CLAT 2026: The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) has announced the date of Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2026. The exam will be held on Sunday, 7 December 2025. The exam timings will be from 2 pm to 4 pm. It will be conducted in an offline (pen and paper) mode in which 24 National Law Universities across the country will participate.
Application process deadline fixed
The application process for CLAT 2026 will start from 1 August 2025. Interested candidates will be able to apply online till 31 October 2025. Candidates will be given about three months’ time so that they can fill the form without haste. The process will be completely online and one has to visit the official website to apply.
Eligibility and eligibility information
To appear for the CLAT undergraduate exam, the candidate must have at least 45 per cent marks in class 12, while for SC, ST and PwD category students this limit is 40 per cent. At the same time, for the postgraduate (CLAT PG) exam, candidates must have an LLB degree and a minimum of 45 percent marks are required for the general category and 40 percent for the reserved categories.
Lessons from last year’s controversies
Last year CLAT 2025 was surrounded by many controversies. After the examination held in December 2024, several petitions were filed in the court regarding some questions and their answers. As a result, the Supreme Court made a strict comment on this and said that the preparation of questions for such an important examination was done very carelessly. The revised results were declared in May 2025. This time it is expected that the consortium will make the examination process more transparent and error-free.
Official notification will be released soon
The official notification of CLAT 2026 will be released soon on the official website. It will include syllabus, exam pattern, marking scheme, fee structure, syllabus and other important information. Last year the application fee was ₹4000 for General and OBC category while for SC, ST and BPL category it was ₹3500. This year too it is likely to remain around the same.
