MH CET Law eligibility criteria 2025 are mentioned in the examination brochure, candidates were advised to go through it before filling out the application form. Candidates need to fulfil the eligibility criteria in order to secure admission to the Law colleges in the state of Maharashtra. 

Students must have completed the class 12th with at least 45% marks in aggregate from a recognized board to apply for the MH CET Law 3-Year LLB program. Check out the MH CET Law eligibility criteria 2025 given below in detail.

MH CET Law Eligibility Criteria 2025

Candidates should fulfil the following eligibility criteria where they would be eligible for admission to LLB programmes.

Nationality: Candidates need to be citizens of India to be eligible for the MH CET Law 2025 exam. 

Age Limit: As per MH CET Law 2025 notification, there will be no age limit for the candidates.

Education Qualification: The candidate must secure 45% for general and 40% marks for SC/ST candidates from a recognized Central/State board in his/her 10+2 exam for 5 years BA LLB programme and for the 3 years LLB programme, the candidate must have a graduation/ post-graduation degree from a recognized university or institution.

Pursuing Candidates: Candidates who are pursuing the qualifying exam are also eligible to apply for the MH CET Law exam. Candidates who meet all the eligibility criteria can apply for the MH CET Law 2025 application form. 

MH CET Law 2025 State-Wise Eligibility Criteria

The state-wise eligibility criteria for MH CET Law 2025 are below.

MH CET Law 2025 Eligibility for Maharashtra State Candidates

Domicile: The candidate must possess a domicile or be born in Maharashtra to be eligible for MH CET Law 2025. The candidate's father or mother must be domiciled in the State of Maharashtra to satisfy the eligibility criteria to write MH CET Law 2025.

Parents Occupation: If a candidate's father/mother is working in a Government of India or central government employee and their posting is in the State of Maharashtra then the candidate will be eligible for MH CET Law 2025 exam.

Subject: If a candidate has passed HSC/SSC from a Maharashtra-Karnataka border school and whose mother tongue is Marathi will be eligible for the MH CET Law 2025 exam.

MH CET Law All India Candidature and Others

Candidates need to be a citizen of India to appear for MH CET Law 2025.

Minority Candidates: The Maharashtrian candidates belonging to a specific Linguistic or Religious Minority Community within the state and as mentioned by the Government are eligible to apply for MH CET Law 2025.

NRI Candidates: The NRI candidates are eligible to give MH CET Law 2025. Foreign students or Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) or Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) are also eligible to apply for MH CET Law 2025.

Jammu and Kashmir Migrants: The candidates of Jammu and Kashmir who migrated in Jammu and Kashmir during the terrorist attacks in 1990 are eligible to apply for MH CET Law 2025. The children of staff and officers of Jammu are also eligible under this category. The children of the Indian Administrative Services (IAS), Indian Police Services (IPS) or Indian Foreign Services (IFS) are sent to combat terrorist activities. 

MH CET Law 2025 Reservation

Under various categories, the candidates can claim MH CET Law 2025 reservation. The Maharashtra candidates have an advantage in the MH CET Law 2025 exam of a large number of seats over other categories.

The candidates who can claim MH CET Law 2025 Reservation are mentioned below:

All India Candidature Seats: Candidates with Indian nationality can claim a Reservation.

Sanctioned Intake and Supernumerary Seats: Decisions pertaining to the intake of the candidate in the first year of 3 years or 5 years will be in the hands of the conducting authority. As per the government policy, the supernumerary seats shall be provided to the Private Professional Educational Institutions.

Maharashtra State Candidature Seats: The candidates who possess the domicile of Maharashtra are eligible to claim reservations under this category.

Supernumerary Seats for Jammu & Kashmir Migrants: MH CET Law 2025 Reservation can be claimed by the candidates whose name is mentioned in MH CET Law 2025 eligibility under the J&K migrants. The seats shall be filled as per the policy of the government and by the competent authority. 

Minority Quota Seats: The candidates who belong to a religious and linguistic minority and a residents of Maharashtra can claim the reservation under this category.

Institutional Quota Seats: Any institution can admit eligible candidates in the 20% sanctioned seat intake. Maximum 5 seats are available for the candidates belonging to the NRI or Foreign Student or OCI or PIO candidates at the institutional level.

MH CET Law 2025 Reservation

The reservation policy for MH CET Law 2025 is tabulated below for students reference.