CLAT 2025 Result will be revised or not is now a big question. If the CLAT Result is revised, the CLAT 2025 Counselling Process will begin on April 8, 2025. The CLAT 2025 counselling process will be conducted online and is likely to be conducted in multiple rounds.
CLAT 2025 Counselling Process to begin from April 8 likely, CLAT Result Revision Hearing Soon
The CLAT 2025 counselling process is expected to begin from April 8, 2025. CLAT 2025 Exam was held on December 1, 2025. The CLAT Counselling Process 2025 was expected to begin from December 21, 2025, however, due to legal disputes over the accuracy of the answer key it has been delayed. Earlier, the Delhi High Court deferred the hearing on petitions challenging the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 results to April 7, 2025.
With the matter now under judicial review, the Consortium of NLUs is likely to issue further updates on the revised CLAT Counselling schedule 2025. Candidates are advised to monitor the official CLAT website for the latest announcements. The CLAT 2025 counselling process will commence after the Delhi High Court's decision and will be conducted in multiple rounds.
CLAT 2025 Counselling Fee:
- General Category: INR 30,000
- SC/ST/PwD/OBC Categories: INR 20,000
- Mode of Counselling: Online – conducted by the Consortium of NLUs (CNLU).
CLAT 2025 Counselling: How to register
Candidates can apply for CLAT 2025 counselling by registering themselves on the official website through link provided in their application dashboard. Moreover, they need to follow the instructions for counselling as under: Step 1 : Login to apply for counselling process, fill the preferences, and upload the documents for verification
Step 2: Check the seat allotment list when released, and login to freeze/ float/ exit the counselling process
Step 3: By paying the counselling fee of INR 20,000, and INR 30,000, as per the category, candidates can secure their seat.
What are Freeze, Float and Exit options in CLAT 2025 counselling?
During the CLAT 2025 counselling process, candidates will have three options to decide on their allotted seat: Freeze, Float, and Exit.
Understanding the Options:
Freeze: Candidates satisfied with their allotted National Law University (NLU) can lock their seat. Once chosen, they cannot participate in further counselling rounds.
Float: Candidates can accept their current seat but opt for an upgrade in the next counselling rounds. However, if a new seat is allotted, the previous one will be forfeited.
Exit: Candidates who no longer wish to participate in counselling can withdraw, meaning they won’t be considered for future rounds.
The counselling process of CLAT 2025 is a centralised seat allotment process for all the participating National Law Universities (NLUs). Therefore, the counselling is a standardized process as under: Step 1: Candidates who appeared for CLAT 2025 and secured above minimum cutoff marks, will be required to register for the centralized counselling process once the CLAT Consortium opens the window. Step 2: For registration, candidates will be required to login into their account, and fill their preferences and upload their documents and get it verified. Step 3: The counselling authority publishes a merit list for each round with the seat allotment results, and candidates who are listed can reserve/ secure their seat by completing admission formalities such as 'Freeze' and pay the admission fee as per their category. Step 4: Candidates who do like their seat allotment can apply for upgrade by selecting float option. And those who wish to exit the counselling process, can do so by selecting exit option. Step 5: Candidates who successfully secure the seat will be issued provisional admission letter and schedule for joining the college.
During CLAT counselling, candidates will be provided the option to choose from three options; i.e. freeze, float and exit. Candidates can understand all options below:
Freeze Option: In case a candidate is happy with the seat alloted to him/her then they can freeze it. With this they won't be allowed to appear in the further rounds of counselling. If a candidate freezes the seat, it means that the candidate is confirming their seat at the allotted National Law University (NLU).
Float Option: If a candidate is not happy with the seat allotted to them and wants to pariticpate in further rounds of counselling they can select the float option. This option mean that candidate is accepting the seat allotted to them but is willing to pariticpate in further rouns of counselling for a better college. Candidate must note that in case they choose the float option and is allotted a seat in the next round then the seat allotted in the previous round will be forfeited.
Exit Option: During the counselling process, if a candidate feels that they don't want to pariticipate further, then they may choose an option to exit. If they choose this option, it means that they are withdrawing from the counselling process and they will not be considered for further round of counselling.
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CLAT 2025 Counselling Process is currently underway. CLAT 2025 Counselling Registration dates were May 17, 2025 to May 21, 2025. The CLAT First Merit List 2025 was published on May 26, 2025. The CLAT 2025 counselling schedule was delayed due to challenges to the CLAT results in the Delhi High Court, leading to changes in the CLAT answer key. As a result, the first CLAT 2025 merit list, which was originally set to be published on December 26, 2024, was postponed.