AILET LLM Counselling 2026: Category-Wise Fee, Course-wise Seat Allotment, Cut Off

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AILET 2026 Counselling: After the exam is over, a separate notification for AILET 2026 Counselling Dates will be released. The candidates whose names appear in the merit list will have to pay the fee for seat confirmation within the deadline to reserve their seat. NLU Delhi will also release the merit list for candidates belonging to Foreign Nationals & OCI/PIO Category for LLM (one year) program separately. The University will also send the Counselling invite to the the candidates who will clear the exam. Candidates will be given the option to complete the AILET 2026 Counselling Registration until second week of December, 2026. AILET 2026 First Merit List is expected to be released in the last week of December 2026.

The university will release the AILET 2026 merit lists for different rounds. Candidates whose names appear on the merit lists will have to get their documents verified, and report to NLU Delhi as per the AILET 2026 counselling schedule. Check out all the important details related to the AILET 2026 counselling here.

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Table of content

AILET Counselling Schedule 2026
AILET 2026 Important Dates
Eligibility Criteria for participation in AILET 2026 counselling
How to Register for AILET Counselling 2026?
AILET 2026 Online Counselling Registration Fee
NLU Delhi Seat Matrix and Reservation
Number of candidates invited for counseling - BA LLB program
Number of candidates invited for counseling - LLM program
How to Check AILET 2026 Merit List?
How to download AILET Admission 2026 Offer Letter?
AILET Counselling 2026: Important Documents
AILET Merit List 2026
AILET Merit List 2025
AILET 2024 Merit List

AILET Counselling Schedule 2026

Check out the complete counselling schedule for AILET 2026 here:

AILET 2026 Counselling Schedule for BA LLB
AILET 2026 Result	2nd week of Dec 2025
AILET Counselling Registration 2026 starts	2nd week of Dec 2025
AILET Counselling Registration 2026 fee submission	3rd week of Dec 2025
AILET 2026 First Provisional Merit List	4th week of Dec 2025
AILET 2026 Second Provisional Merit List	2nd week of Jan 2026
AILET 2026 Third Provisional Merit List	3rd week of Jan 2026
AILET 2026 Fourth Provisional Merit List	May 2026

AILET 2026 Important Dates

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of AILET 2026 exam

Dates	Upcoming Exam Dates
To Be Notified	AILET 2026 Result
To Be Notified	AILET 2026 Final Answer Key
To Be Notified	AILET 2026 Provisional Answer Key
To Be Notified	AILET Counselling 2026 fee submission (BA LLB and LLM)
To Be Notified	AILET Counselling Registration 2026 (BA LLB and LLM)
To Be Notified	AILET First Provisional Merit List 2026 (BA LLB and LLM)
To Be Notified	AILET Second Provisional Merit List 2026 (BA LLB and LLM)
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Dates	Past Exam Dates
May ' 25	AILET 2025 Third Provisional Merit List 2026 (BA LLB)

Eligibility Criteria for participation in AILET 2026 counselling

The list of candidates shortlisted for AILET 2026 counselling will be mentioned in the AILET 2026 Counseling Invite List. Candidates will be shortlisted for counselling category-wise. Eligible candidates will have to register online for counselling.

Details included in AILET 2026 Counseling Invite List

The invite list carried the following information:

The invite list was released category-wise
It included the application number, roll number, total marks, and All India Ranks of candidates shortlisted for counselling.
It also included the seat matrix and reservation for AILET 2026 admission process.
The counselling schedule
The step-wise counselling process.

How to Register for AILET Counselling 2026?

DeskCalendar Counselling: To be notified

Follow the below-mentioned steps to register for AILET 2026 online counseling,

Log on to NLU Delhi website and check if you have been invited for counseling.
If you have been invited for counseling, then you need to complete the remaining steps.
Upload all the prescribed documents.
Pay the counseling fee.

The counseling fee has to be paid online using Digital Payment methods like Credit/ Debit cards, Net-banking, UPI, etc. only.

AILET 2026 Online Counselling Registration Fee

Category	Fee
General /Kashmiri Migrants/Residence of Jammu and Kashmir	INR 30,000
ST/SC/OBC/EWS/PWD candidates	INR 20,000

Registration

Exam Date

Results

Cutoff

Counselling

NLU Delhi Seat Matrix and Reservation

BA LLB Program

Sl No	Name of Categories	Total Seats	Horizontal Reservation for PwD	Seats under Respective Categories after excluding PwD Seats
1	General	50	3	47
2	Other Backward Classes (OBCs): Non-Creamy Layer (22%)	24	1	23
3	Scheduled Castes (15%)	17	1	16
4	Scheduled Tribes (7.5%)	8	0	8
5	Economically Weaker Section (10%)	11	1	10
6	Sub Total	110	6	104
7	Supernumerary: Kashmiri Migrants	1	-	-
8	Supernumerary: Residents of Jammu & Kashmir	2	-	-
9	Foreign Nationals (5 seats) & OCI/PIO (5 seats)	10	-	-
10	Grand Total	123	-	-

*5% Horizontal Reservation across the categories has been provided to the PwD Category candidate

LLM program

Sl No	Name of Categories	Total Seats	Horizontal Reservation for PwD	Seats under Respective Categories after excluding PwD Seats
1	General	32	2	30
2	Other Backward Classes (OBCs): Non-Creamy Layer (22%)	15	1	14
3	Scheduled Castes (15%)	11	1	10
4	Scheduled Tribes (7.5%)	5	-	5
5	Economically Weaker Section (10%)	7	-	7
6	Sub Total	70	4	66
7	Supernumerary: Kashmiri Migrants	1
9	Foreign Nationals (5 seats) & OCI/PIO (5 seats)	10
10	Grand Total	81

*5% Horizontal Reservation across the categories has been provided to the PwD Category candidate

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Master of Law (LL.M.) : AILET 2025 Last Round Closing Score (General-All India)

College	2023	2024	2025
NLU Delhi (NLUD) - National Law University	114	51	62

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Master of Law (LL.M.) in NLSIU,NUL & NLU : AILET 2025 Last Round Closing Score (General-All India)

College	2023	2024	2025
NLU Delhi (NLUD) - National Law University	114	51	62

Number of candidates invited for counseling - BA LLB program

Category	Seat Intake	Candidates invited for counseling
General	47	143
General-PwD	3	9
OBC-NCL	23	75
OBC-NCL-PwD	1	3
SC	16	48
SC-PwD	1	3
ST	8	24
EWS	10	31
EWS-PwD	1	3

Number of candidates invited for counseling - LLM program

Category	Seat Intake	Candidates invited for counseling
General	30	90
General-PwD	2	3
OBC-NCL	14	36
SC	10	26
ST	5	7
EWS	7	8
Kashmiri Migrant	1	2

How to Check AILET 2026 Merit List?

Candidates can follow the below steps to check the merit list for NLU Delhi admission,

Visit, nationallawuniversitydelhi.in
Click on the Admission link.
Navigate to the Notifications section.
Click on the respective Provisional Merit List link.
View and download the AILET 2026 merit list.

How to download AILET Admission 2026 Offer Letter?

Follow the below-mentioned steps to download the offer letter and pay the remaining admission fee:

Log on to http://nludelhi.admissionhelp.com/
Login using roll number/application number and date of birth
Download provisional admission offer letter
Upload singed declaration by candidates and parents
Login to the application account
Click on ‘Pay Now’ button
Pay the remaining admission fee in online mode

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AILET Counselling 2026: Important Documents

The list of documents that candidates need to keep ready and upload at the time of counselling registration includes:

Statement of Marks of BA LLB.(Hons)/LLB (valid for only LLM candidates)
Class 10 marks statement
Class 12 marks statement
Character Certificate from the school/college last attended
Category certificate, if applicable
Any other supporting document to claim seat for the category applied

Note: All the documents should be self-attested and uploaded in PDF format (in one file) in the above serial order only.

AILET Counselling Fee Refund

The AILET counselling fee of INR 30,000 (INR for reserved category candidates) will be refunded only to candidates who have successfully registered for the counselling and paid the fee but due to but due to higher cutoff could not find a place in the merit list. The refund will be initiated by NLU Delhi on completion of the admission process, whichever is earlier. The counselling fee will be refunded to the same account from which it was paid.

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AILET Merit List 2026

To understand more about the AILET merit list, candidates can download the AILET 2026 merit list PDF available here:

AILET 2026 First Merit List (BA LLB)	to be announced
AILET 2026 First Merit List (LLM)	to be announced
AILET 2026 Second Merit List (BA LLB)	to be announced
AILET 2026 Second Merit List (LLM)	to be announced
AILET 2026 Third Merit List (BA LLB)	to be announced
AILET 2026 Third Merit List (LLM)	to be announced
AILET 2026 Fourth Merit List (BA LLB)	to be announced
AILET 2026 Fourth Merit List (LLM)	to be announced

Download the AILET 2026 merit list PDF under Foreign/ PIO/ OCI Category here:

AILET 2026 First Merit List (BA LLB)	to be announced
AILET 2026 Second Merit List (BA LLB)	to be announced
AILET 2026 First Merit List (LLM)	to be announced

AILET Merit List 2025

To understand more about the AILET merit list, candidates can download the AILET 2025 merit list PDF available here:

AILET 2025 First Merit List (BA LLB)	FIRST_PROVISIONAL_MERIT_LIST_OF_SELECTED_CANDIDATES_LL.M._PROGRAMME_(NON-RESIDENTIAL)
AILET 2025 First Merit List (LLM)	FIRST_PROVISIONAL_MERIT_LIST_OF_SELECTED_CANDIDATES_B.A.LL.B.(HONS.)_PROGRAMME
AILET 2025 Second Merit List (BA LLB)	2nd_Provisonal_Merit_List_LL.M-2025-26
AILET 2025 Second Merit List (LLM)	2nd_Provisonal_Merit_List_B.A.LL.B.(Hons.)-2025-26
AILET 2025 Third Merit List (BA LLB)	AILET_Third_Provisional_Merit_List_for_BA_LLB
AILET 2025 Third Merit List (LLM)	AILET_Third_Provisional_Merit_List_LL.M
AILET 2025 Fourth Merit List (BA LLB)	AILET_2025_BA_LLB_Fourth_Provisional_Merit_List
AILET 2025 Fourth Merit List (LLM)	AILET_2025_LLM_Fourth_Provisional_Merit_List
AILET 2025 Fifth Merit List (BA LLB)	AILET_2025_BA_LLB_Fifth_Provisional_Merit_List
AILET 2025 Fifth Merit List (LLM)	AILET_2025_LLM_Fifth_Provisional_Merit_List
AILET 2025 Sixth Merit List (BA LLB)	AILET_2025_BA_LLB_Sixth_Provisional_Merit_List
AILET 2025 Sixth Merit List (LLM)	AILET_LLM_Sixth_Provisional_Merit_List
AILET 2025 Seventh Merit List (BA LLB)	AILET_2025_BALLB_Seventh_Provisional_Merit_List
AILET 2025 Seventh Merit List (LLM)	AILET_LLM_Seventh_Provisional_Merit_List_(Non_Residential)
AILET 2025 Eighth Merit List (BA LLB)	AILET_2025_Eighth_Provisional_Merit_List
AILET 2025 Eighth Merit List (LLM)	AILET_2025_Eighth_Provisonal_Merit_List_LLM-2025-26

Download the AILET 2025 merit list PDF under Foreign/ PIO/ OCI Category here:

AILET 2025 First Merit List (BA LLB)	AILET_First_BA_LLB_Merit_List_Under_FN,_OCI,_PIO_Category
AILET 2025 Second Merit List (BA LLB)	AILET_2nd_BA_LLB_Merit_List_Under_FN,_OCI,_PIO_Category
AILET 2025 First Merit List (LLM)	AILET_LLM_Merit_List_Under_FN,_PIO,_OCI_Category

AILET 2024 Merit List

To understand more about the AILET merit list, candidates can download the AILET 2024 merit list PDF available here:

AILET 2024 First Merit List (BA LLB)	1st_Provisonal_Merit_List_B.A.LL.B.(Hons.)-2024-25
AILET 2024 First Merit List (LLM)	1st_Provisonal_Merit_List_LL.M-2024-25
AILET 2024 Second Merit List (BA LLB)	2nd_Provisonal_Merit_List_LL.M-2024-25
AILET 2024 Second Merit List (LLM)	2nd_Provisonal_Merit_List_B.A.LL.B.(Hons)
AILET 2024 Third Merit List (BA LLB)	AILET_3rd_Provisonal_Merit_List_B.A.LL.B.(Hons.)-2024-25
AILET 2024 Third Merit List (LLM)	AILET_2024_3rd_Merit_List_(LLM)

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