What is the MH CET Law merit list?

The MH CET Law merit list is a list of candidates who have been shortlisted for counseling based on their rank in the MH CET Law entrance exam. The merit list is prepared separately for MS (Maharashtra State), OMS (Other State / Outside Maharashtra State) candidates, Jammu & Kashmir Candidates and INR, Outside Maharashtra State (OMS) or All India category candidature type, Foreign Nationals, Non Resident Indians (NRI) / Overseas Indian Citizen (OIC) / Person of Indian Origin (PIO) candidates. Candidates cannot raise objections against the merit list. The MH CET Law merit list is released by the State Common Entrance Test Cell (CET Cell), Maharashtra. Candidates can check their MH CET Law merit list on the official website of the CET Cell, Maharashtra.

What is the cut off for Maharashtra law University?

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.

What if I am not satisfied with my seat allotment through the MH CET Law Counselling?

If you are not satisfied with your seat allotment through the MH CET Law Counselling, you can either participate in the subsequent rounds of counselling. You also have the option to withdraw from counselling. You will have to pay a withdrawal fee.

What is a good MH CET Law score?

Generally those who score 90 and above have more chances of getting admission into one of the best law colleges in Maharashtra.

What if I am not satisfied with my seat allotment through the MH CET Law Counselling?

If you are not satisfied with your seat allotment through the MH CET Law Counselling, you can either participate in the subsequent rounds of counselling. You also have the option to withdraw from counselling. You will have to pay a withdrawal fee.

What is MH CET Law 2026 Alphabetical List?

The MH CET Law 2026 Alphabetical List is a important list released by the Maharashtra CET Cell after the exam It shows all eligible candidates sorted by their names, detailing scores for allotment into 3-year & 5-year LLB programs in Maharashtra colleges, accessible via the official CET portal.

What is the website of MHCET Law?

The website of the MHCET Law exam is cetcell.mahacet.org. Candidates can check the notification, application form, admit card, and other updates of the exam from the website. Candidates can check details related to MHCET Law by visiting the CET portal available on the homepage.

Is MH CET Law 2027 application correction facility available?

Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell provide the application correction facility to the candidates who registered for MHCET Law 5-year LLB exam.

What MHCET Law exam is for?

MHCET Law exam is held for admissions to 5-year and 3-year Law courses offered at participating Law colleges in Maharashtra. The exam is conducted in an online mode. Through the entrance exam, Law aspirants are shortlisted for admissions to 10,860 seats (excluding management intake) for the 5-year LLB program and around 16,420 seats for the 3-year LLB courses programmes.

Who conducts the MH CET Law exam?

The Maharashtra CET examination cell conducts the MHCET Law exam for admission to the LLB programs offered at the colleges in Maharashtra.

Is 70 a good score in MHCET Law?

Getting 70 marks in MHT CET is seen as an average score. It mostly comes around 82 to 86 percentile, depending on which shift you wrote the exam in. With this score, you can still get seats in some good private or mid-level state engineering colleges, but it's tough to get into top ones like COEP or VJTI. It's not really a high score, but it stays above the basic eligibility line and gives you fair options. Still, if you aim for 120+ marks, it's safer for strong branches like CSE or IT, where the competition stays high every year.

Which are the top colleges accepting MH CET Law scores?

The top colleges that accept the MH CET Law scores are given below- Governmet Law College, Mumbai Indian Law School, Pune Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai Dr DY Patil Law College, Navi Mumbai Rizvi Law College, Mumbai 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.

Which is a scoring section in MH CET Law?

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.

What is the safe score for MH CET Law 2026?

Candidates can expect the following score to be safe to secure seats in top Colleges accepting MH CET Law score including GLC Mumbai and ILS Pune for the 3-year LLB MH Law CET exam: MH CET Law Safe score 105+ MH Law CET most probable score 100+ MH CET Law (OMS category safe score) 100+ MH CET Law (MS category safe score) 90-100

What is the safe score for MHCET Law?

A safe score for MHCET Law depends on the course and college you aim for. For top law colleges in Maharashtra, scoring around 110–120 marks in the 5-year LLB and 100–110 marks in the 3-year LLB is considered good.

Does MHCET Law Exam has two attempts?

No, Maharashtra State CET Cell has not moved the MHCET Law to a two-attempt system. Although it is expected that the MH CET Law might be held twice in a year to match the national-level exam standards.

MHCET Law LLB (3 years) Cut off 2026: Check Category wise Cut off Marks

LLB 3-Year CAP Round III Display of Alphabetical Merit list

9 Sep '26

Updated on Jul 23, 2026 13:31 IST

By Damini Aggarwal, Assistant Manager - Content

MH CET Law Cutoff 2026: State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell, Maharashtra releases MH CET Law Cutoff 2026 during Centralised Admission Process (CAP) counselling. MH CET law cutoff for 3-year LLB has been published in form of opening and closing percentiles or ranks for each participating law college and category. They must obtain prescribed MH CET law cutoff 2026 to get seats in participating institutes.

Top law colleges Government Law College (GLC) Mumbai and ILS Law College, Pune are expected to have cutoffs above 99 percentile due to high competition. MH CET Law 2026 cutoff is released separately for each CAP counselling round on official website, along with seat allotment results.

As MH CET Law Exam for both 3-year and 5-year courses are over, cutoff for both courses is expected soon. Read below to know the expected MH CET Law cutoff 2026 for 3-year & 5-year LLB programmes, factors affecting and previous year cutoff trends.

Table of contents

MH CET Law 3-Year LLB Cut Offs 2026
MHCET Law 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
MH CET Law 5-Year LLB Cut Offs 2026
Factors Affecting MHCET Law Cut off 2026
MHCET Law Previous Year Cut Offs
MH CET Law 2026 Frequently Asked Questions

MH CET Law 3-Year LLB Cut Offs 2026

Check cut offs for MH CET Law 3-year LLB course for top Law colleges below.

Participating Colleges	MH CET Cutoff 2026 (MS - Open Category)	MH CET Cutoff 2026 (MS - OBC Category)	MH CET Cutoff 2026 (MS - SC Category)	MH CET Cutoff 20265 (MS - ST Category)	MH CET Cutoff 2026 (Non-Maharashtra, Open Category)
Government Law College, Mumbai	99.40	96.98	97.05	84.50	99.59
ILS Pune	99.10	96.72	96.76	82.90	99.14
SVKMs Pravin Gandhi College Pune	96	96.12	94.45	-	98.9
Yashwantrao Chavan Law College Pune	98.15	94.80	92.40	84.24	96.25
KC Law College Mumbai	98.44	93.78	94.80	-	99.08
DES Navalmal Firodia Law College	97.89	94.19	93.82	-	98.9
Rizvi Law College Mumbai	92.5	92.10	92.4	-	98.2
DY Patil Law College Navy Mumbai	90.1	87.75	89.2	-	94.7
Siddharth Law College, Mumbai	96.16	86.65	92.56	-	96.68
Progressive Education Society Modern Law College Pune	84.6	88.10	92.31	-	93.8
Dr Ambedkar College of Law Aurangabad	92.3	89.74	91.02	-	81.8

MHCET Law 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule

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

Dates	Upcoming Exam Dates
09 Sep ' 26	LLB 3-Year CAP Round III Display of Alphabetical Merit list ONGOING
09 Sep ' 26 - 10 Sep ' 26	LLB 5-Year CAP Round-III Resolving Grievances in Alphabetical Merit list ONGOING
09 Sep ' 26 - 11 Sep ' 26	LLB 3-Year CAP Round III Grievance Resolving in Alphabetical Merit list ONGOING
16 Sep ' 26	LLB 5-Year CAP Round-III Final Merit List
17 Sep ' 26	LLB 3-Year CAP Round III Final Merit List
18 Sep ' 26	LLB 5-Year CAP Round-III Seat Allocation
19 Sep ' 26	LLB 3-Year CAP Round III Seat Allotment Result
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Dates	Past Exam Dates
08 Sep ' 26	LLB 5-Year CAP Round-III Alphabetical Merit list Display
04 Sep ' 26	LLB 3-Year CAP Display of Vacant Seats for Round-III
04 Sep ' 26 - 06 Sep ' 26	LLB 3-Year Round 3 CAP Edit and Option Form Filling
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MH CET Law 5-Year LLB Cut Offs 2026

The MH CET Law 2026 5-year LLB expected cutoffs for top law colleges have been mentioned below as per the past year trends. The cutoff data is given in percentile.

Participating Colleges	Seats	MH CET Expected Cut off 2026(Maharashtra)	MH CET Expected Cut off 2026 (Non-Maharashtra)
Government Law College, Mumbai	188	99.93	99.8
ILS Pune	252	96.5	99
SVKMs Pravin Gandhi College Pune	96	96	98.9
DES Navalmal Firodia Law College	208	93.5	98.9
UMLA University of Law Mumbai	96	92.8	98.4
Rizvi Law College Mumbai	60	92.5	98.2
University of Mumbai School of Law, Thane	58	91	96.6
DY Patil Navy Mumbai	98	90.1	94.7
Marathawada Mitra Mandal Shankarrao Chavan Law College Pune	103	89.6	95.3
Adv Balasaheb Apte Law College Mumbai	103	88.9	96
Dr. DY Patil Unitech Society Law College Pimpri Pune	103	87.0	94.6
New Law College Ahmedanagar	110	87.0	94.2
Progressive Education Society Modern Law College Pune	155	84.6	93.8
ABMS Parishads Yashwantrao chavan Law College Pune	241	92	84.4
Dr Ambedkar College of Law Aurangabad	63	92.3	81.8
Bharatratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Law College Bhiwandi	46	91.6	82.4
RTMNUs Dr Babasahab Ambedkar College of Law Nagpur	119	92.2	81.3
Singhad Law College Pune	102	92.9	80.4
Thakur Ramnarayan College of Law Mumbai	58	91.4	79.7
KES Shri Jayantilal H Patil Law College Mumbai	91	91.2	79
Balaji Law College Pune	100	90	77.2
St Wilfred College of Law Mumbai	77	90.5	77.5
Manichand Pahade Law College Aurangabad	181	90.2	75.8
KLE Society's College of Law Mumbai	35	90	75.7
Lords Universal College of Law	39	90	75

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How to Calculate MH CET Law Scores

Factors Affecting MHCET Law Cut off 2026

The MHCET Law 2026 cutoff for 3-year and 5-year LLB courses is affected by several factors such as the difficulty level of the exam, the number of students who appeared and the seats available in colleges accepting MH CET Law scores. For reference, if more students appear for the exam, then there will be higher competition. This will affect the cutoff, and it will go higher. Similarly, if more top-ranked students appear, then the cutoff will go higher:

Some main things that affect the MH CET Law cutoff include:

Level of questions asked in the exam
Total number of test takers
Ranks achieved by the applicants
Total number of seats available
Total number of applications received for admission

Usually, colleges that are well-known or have a strong reputation attract more high-ranked students and get more applications too. Because of that, the cutoff for such institutes often stays on the higher side.

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MHCET Law Previous Year Cut Offs

Following MH CET Law 5-year LLB cut off data will allow candidates to have an idea regarding a cut-off scores or percentiles of top colleges for the previous year to estimate this year's trends:

College Name	2023-24 (scores) Maharashtra Students	2023-24 (scores) Non-Maharashtra Students	2024-25(scores) Maharashtra Students	2024-25 (scores) Non-Maharashtra Students	2025-26 (percentile) Maharashtra Students	2025-26 (scores) Non-Maharashtra Students
GLC Mumbai	106	113	105	120	98.7	99.81
ILS Pune	102	112	97	111	96.87	99.74
SVKM's Pravin Gandhi College of Law, mumbai	102	111	101	109	99.77	99.38
DES Navalmal Firodia Law College Pune	96	108	101	114	93.19	98.88
UMLA University of Law Mumbai	96	108	94	115	94.13	98.4
Rizvi Law College Mumbai	96	107	95	113	90.57	98.32
Universty of Mumbai School of Law, Thane	87	104	93	111	82.54	96.28
DY Patil Navy Mumbai	87	104	92	111	87.08	96.28
Marathawada Mitra Mandal Shankarrao Chavan Law College Pune	91	103	86	100	91.45	96.17
Balasahab Apte Law College Mumbai	95	102	84	90	95.5	96.28
Unitech Society's Dr DY Patil Pimpri Pune	83	102	89	109	74.9	96.17
New Law College Ahmedanagar	72	100	83	108	49.78	84.78
ABMS Parishads Yashwantrao chavan Law College Pune	82	99	90	107	77.09	94.13
Dr Ambedkar College of Law Aurangabad	68	99	75	106	82.60	86.96
Bharatratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Law College Bhiwandi	72	99	76	104	54.42	94.13
RTMNUs Dr Babasahab Ambedkar College of Law Nagpur	83	98	93	103	75.54	93.28
Singhad Law College Pune	79	97	82	102	62.52	87.09
Thakur Ramnarayan College of Law Mumbai	89	96	99	105	78.33	89.58
KES Shri Jayantilal H Patil Law College Mumbai	86	95	91	100	77.09	87.08
Balaji Law College Pune	73	94	87	87	59.38	78.33
St Wilfred College of Law Mumbai	41	92	47	102	73.7	77.79
Manichand Pahade Law College Aurangabad	75	91	80	100	67.58	73.92
KLE Society's College of Law Mumbai	69	91	76	100	34.35	76.09
Lords Universal College of Law	84	91	99	104	71.39	83.52

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Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) : MHCET Law 2025 Last Round Closing Score (General-All India) Accordion Icon V3

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Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) : MHCET Law 2025 Last Round Closing Score (General-All India)

College	2024	2025
K.C Law College	98.75	97.58
Universal Group of Institutions	– / –	97.41
Jitendra Chauhan College of Law (JCCL)	97.22	93.88
Gopaldas Jhamatmal Advani Law College	97.12	93.56
Lala Lajpatrai College of Law	93.6	92