Himachal Pradesh National Law University (HP NLU) conducts HP-NLET/HP-NET exam to shortlist aspirants for admission in BA/BBA LLB (Hons), LLM and PhD programmes offered by it. Himachal Pradesh National Law University Entrance Test (HP-NET) is of two hours duration and is usually conducted in the month of May.
On the basis of HPNET ranks, 60 seats are available for admission in BA/BBA LLB (Hons) programme, 20 seats are available in one year duration LLM course and 10 seats are on offer in PhD. Further, aspirants are informed that 25% of the total seats are reserved for Himachal Pradesh State Domicile students. Apart from this, a total of 5 seats are reserved for women candidates in LLM programme offered at HP National Law University.
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HP-NLET 2018 Seats on Offer for BA/BBA LLB (Hons) Course |
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Category |
HP State Seats |
All India Seats |
Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribes (ST) |
3 |
9 |
Other Backward Classes (OBC) |
N/A |
N/A |
Physically Handicapped (PH) |
1 |
1 |
Children/Widows/Wives of the Officers and Men of the Armed Forces (CW) |
1 |
2 |
Women |
N/A |
N/A |
General |
10 |
33 |
Total |
15 |
45 |
HP-NLET 2018 Seats on Offer for LLM Course |
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Category |
HP State Seats |
All India Seats |
SC/ST |
1 |
4 |
OBC |
N/A |
N/A |
PH |
1 |
1 |
CW |
0 |
1 |
Women |
1 |
4 |
General |
2 |
11 |
Total |
5 |
15 |
HP-NLET 2018 Seats on Offer for PhD Course |
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HP State Seats (General Category) |
2 |
|
All India Seats (General Category) |
8 |
|
Seats Available for NRI/NRI Sponsored Candidates |
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BA/BBA LLB (Hons) |
9 |
|
LLM |
3 |
Candidates are further informed that the distribution of seats in HP National Law Entrance Test for UG programmes is as mentioned below:
Within the Sanctioned Intake
- SC: 15%
- ST: 7.5%
- Differently Abled: 3%
- Wards of Serving/Retired Defence Personnel: 5%
Over and Above Sanctioned Intake
- Kashmiri Migrants (KM): 2 seats
- International Students, including NRI: 15%
The official website further informs that all the above mentioned seats will be supernumerary in character.
Talking about the NRI/NRI sponsored seats, the official website of HP NLU informs: “An 'NRI/NRI Sponsored' candidate is NRI himself/herself and NRI sponsored candidate is sponsored by first degree or second degree relation who is an NRI and has a valid residential proof of the place and the state in which he/she is living”. Further, candidates applying for admission under this category need to submit a certificate that is issued by competent Authority of the State Government.
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