MHCET Law 5-Year Cutoff: Get Category-wise Cutoff, Previous Year Cutoff, List of Participating Colleges

Maharashtra Common Entrance Test - Law 2026 ( MHCET Law )

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The MHCET law cutoff is shared by the conducting body for admission to 5-year LLB courses. The State CET Cell Maharashtra releases the cutoff on the official website for the aspirants seeking admission via MHCET 2026 entrance exam. Find out all about the categories eligible for reservation, previous year cutoff of top five law colleges in Maharasht

The MHCET law cutoff is shared by the conducting body for admission to 5-year LLB courses. The State CET Cell Maharashtra releases the cutoff on the official website for the aspirants seeking admission via the MHCET 2026 entrance exam. Find out all about the categories eligible for reservation, the previous year cutoff of the top five law colleges in Maharashtra, the list of participating colleges, and much more in the upcoming sections.

MHCET Law 5 Year Cutoff

MHCET Law 5 Year Cutoff

MHCET law 5 year cutoff scores will be shared by the competent body, State CET Cell, Maharashtra, on the official website, cetcell.mahacet.org via an official notification. The MHCET law cutoff will carry details pertaining to the colleges and courses in which candidates will be eligible for admission. These cutoff scores will be helpful during the MHCET law counselling, under which the CAP rounds will be conducted. Qualifying candidates with high ranks and scores will be able to seek admission to top colleges.

Read complete details about the MHCET Law 5-Year Cutoff, MHCET Law 5-Year participating colleges, previous year cutoff scores, MHCET Law reserved categories eligible for admission to 5-Year course, and the factors affecting the MHCET Law 5-Year cutoff.

Table of contents
  • What is MHCET Law 5-Year Cutoff?
  • Factors Affecting MHCET Law 5-Year Cutoff
  • MHCET Law 5-Year Cutoff 2026: Category-wise Reservation
  • MHCET Law 5-Year Cutoff 2026
  • MHCET Law 5-Year Course: Previous Year Cutoff
  • MHCET Law 5-Year Cutoff 2026: Participating Colleges

What is MHCET Law 5-Year Cutoff?

The MHCET Law 5-year cutoff provides details about the minimum scores or rank required in the MHCET Law entrance exam to become eligible for admission to the top law colleges, such as ILS Law College, GLC Mumbai, Rizvi Law College, and KC Law College, among other top choices.

Also Read: MH CET Law 3-Year Cutoff: Get Category-wise Cutoff, Previous Year Cutoff, List of Participating Colleges

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Q:   MH CET Law 2026 Counselling Process is online or offline?
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The MH CET Law 2026 Counselling Process is primarily online, involving online registration, document uploading, choice filling and online seat allotment. It is done by the Maharashtra CET Cell on the official portal. Though some verification might involve physical document checks later, the main process is digital. 

Q:   How many rounds will be there in MH CET Law 2026 Counselling?
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For MH CET Law 2026, the Centralised Admission Process (CAP) is expected to have three main rounds (CAP Round 1, 2, & 3) for both 3-year and 5-year LLB programs. With potentially more rounds or spot admissions if seats remain, but generally, expect around 3 rounds of online counselling for seat allotment. 

Q:   How is MH CET Law 2026 score calculated?
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For MH CET Law 2026, you get +1 mark for every right answer, and there's no negative marking if you make a mistake. After that, your marks go through a normalization process using the percentile method so that all shifts stay fair for everyone. The final MHCET Law score is shown as a percentile, not raw marks, and it's usually displayed up to seven decimal places for accuracy.

Factors Affecting MHCET Law 5-Year Cutoff

The MHCET Law cutoff varies each year for all the colleges and courses. The cutoff scores shared by the conducting body depend upon these factors:

  1. Exam difficulty level: This is one of the highly dominating factors that decides the cutoff score. If the question paper is of a high difficulty level, then the cutoff is expected to remain low. 
  2. Total Seats offered by the Law colleges: In case the number of seats offered by the colleges is less compared to the number of applicants interested in admission, then the cutoff goes high
  3. Category Reservation policy: In case of any change in the reservation policy, the cutoff score may go high or low. Therefore, reserved and open category candidates must check these rules carefully.
  4. CAP Round Participation: In case the participation in the CAP rounds is high, then the cutoff will be high, and vice versa.
  5. Candidates who appeared for the exam: If the number of applicants is high in a particular year, then generally the cutoff goes high

Also Read: MH CET Law 2026 Notification PDF (Available): 3 yr & 5 yr LLB Official Notification & More Updates

MHCET Law 5-Year Cutoff 2026: Category-wise Reservation

MHCET Law 5-Year cutoffs are released category-wise, as there is a quota of 85 per cent for the state-domiciled candidates as per the norms of the competent body. Despite this, there is a separate quota for each category of candidates who are eligible for relaxation in the MHCET counselling:

  1. General Category: It includes the general category candidates belonging to Maharashtra State vs Outside Maharashtra State
  2. OBC category
  3. SC and ST categories
  4. EWS category
  5. PwD category
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Q:   Which are the top colleges accepting MH CET Law scores?
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The top colleges that accept the MH CET Law scores are given below-

  1. Governmet Law College, Mumbai
  2. Indian Law School, Pune
  3. Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai
  4. Dr DY Patil Law College, Navi Mumbai
  5. Rizvi Law College, Mumbai
  6. Shri Naval Firodia Law College, Pune

The ideal cut off to secure a seat and get the admission in one of these top colleges ranges between 96 to 99. Candidates must target to acheive this score in order to easily land into their preferred Law College.

Q:   Which is a scoring section in MH CET Law?
A: 

Candidates are advised to focus on all the sections asked in the MH CET Law exam. Each section carry importance and finally add into the final score. Also, you can see the weightage of the sections asked in MHCET Law exam, the Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning sections carry more marks than the other sections. In the 3-year LLB exam of Maharashtra LAWCET, English section also carry more weightage in the exam. Students should have a strategic approach while preparing for the exam, keeping in mind the exam pattern and MHCET Law marking scheme. 

Q:   What is the cut off for Maharashtra law University?
A: 

For MNLU Mumbai (CLAT), you usually need to be in the top 500–600 ranks, which is around 90–95+ marks out of 120 for General All India candidates. The closing rank often goes near 1473 by the third round. In MH CET Law, getting around 115–120+ marks is mostly safe if you're aiming for top law colleges in Maharashtra. The cutoff marks can change depending on your category and which MNLU campus you choose — Mumbai, Nagpur, or Aurangabad.

MHCET Law 5-Year Cutoff 2026

The MHCET Law 5-Year cutoff for the academic year 2026-27 will be updated in this section when released by the conducting body, State CET Cell, Maharashtra. Admission seekers must check the cutoff as it helps them understand the colleges and courses in which they are eligible for admission. 

Also Read: Time Management Tips for MHCET Law 2026 Exam

MHCET Law 5-Year Course: Previous Year Cutoff

Here is the MHCET Law cutoff for the 5-year LLB courses. Find out the previous year's cutoff of the top five colleges mentioned below:

MHCET College Name

General Cutoff Percentile (Approx.)

Government Law College, Mumbai

98 – 99+

ILS Law College, Pune

96 – 98

DES Navalmal Firodia Law College

95 – 97

Dr. Ambedkar College of Law

92 – 95

New Law College, Mumbai

90 – 94

MHCET Law 5-Year Cutoff 2026: Participating Colleges

Through the MHCET Law 5‑Year programme, candidates can seek admission to courses such as BA LLB, and BBA LLB. The admission process is conducted through the Centralised Admission Process (CAP), which is organised by the competent body. Find out the list of top 10 MH CET Law 5-year LLB participating colleges here:

  1. Government Law College (GLC), Mumbai
  2. ILS Law College, Pune
  3. Babasaheb Ambedkar College of Law, Mumbai
  4. DES Shri Navalmal Firodia Law College, Pune
  5. Rizvi Law College, Mumbai
  6. Kishinchand Chellaram Law College, Mumbai
  7. University of Mumbai
  8. Shivaji University, Kolhapur
  9. Savitribai Phule Pune University
  10. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University

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Answered a week ago

SGBAU MH CET Law cutoff 2025 was 76.78 for the BA LLB course in the 3rd round. In 2024 and 2023, the cutoff was 35.86 and 55, respectively. As per these cutoff ranks, we can see that the cutoff trend has seen fluctuation. 

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Neerja Rohatgi

Contributor-Level 10

Answered a week ago

The CET Cell closed the MH CET Law 2026 registration window for the 3-year LLB programme on March 3, 2026. For the MH CET Law 2026 5-year LLB course, the last date is March 31, 2026.

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Pallavi Shukla

Contributor-Level 6

Answered a week ago

Yes, the state CET Cell Maharashtra has further extended the deadline. As per the revised dates, the MHCET Law application form for the 5-yr LLB course is available till March 31, 2026. 

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Aishwarya Pathak

Contributor-Level 6

Answered 2 weeks ago

The MH CET Law application correction window for the 5-year LLB course will begin after the application window closes. The dates for this event have not been released yet. The  MH CET Law application correction process will be held on the official website of the competent body. 

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Kanishk Dhawan

Contributor-Level 6

Answered 3 weeks ago

The MH CET Law application correction facility is free of cost. Candidates need not pay any fees to make changes to the already submitted application form. The State CET Cell, Maharashtra, will not charge any fee from the candidates for the application correction. Make use of this facility to double

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Shailja Shrivastava

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Answered 3 weeks ago

The last date to make changes to the MH CET Law application form for the 3-year LLB course was March 11, 2026. Post this date, no candidate will be allowed to make any corrections. No application fee will be accepted after this date for the 3-year LLB course. 

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Nidhi Gupta

Contributor-Level 10

Answered 3 weeks ago

MHCET Law is the most accepting entrance exam in Nagpur Law colleges. Listed below are some of the top colleges with their tuition fees -

Top CollegesTuition Fee
Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur UniversityINR 66,490 - INR 1.75 lakh
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar College of Law, NagpurINR 47,510 - INR 61,090
Central India College of Law and LL.M.INR 35,300
Dr. Ambedkar CollegeINR 56,520
Govindrao Wanjari College of LawINR 66,250 - INR 97,340

Source: Official site and may vary.

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Tasbiya Khan

Contributor-Level 10

Answered 3 weeks ago

Yes, there is a proper and centralized counselling process for MH CET Law, called the Centralized Admission Process (CAP). It's managed by the State Common Entrance Test Cell. The process usually happens in three rounds for both LLB 3-year and LLB 5-year courses.

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Anshul Jindal

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Answered a month ago

You should wear plain and comfy clothes, nothing fancy or shiny. Don't put on metal things like belts or jewelry. Keep away from caps, scarves, or shoes that got thick soles. Only bring simple stationery, no gadgets or watches. Light color dress with few pockets help you pass security check fast.

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Anshul Jindal

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Answered a month ago

The score is good as a score of 80 to 100 percentile is required to apply for top 20 law schools accepting MHCET score.

 

It may be low for top goverment law colleges like GLC, ILS, Ambedkar law college but good enough for top 20 law colleges.Also it depend on other factors like domcicle, gender, and

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