MHCET Law LLM Cut off 2026: Check Category wise Cut off Marks

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:

To get admission to the best colleges accepting MH CET Law scores, for example, Government Law College (GLC), Mumbai, and ILS Law College, Pune, candidates must score above 95. The cut-off depends on- category, paper difficulty, number of candidates, etc. Each category has a different cut-off score.  

The MHCET Law 2026 result is likely to come out sometime between May and June 2026. You can check your MHCET Law scorecard once it's uploaded by the CET Cell Maharashtra on the official site cetcell.mahacet.org. The result date may shift a bit, so it's good you keep checking the website often for updates.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

Under MH CET Law CAP process, freeze option refers when candidates want to confirm their allotment and if they do not want to participate in the further counselling rounds. They will accept the allotted college and pay the admission fee. Such candidates will not be considered for further counselling rounds.

Under MH CET Law CAP process, float option is a term through which if candidates are not satisfied with the allotted colleges, they can choose this 'Float' option. Candidates exercising this option are eligible for appearing in the subsequent counselling rounds. In case they are not offered seats, they can choose the previously allotted college.  

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.

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

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.

The registration process for the counselling started will begin online on the CET cell official website at cetcell.mahacet.org. The CAP process will be conducted for 3-year and 5-year LLB separately. Once the counselling registration will be over, the exam authority will release the MH CET Law merit lists. Candidates will be given option for choice filling during the CAP process.

The Maharashtra CET examination cell conducts the MHCET Law exam for admission to the LLB programs offered at the colleges in Maharashtra. The exam is conducted at the designated centres across the state and nearby cities. Candidates who register for the exam will only be issued the admit cards and given the chance to appear for it. 

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.  

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.

Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell will provide the application correction facilityn for the candidates who have already registered for MHCET Law 2026 but submitted a form with ceratin mistakes and erros. Candidates will be given an opportunity to correct or edit the below mentioned details in their already submitted application form:

• Candidate's Name
• Date of Birth
• Photograph
• Signature
• Gender

Along with this, MH CET Cell is also allowing candidates to complete the application form and pay the MH CET Law Registration Fee within this time who were unable to do it earlier.