CLAT 2027: Consortium of NLUs revises MNLU Mumbai reservation criteria, seat matrix; update category by Oct 31

The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) has made changes to the reservation categories at Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai. The Consortium of NLUs has added transgender and open categories for both undergraduate and postgraduate MNLU Mumbai admissions.

As per the revised criteria, each institute shall reserve 1% of its total sanctioned intake for transgender candidates and an additional 1% for orphan candidates.

MNLU Mumbai has also revised the seat criteria as per the reservation categories. Candidates appearing for CLAT 2027 have been advised to update their reservation category, if applicable, and can check if they are eligible under the revised categories.

The last date to update reservation criteria is October 31. Consortium of NLUs has also revised the NLU Meghalaya and WBNUJS Kolkata reservation categories.

Candidates can submit applications for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2027 until October 31. CLAT 2027 will be held on December 6, from 2 pm to 4 pm in offline mode.

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CLAT 2027: MNLU Mumbai seats offered

According to the revised MNLU Mumbai information brochure, the total intake through CLAT is 100 for the BA LLB (Hons) programme and 50 students for the LLM programme, subject to the Maharashtra state reservation norms approved by the Executive Council.

The number of seats offered as per the criteria is shown in the table below.

Each LLM specialization shall have a maximum intake of 20 candidates, with seat allocation based on merit, candidates’ preferences, and seat availability in the respective specialization. The university’s decision in this regard will be final.

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MNLU Mumbai: Reservation criteria

Candidates will be admitted to MNLU Mumbai upon fulfilling the eligibility requirements and submitting the required documents. MNLU reserves the right to cancel the admission if the eligibility norms are not met or any false document is submitted.

The reservation criteria for UG and PG admission are as follows.

• 30% for Women across all categories.
• 5% seats for Specially Abled Persons (SAP). Certificate of Disability issued by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India.
• 5% of the total sanctioned intake for an institute shall be reserved for wards of Ex Servicemen/ Defence Personnel. Ex-Servicemen/Defence Personnel Certificate from the respective department Unit/Dept. / HQ/ Records/ RSWO/ ZSWO/ Army/ Navy/ Air Force HQ is required.
  A. Education Concession Certificate mentioning the priority of the candidate.
  B. The dependent card.
  This provision is NOT available to the children of CIVILIAN STAFF who are working/who have worked in the Indian Defence Services.
• 1% of the total sanctioned intake for an institute shall be reserved each for transgenders and orphans.

NLU Meghalaya, WBNUJS reservation criteria revision

For NLU Meghalaya, three reservation categories have been added for both UG and PG programmes. These include Khasi and Jaintia of Meghalaya, Garo of Meghalaya, and other SC or Other ST of Meghalaya.

And for WBNUJS, Kolkata, the reservation categories for West Bengal domicile candidates have also been revised for both UG and PG programmes. The OBC-A and OBC-B categories of West Bengal have been removed, while the OBC category of West Bengal has been added.