MH CET Law 2026 (3 & 5 Yr LLB) Exam: CAP Registration (Ongoing), Cut-off, Colleges

For the 2026 academic year, MH CET Law 3-year LLB exam was conducted on April 1 and 2, 2026. The 5-year LLB exam was held on May 8, 2026. 

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

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.

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 register for the Maharashtra CET LLB 3-year result, check the process given below

• Visit cetcell.mahacet.org.
• Click on the 'Admission Portal AY 2026-27' on the MHCET LLB homepage.
• A new page will open up, click on the 'LLB 3-year' tab.
• Now, click on 'Candidate's Login' tab to register for the MH CET 3 year LLB counselling.
• Fill in your registered email ID and password.
• On the login page of Law MHCET enter the required information & upload the necessary documents.
• Select the preferred colleges for MH CET LLB 3-year admission and lock your details once you are done.
• Take the printout of MH CET LLB 3-year registration form for future reference.

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.

Yes, the CAP Counselling dates for 5 year LLB courses are out. Candidates can register until July 17, 2026. The rest of dates will be released soon.

As per the previous year trends, the score above 99 will be considered a good score for both 3-year and 5-year LLB programs. However, the good score depends on many factors such as targetted college, category of the candidate, reservation policy, and the overall performance of the candidate. For admission to top law colleges accepting MH Law CET score, the cut off score is declared which also depends on the number of the candidate and difficulty level of the papers.

The CET Cell has declared the MHCET Law 3-year LLB & 5-year LLB courses.

The MH CET Law 2026 answer key for the 3-year LLB course was released on April 29, 2026. Candidates were allowed to raise objections against the answer key during the answer key objection window between May 1 to May 3, 2026. The fee per objection was INR 1,000.

Normalization process is an established practice for comparing candidate scores across multiple shift papers. There are possibilities of different level of difficulties in each shift for the same exam, however to tackle this scenario, the Normalization Method will be used to calculate the MH CET Law 3-year and 5-year LLB results.

Step 1: Candidates would be distributed into four sessions randomly so that each session has approximately equal number of candidates. Suppose: Session-1: Day-1 Batch 1 (D1-B1), Session-2: Day-1 Batch-2 (D1-B2), Session-3: Day-1 Batch 3 (D1-B3).

Step-2: The examination results for each session would be prepared in the form of Raw Scores.

Total Percentile (TP) = 100 X No. of candidates appeared from the session with raw score equal to or less than T1 score

                               Total No. of Candidates appeared for the session

Step-3: The Percentile scores for the Total Raw Score for all the four sessions (Session- 1: Day-1 Batch 1-1, Session-2: Day-1 batch-2 and Session-3: Day-1 Batch-3 as calculated in Step-2 above would be merged and shall be called the CET Percentile scores which will then be used for compilation of result.

The Percentile of all four sessions will be calculated separately for the total raw score.

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:

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. 

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.

To see your MH CET Law result for 3-year or 5-year LLB, go to the official CET Cell website at cetcell.mahacet.org. Then open the LLB course section and click on the result link.

Log in using your application ID and date of birth, and your scorecard will appear on the screen. It shows your total marks and percentile clearly.

Percentile scores are based on the relative performance of all those who appear for the examination. Basically, the marks obtained are transformed into a scale ranging from 100 to 0 for each session of examinees.
Basically, the Percentile Score indicates the percentage of candidates that have scored EQUAL TO OR BELOW (same or lower raw scores) that particular Percentile in that examination. 

However, marks are the raw scores obtained in the examination by the candidates. Based on these raw scores/ marks, percentile score in the range of 0-100 is calculated to measure each candidates' performance without any bias due to different difficulty levels. 

Candidates will receive a full refund of INR 1000 for the answers whose objection is accepted by the exam authorities. Though, candidates can raise the objections on multiple questions during the process. It is upon the exam authority to accept or reject the objection raised.

Candidates will be able to access the MH CET Law answer key for both 3-year LLB and 5-year LLB through the individual candidate's login. The MH CET Law 2026 answer key is available for download through the official website only by logging in to the portal using the registered email ID and password.

Candidates should aim to get 99+ score overall in MH CET Law exam (for both 3-year LLB & 5-year LLB). Following listed is the good score to aim for the top colleges accepting MH CET Law scores: 

Yes, as per the previous year notification, you can choose to answer the MHCET law question paper in Marathi. The examination cell allows applicants to choose either English or Marathi. During the application process, can will be able to fill the preferred language. 

MHCET Law 2026 Exam Analysis was released after the exam. The MHCET Law exam was conducted on May 8, 2026. The analysis was provided on the basis of the student and expert review of the exam. 

In the MHCET Law 3-yr LLB exam, if a candidate gets 100  to 115 questions right, then he/she holds high chances of getting admission to top colleges. However, a good attempt can be somewhere between 92 to 110 questions out of 120 questions. 

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

Candidates will have to carry the following listed items to MH Law CET exam centre:

• MH Law CET admit card printed copy 
• A valid photo ID proof (Aadhaar card, PAN card, Driving License, etc.)
• Passport-size photo (same as uploaded in the application)

Also, the examination cell may also permit certain other items including transparent water bottle, ball-point pen, etc. in the examination hall. Candidates are advised to read the exam day guidelines carefully before the exam day.

If you are not able to download your MH CET Law admit card, make sure you internet is stable. Cross check your registration number / registration or payment reference ID, qualifying exam hall ticket number, and date of birth. You can also try accessing it on another device.

If you forget your MH CET Law admit card, you will not be allowed to sit for the exam. Therefore, carry the admit card to the exam centre. 

The MHCET Law syllabus 2027 for the 3-year LLB course is given below:

The MHLAW CET question paper has 120 objective-type questions. These 120 questions are divided into five sections for 5-year LLB course and four sections for the 3-year LLB courses. No negative marking in the exam.

The MHCET Law syllabus for the 5-year LLB course is given below. The candidates can apply for 5-year LLB programs after 12th.

Yes, the MH CET Law exam in Maharashtra is an MCQ-type paper. It happens online in computer-based test mode. The MH CET Law exam is held for both 3-year and 5-year LLB courses. You just need to choose the right answer from the given options on the screen.

The MHCET Law Application window closed on March 3, 2026, for the 3-year LLB. For MH CET 5-year LLB courses, the registration window closed on March 31, 2026.

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

Candidates who are aspiring to sit for the MH CET Law 3-year LLB and 5-year LLB programme will have to submit the scanned the latest photograph and signature in the required format during the MHCET Law 2026 application process. However, they may also need to upload the category certificate, residencial proof and date of birth proof (class 10th certificate), etc.

Yes, Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell provided the application correction facility to the candidates who registered for MHCET Law 5-year LLB 2026. The correction window closed on April 9 at the official login portal.