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CLAT 2026 — NLU Admissions
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Cutoffs

NLU Closing Ranks 2025 — All India Quota

CLAT Consortium all-India category closing ranks. Home state quota seats have significantly lower cutoffs.

NLU	State	Closing Rank	Annual Fees	UG Seats
NLSIU Bengaluru (NLU-1)	Karnataka	72	₹2.4L/yr	120
NALSAR Hyderabad (NLU-2)	Telangana	145	₹1.8L/yr	120
WBNUJS Kolkata (NLU-3)	West Bengal	290	₹1.2L/yr	120
NLIU Bhopal (NLU-4)	MP	380	₹1.4L/yr	120
NLU Jodhpur (NLU-6)	Rajasthan	340	₹1.6L/yr	120
NLU Delhi ◆ AILET exam (not CLAT)	Delhi	1	₹2.1L/yr	70
GNLU Gandhinagar	Gujarat	520	₹1.5L/yr	180
RMLNLU Lucknow	UP	980	₹1.1L/yr	120
HNLU Raipur	Chhattisgarh	1,200	₹1.0L/yr	120
CNLU Patna	Bihar	1,800	₹0.8L/yr	120

* 2025 data. Home state quota can lower effective cutoff by 200–500 ranks. NLU Delhi uses AILET, not CLAT.

Exam Pattern

CLAT Exam Pattern 2026

English Language

Questions: ~28–32

Marks: 28

Difficulty: Moderate

Current Affairs + GK

Questions: ~35–39

Marks: 35

Difficulty: High

Legal Reasoning

Questions: ~35–39

Marks: 35

Difficulty: High

Logical Reasoning

Questions: ~28–32

Marks: 28

Difficulty: Moderate

Quantitative Techniques

Questions: ~13–17

Marks: 13

Difficulty: Easy–Moderate

Key info: Total 120 questions, 120 marks, 2 hours. Negative marking: −0.25 per wrong answer. All passage-based comprehension format since 2020.

Comparison

CLAT vs AILET — Key Differences

Feature	CLAT	AILET (NLU Delhi)
Conducting Body	CLAT Consortium	National Law University Delhi
Colleges Covered	23 NLUs	NLU Delhi only
Total Seats (UG)	2,800+	70 (BA LLB)
Exam Type	Passage-based	Traditional MCQ format
Difficulty	Moderate–High	Very High
Apply Separately?	CLAT registration covers all NLUs	Yes, separate registration required

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CLAT 2026 Dates

Notification Release

Aug 2026

Registration Opens

Aug 2026

Registration Closes

Oct 2026

Admit Card

Nov 2026

CLAT 2026 Exam

Dec 7, 2026

Result

Dec 2026

Counselling Round 1

Jan 2027

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NLU Closing Ranks 2025 — All India Quota

CLAT Consortium all-India category closing ranks. Home state quota seats have significantly lower cutoffs.

NLU	State	Closing Rank	Annual Fees	UG Seats
NLSIU Bengaluru (NLU-1)	Karnataka	72	₹2.4L/yr	120
NALSAR Hyderabad (NLU-2)	Telangana	145	₹1.8L/yr	120
WBNUJS Kolkata (NLU-3)	West Bengal	290	₹1.2L/yr	120
NLIU Bhopal (NLU-4)	MP	380	₹1.4L/yr	120
NLU Jodhpur (NLU-6)	Rajasthan	340	₹1.6L/yr	120
NLU Delhi ◆ AILET exam (not CLAT)	Delhi	1	₹2.1L/yr	70
GNLU Gandhinagar	Gujarat	520	₹1.5L/yr	180
RMLNLU Lucknow	UP	980	₹1.1L/yr	120
HNLU Raipur	Chhattisgarh	1,200	₹1.0L/yr	120
CNLU Patna	Bihar	1,800	₹0.8L/yr	120

* 2025 data. Home state quota can lower effective cutoff by 200–500 ranks. NLU Delhi uses AILET, not CLAT.

CLAT Exam Pattern 2026

English Language

Questions: ~28–32

Marks: 28

Difficulty: Moderate

Current Affairs + GK

Questions: ~35–39

Marks: 35

Difficulty: High

Legal Reasoning

Questions: ~35–39

Marks: 35

Difficulty: High

Logical Reasoning

Questions: ~28–32

Marks: 28

Difficulty: Moderate

Quantitative Techniques

Questions: ~13–17

Marks: 13

Difficulty: Easy–Moderate

Key info: Total 120 questions, 120 marks, 2 hours. Negative marking: −0.25 per wrong answer. All passage-based comprehension format since 2020.

CLAT vs AILET — Key Differences

Feature	CLAT	AILET (NLU Delhi)
Conducting Body	CLAT Consortium	National Law University Delhi
Colleges Covered	23 NLUs	NLU Delhi only
Total Seats (UG)	2,800+	70 (BA LLB)
Exam Type	Passage-based	Traditional MCQ format
Difficulty	Moderate–High	Very High
Apply Separately?	CLAT registration covers all NLUs	Yes, separate registration required

CLAT 2026 — NLU AdmissionsComplete Guide

NLU Closing Ranks 2025 — All India Quota

CLAT Exam Pattern 2026

CLAT vs AILET — Key Differences

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CLAT 2026 Dates

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CLAT 2026 — NLU AdmissionsComplete Guide

NLU Closing Ranks 2025 — All India Quota

CLAT Exam Pattern 2026

CLAT vs AILET — Key Differences

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CLAT 2026 — NLU Admissions
Complete Guide

CLAT 2026 — NLU Admissions
Complete Guide