off marks 2025

    100+

    95+

    90+

    83+

    78+

    NALSAR Hyderabad cut-off marks 2025

    100+

    95+

    90+

    82+

    78+

    WBNUJS Kolkata CLAT cut off marks 2025

    98+

    -

    56+*

    80+

    74+

    NLU Jodhpur cut-off marks 2025

    95+

    -

    88+

    79+

    74+

    GNLU Gandhinagar cut-off marks 2025

    95+

    90+

    87+

    77+

    70+

    MNLU Mumbai cut-off marks 2025

    93+

    81+

    77+*

    71+*

    41+*

    RMLNLU Lucknow cut-off marks 2025

    91+

    85+

    82+*

    53+*

    41+*

    NLU Odisha cut-off marks 2025

    90+

    -

    -

    73+

    64+

    NUSRL Jharkhand

    88+

    86+

    84+

    71+

    60+

    RGNUL Patiala

    90+

    -

    -

    72+

    64+

    *state category reservation

    Top 10 NLUs Expected CLAT Cut-Off Rank

    NLU Name

    General

    EWS

    OBC

    SC

    ST

    NLSIU Bengaluru CLAT cut-off rank 2025

    100

    500

    950

    3000

    6000

    NALSAR Hyderabad cut-off rank 2025

    150

    550

    1100

    3500

    6000

    WBNUJS Kolkata CLAT cut-off rank

    250

    -

    23000*

    4500

    8000

    NLU Jodhpur cut-off rank 2025

    350

    -

    1400

    5000

    8000

    GNLU Gandhinagar cut-off rank 2025

    450

    1200

    1850

    6000

    11000

    MNLU Mumbai cut-off rank 2025

    600

    3900*

    6400*

    10000*

    34000*

    RMLNLU Lucknow cut-off rank 2025

    750

    2300*

    3600*

    25000*

    34000*

    NLU Odisha cut-off rank

    1205

    -

    -

    9869

    16676

    NUSRL Jharkhand cut-off rank

    1600

    2300

    3000

    11124

    19635

    RGNUL Patiala cut-off rank

    1250

    -

    -

    10253

    16875

    *state category reservation

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