NALSAR Hyderabad asks SC candidates to update reservation details ahead of CLAT 2026
Vaishnavi Shukla | November 29, 2025 | 09:43 AM IST | 2 mins read
CLAT 2026: Candidates who have applied for the law entrance under the SC-TL category are required to update their reservation details by December 1.
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Ahead of the CLAT 2026 law-entrance exam, the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) Hyderabad has asked candidates to update their reservation category. Candidates under the Scheduled Caste (SC) category are required to update their reservation details by December 1 for both undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) law admissions.
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The SC of Telangana category has been subdivided into 3 sub-groups as SC-TL Group I, 2 and 3. All candidates appearing for the CLAT 2026 are advised to view the Telangana State Rationalisation of Reservations of SC Act document available on the official website for clarification.
The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) conducts the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT 2026) entrance exam for admissions to various UG and PG law courses. CLAT 2026 is scheduled on December 7, in a single shift from 2 pm to 4 pm. Candidates belonging to the PwD category will be given an additional 40 minutes to complete the exam.
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NALSAR Hyderabad seats, reservation
The seats offered and the reservation criteria for NALSAR Hyderabad, as per the updated information brochure, are as follows.
BA LLB (Hons.) | LLM | |||||
Category | Total seats | Number of seats (75%) | Number of seats for resident students of Telangana (25%) | Total seats | Total seats | Number of seats for resident students of Telangana (25%) |
Unreserved | 66 | 51 | 15 | 33 | 25 | 08 |
Scheduled Caste | 19 | 14 (15%) | 05 (15%) (Gr. I (1%) – 0; Gr. II (9%) – 3; Gr. III (5%) – 2) | 09 | 07 (15%) | 02 (15%) (Gr.I (1%) – 0; Gr.II (9%) – 1; Gr.III (5%) – 1) |
Scheduled Tribe | 08 | 07 (7.5%) | 01 (6%) | 04 | 03 (7.5%) | 01 (6%) |
OBC/BC (Non Creamy Layer) | 26 | 17 (18%) | 09 (29%) (A(7%)-02; B(10%)-03; C(1%)-01; D(7%)-02; E(4%)-01) | 14 | 10 (20%) | 04 (29%) (A(7%)-01; B(10%)-01; C(1%)-00; D(7%)-01; E(4%)-01) |
EWS | 13 | 10 (10%) | 03 (10%) | 06 | 05 (10%) | 01 (10%) |
Total seats | 132 | 99 | 33 | 66 | 50 | 16 |
CLAT 2026: How to update reservation category for NALSAR Hyderabad?
The steps to update the category of SC candidates are as follows.
- Login to CLAT account on the official website.
- Click on the ‘Update SC-TL Reservation’ button.
- Select the reservation category you want to claim in the drop-down.
- Finally click on the ‘Save’ button to save changes.
Candidates having any questions should send an email to clat@consortiumofnlus.ac.in or can reach out to the helpdesk on 08047162020 between 10 am to 5 pm on all working days.
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