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    Will CLAT 2025 Counselling Fees Be Refunded? Find Out When Can You Get It
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    Will CLAT 2025 Counselling Fees Be Refunded? Find Out When Can You Get It

    Sumeet SudarshanUpdated on 14 Mar 2025, 09:28 AM IST

    Due to ongoing court cases, the Consortium of National Law Universities has postponed the CLAT 2025 counselling process. However, the CLAT counselling 2025 registrations are already completed and candidates who got the counselling invites were required to pay a fee to register for the counselling process. As the wait prolongs, law aspirants may be anxious about what happens to the counseling registration fees that they have already paid. In this article, check out the conditions under which one can obtain a refund of the CLAT counselling fees.
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    Will CLAT 2025 Counselling Fees Be Refunded? Find Out When Can You Get It
    Will CLAT 2025 Counselling Fees Be Refunded

    Usually, candidates numbering around 5 times the seats are invited for CLAT counselling. If the revised CLAT 2025 results are published, the counselling invites will be revised, and excluded candidates will be eligible for a refund. The counselling registration fee is adjusted against the university fees to be paid by the candidate. However, in cases where the candidate fails to obtain seat allotment or exits the counseling process, the fees is refunded.

    CLAT 2025 Counselling Registration Fees

    The CLAT counselling registration fee varies for candidates across different categories. Given below are the fee details -

    CLAT Counseling Fees

    Category

    Registration Fees

    General

    Rs 30000

    ST/ SC/ OBC/ BC/ EWS/ PWD

    Rs 20000

    Is the CLAT 2025 Counselling Registration Fee Refundable?

    Under normal circumstances where the candidate has obtained CLAT 2025 seat allotment through the counselling process, the counselling registration fee is adjusted against the university fees to be paid by the candidate at the time of admission.

    However, in case a candidate fails to obtain seat allotment in the counselling rounds or withdraws from the process, they will be eligible for a refund.

    Counselling Fee Refund if CLAT Results are Revised?

    The Consortium of NLUs has not issued any notification about the publication of a revised invite list. However, in case the CLAT 2025 results are revised following the HC order, then candidates may see a change in their counselling invites. For already registered candidates who are excluded from the CLAT 2025 admission process due to a change in their scores, the Consortium of NLUs is expected to initiate a full refund of the CLAT 2025 counselling fee.

    When is CLAT 2025 Counselling Registration Fee Refunded?

    All the CLAT counselling fee refunds will be made to the same account from which the amount was debited. The Consortium of NLUs will refund the CLAT counselling 2025 registration fee under the circumstances given below.

    • If a candidate is not allotted a seat at the end of the fifth round of the counselling process the fees will be refunded in full.

    • If a candidate has not chosen the Freeze or Float option and exits from the counselling process, the counselling registration fee will be refunded in full.

    • Where a candidate is found to be ineligible by an NLU at the time of document verification, then the counselling registration fee will be refunded after deducting Rs 5000.

    • If a candidate chooses the Freeze or Float option till the fourth round and subsequently exits the counselling process, then the candidate will be eligible for a full refund if the exit is made within the prescribed deadline. Where the exit is made after the prescribed deadline, the refund will be made after deducting Rs 5000.

    • If a candidate has chosen the freeze option for the allotted NLU and taken admission and then subsequently exits the counselling process, the registration fee will be refunded after deducting Rs 5000

    • Where a candidate has been allotted a seat for the first time in the fifth round and subsequently chooses to exit the counselling process, the fees will be refunded in full.

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