CLAT 2026 Result; UG and PG Tie Break Rules

CLAT 2026 result is declared by the Consortium of National Law Universities at consortiumofnlus.ac.in. Candidates who sat for CLAT on 7 December 2025 saw the result out on 16 December, just 9 days later. Nearly 92,000 candidates registered across the UG and PG programmes together, and the Consortium's own Governing Body formally approved the scores before declaration.

CLAT 2026 Result Highlights

CLAT 2026 result covers two genuinely separate exams, UG and PG, run on the same day but scored on their own terms. The table below gathers the core facts before the sections that follow go deeper into each.

CLAT 2026 Result Declaration Date

CLAT 2026 moved from exam day to result faster than most large national exams manage. The table below lines up the full sequence.

Scores were tabulated and verified over the two days before declaration, then placed before the Consortium's Governing Body for formal approval on the same day the result went live.

How to Check CLAT 2026 Result

CLAT 2026 result sits behind a candidate login, not a public roll-number page.

• Visit the official website, consortiumofnlus.ac.in.
• Click on CLAT 2026 Result link for UG or PG as applicable.
• Enter the registered mobile number and password.
• Submit to open the scorecard.
• The scorecard, showing marks and rank, appears on the screen.
• Download it and keep a printed copy for counselling.

CLAT 2026 Result Scorecard, What It Shows

CLAT 2026 scorecard carries more than a single total. Each field plays a role somewhere in counselling and seat allotment, so it is worth reading in full rather than just checking the rank.

CLAT 2026 Result, Why UG and PG Use Different Tie Break Rules

CLAT 2026 does not apply one single tie-breaking method across both programmes. The difference comes from how each paper is actually structured, not from any inconsistency in the Consortium's rules.

PG skips the subject-marks step entirely, since the PG paper has only one section covering law itself, so there is no separate legal-reasoning score to compare candidates on beyond the total itself.

CLAT 2026 Result Cutoff

CLAT 2026 cutoff is not one number released with the result itself. Each NLU sets its own closing rank per category once seat allotment rounds run. NLSIU Bengaluru and NALSAR Hyderabad typically close at the strongest ranks. Several newer NLUs close much further down the list, often several hundred ranks lower. A dedicated CLAT cutoff page carries the full NLU wise and category wise figures. This page only confirms that an All India Rank and a specific NLU's closing rank are two different things.

Can CLAT 2026 Result Be Rechecked

CLAT 2026 treats the declared scorecard as final. The Consortium does not run a marks-revaluation process once the result is out.

• No request for revaluation or rechecking of CLAT 2026 marks is accepted once the result is declared.
• Objections were only entertained against the provisional answer key, before the final key and result were prepared.
• A factual error, such as a wrong name or category, can be raised through an online grievance, which the Consortium verifies before correcting the scorecard.
• Since the exam runs in a single shift with the same paper for everyone, there is also no normalisation step that could otherwise be disputed.

CLAT 2026 Result Counselling Process

CLAT 2026 rank does not just decide admission by itself. It also determines counselling call order across every participating university. This rank leads into a single, centralised counselling process covering all 24 participating NLUs together, rather than a separate process for each university.

• Candidates register for counselling and lock their preference order across NLUs and programmes.
• Seat allotment runs across multiple rounds, released as separate provisional allotment lists.
• An allotted candidate pays the seat acceptance fee and confirms within the given deadline.
• Document verification and final admission happen at the allotted NLU directly.

CLAT 2026 Result Important Points

A handful of details from this cycle are easy to miss but still matter once the scorecard is out.

• CLAT 2026 scorecard is not sent by post or email; every candidate downloads it directly from the login.
• CLAT UG and CLAT PG are scored and ranked entirely separately, even for a candidate who appeared for both.
• CLAT scores stay valid for one academic year only and cannot be carried forward to a later cycle.
• Several private universities also accept CLAT scores directly, beyond the 24 NLUs in the main counselling.
• Candidates from any academic stream, Science, Commerce or Arts, are equally eligible for CLAT UG, since no specific subject combination is required.

Who Declares CLAT 2026 Result

CLAT 2026 result comes from the Consortium of National Law Universities, a body formed jointly by India's NLUs rather than any single government department or one lead institute. This shared structure is also why the result needs formal Governing Body approval before it goes live, unlike an exam run by one authority alone. Each participating NLU still runs its own admission process after counselling. The entrance test, result and initial merit list stay common across all of them, which keeps the process broadly consistent from one candidate's application to the next.

CLAT 2026 Result, UG vs PG Pattern Compared

CLAT 2026 UG and PG papers look similar on the surface, both scored out of 120, but the actual content differs sharply from one paper to the other. The table below sets both side by side.

CLAT 2026 Result, Scorecard and Merit List, What Sets Them Apart

Candidates often treat these three CLAT 2026 terms as one and the same. The Consortium actually treats them as separate things.

CLAT 2026 result stage is now complete, with scorecards, ranks and the merit list all confirmed. A candidate with a usable rank should focus next on counselling preference locking rather than anything left to check on the scorecard itself.

CLAT 2026 Result FAQs

Ques: Does a candidate who appeared for both CLAT UG and PG get a single combined rank?

Ques: Why does CLAT 2026 PG tie break skip the subject-marks comparison that UG uses?

Ques: What can a candidate do if their name or category is printed incorrectly on CLAT 2026 scorecard?

Ques: Is the highest CLAT 2026 UG score the same as the cutoff for NLSIU Bengaluru?

Ques: Can CLAT 2026 score be used for admission the following year?