HNLU Raipur Cutoff 2026 (Out): Check CLAT Round Wise Ranks

HNLU Raipur cutoff 2024 is out for CLAT Round 3. Candidates can check the latest closing ranks for HNLU Raipur BA LLB (Hons) cutoff 2024 along with other courses for the CLAT Round 3 Seat Allotment in the table given below for the General Category All India candidates. Candidates must also note that the closing ranks for HNLU Raipur has not been released for the General category. However, the ranks are available for few categories as mentioned below: 

HNLU Raipur cutoff 2024 for CLAT Round 4 is out for both the UG and PG courses. HNLU Raipur offers admission to LL.M. LL.B. (Hons.) and LL.M. in Corporate Law courses based on CLAT followed by the CLAT Counselling. CNLU releases the CLAT cutoff round-wise and category-wise. As per the NLU Raipur LLM cutoff 2024, the Round 4 closing rank is 1040 for the General AII India category students. For Round 1, the closing rank was 785. 

So, considering the round 1 and the round 4 closing ranks, candidates must secure a rank between 780 to 1045 to get a seat at HNLU Raipur for LLM admission. 

CNLU releases CLAT Allotment lists for admission to all the National Law Universities in India including HNLU Raipur. HNLU Raipur cutoff 2024 is out for CLAT Round 1. Tabulated below are the closing ranks for BA LLB (Hons) for the CLAT Round 1 Seat Allotment for the General category candidates for Home State Quota: 

Conclusion: Candidate with a CLAT rank of 182 is eligible for admission to HNLU Raipur for the Home State Quota.  

CLAT cutoff 2025 Round 1 is released for admissions to various participating institutions, including HNLU Raipur and GNLU Gandhinagar, offering  5-year integrated law courses.

The CLAT cutoff Round 1 2025, for the BA LLB (Hons) course at HNLU Raipur, was 765 for the General AI category students, and at GNLU Gandhinagar, it was 402, based on the Round 1 closing ranks.

Thus, taking into consideration both the NLUs, HNLU Raipur is comparatively easier for admissions than GNLU Gandhinagar. Aside from cutoffs, tuition fees, and rankings can also be considered to know which institution is better. For the same, please refer to the table below:

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) PG Examination is considered one of India's most popular LLM entrance examinations. The CLAT examination consists of 150 questions, the exam follows a negative marking scheme. 0.25 marks will be deducted from the total score in the examination for every incorrect answer and the scores obtained in CLAT 2023 will determine applicants' merit ranks, which are used to make admission choices. The expected CLAT cutoffs for 2024 are 95-100 for general and 80-85 for SC/ST/OBC. Under the new pattern, it might be 80-90 for general and 70-80 for SC/ST/OBC.

 Hidayatullah National Law University offers a total of 60 seats for the LLM programme. 

Out of the total seats for BA LLB (Hons) at HNLU Raipur, certain seats are reserved for candidates belonging to the SC, ST and OBC categories. The category-wise distribution of BA LLB (Hons) seats at HNLU Raipur has been presented in the table below:

The minimum marks required to get admission to the B.A. LL.B course at Hidayatullah National Law university (HNLU) in Raipur Chattisgarh is to get an aggregate of more than 50% for general category candidates and about 45% aggregate for the reserved category candidates in their 10+2 . The candidates would also have to applear int CLAT examination and get about 80 or more than that in the exams . 

It is advised that the candiates secures more marks than this so that if the university changes the criteria or any rules during their admission year then they would not be affected by the changes, implemented by the University. If they are at the brink of the eligibilty criteria and if the university changes them by even 5 percentage then their year would get wasted so it is rather advised to the candidates to secure more marks than the minimum required criteria set by the university.

Listed below are the documents that are required to verify the eligibility of candidates for final admission to BA LLB (Hons) at HNLU:

1. Class 10 Marksheet (as a Date of Birth proof document)

2. Class 12 Marksheet (qualifying examination proof)

3. CLAT 2025 Admit Card

4. Character Certificate/Conduct Certificate
5. Transfer/Migration Certificate
6. Caste Certificate (If applicable)
7. Specially-Abled Certificate (If applicable)
8. Domicile Certificate (If applicable)
9. Any other supporting document to claim your seat if applied under a category such as Wards of Serving/Retired Defence Personnel, EWS, Sons/daughters of Ex-servicemen/Defence service personnel etc.

HNLU Raipur has a total intake of 180 students for its BA LLB (Hons) programme. This includes the seats for All-India category (85), seats reserved for the candidates with Chattisgarh Domicile (85), NRIs (8) and Foreign National category (2). Additionally, there are 7 supernumerary seats (over and above the sanctioned intake). 5 of these seats are reserved for wards of Kashmiri Migrants and 2 seats are reserved for students from Jammu & Kashmir. The mentioned number of seats has been sourced from the official website of the university/sanctioning body. It is still subject to change and hence, is indicative.

Registered candidates for CLAT 2023 counselling will be called by the respective NLUs through five provisional merit lists, each released by the Consortium of CLAT.Same is the procedure for HNLU Raipur. Specialization wise breakup for LL.M seats in HNLU Raipur -

LL.M in Corporate Law - 60 seats

LL.M in IPR  - 60 seats

LL.M in Environmental law - 60 seats 

LL.M in Technology law - 60 seats

LL.M in Public law - 60 seats

HNLU BA LLB (Hons) cut-off is the maximum (closing) CLAT rank at which the admission will be provided. In 2024, the closing rank in CLAT at which the candidates belonging to the "General-All India" category were admitted to the programme was 791. The closing rank for BA LLB (Hons) admission at HNLU in 2023 was 805 for the "General-All India" category candidates. This indicates that getting admission to BA LLB (Hons) at HNLU has become more competitive in 2024.

The cutoff marks for Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU) Raipur are:

General: 58.25

SC: 38.5

ST: 5127

The cutoff marks for HNLU CLAT-PG 2023 are:

L.L.M. Corporate Law: 838

L.L.M. Environmental Law: 838

L.L.M. Intellectual Property Rights: 838

To be eligible for admission to HNLU Raipur, candidates must have:

A minimum aggregate score of 50% in a B. or equivalent degree from a recognised university

45% marks for SC/ST candidates

45% marks for Unreserved/OBC/Specially Abled Persons (SAP) and other categories

The cutoff marks for different categories vary. For example, the cutoff marks for general category are about 95-100, while for SC/ST and OBC categories they are around 80-85.

These are the marks and the cutoff as per the latest information and you can check their website also for the latest news, you have to get a good rank in CLAT exam so that you can get a admission in this college

For taking admission in PhD course at HNLU Raipur - Hidayatullah National Law University, candidates must have a master's or professional degree from the relevant statutory regulatory body, with at least 55% of the possible points in the aggregate or an equivalent grade of "B" on the UGC 7-point scale (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed), in order to be admitted to the PhD programme at HNLU Raipur, Hidayatullah National Law University. This is done in order to evaluate, accredit, or guarantee the quality and standards of educational institutions.  Applicants for a PhD in law or an interdisciplinary PhD programme may have an LLM or an equivalent degree.  However, only the interdisciplinary PhD is open to applicants with other professional degrees or master's degrees.

Yes, HNLU Raipur reserves 30% of the total seats (horizontally) for female candidates across all the categories. Additionally, the university follows seat reservation policies as mentioned below:

• 5% of the seats are reserved horizontally for Specially Abled Persons (SAP) at the All-India level as per The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016
• 5% of the seats are reserved horizontally for the Specially Abled Persons (SAP) belonging to the State of Chhattisgarh only
• 3% of the seats are reserved horizontally for the Dependents of Freedom Fighters (DFF) category candidates belonging to the State of Chhattisgarh only