The candidate should be an Indian Citizen. The candidate belongings to the type [NRI, PIO, OCI and Foreign National Students] with following Academic Eligibility is not required to appear for CET Examination. They must apply only for CAP rounds.
A candidate in order to be eligible for admission to the first year of the Five Year integrated law course should have passed the H.S.C. Examination [Arts, Science or Commerce] of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Pune or its equivalent examination.
(a) An applicant who have successfully completed Senior Secondary School course (+2) or equivalent (such as 11+1, A level in Senior secondary School Leaving Certificate Course) from a recognized university of India or outside or from Secondary Board or equivalent, constituted or recognized by the Union or by a State Government or from any equivalent institution from a foreign country recognized by the government of that country for the purpose of issue of qualifying certificate on successful completion of the course Examination, with minimum of 45% marks in aggregate. (candidate belonging to SC and ST Category with minimum 40% marks).
(b) The applicants who have obtained +2 Higher Secondary Pass Certificate or First Degree Certificate after processing studies in distance or correspondence method is eligible for the course:
Provided that, the applicants who have obtained 10+2 through Open University system directly without having any basic qualification are not eligible.
Further provided that, applicants who have obtained 10th std. /Secondary Schooling Certificate Examination, in a single sitting examination without having basic qualification (1 to 9th standard of schooling) is not eligible.
Further provided that, the candidates who are appearing/appeared for the qualifying examination (regular examination of that academic year) are also eligible to apply for the Entrance Examination. Such candidate will be eligible for admission only if they produce the provisional/Degree certificate of the qualifying examination and the mark lists of all parts of qualifying examination at the time of admission.
(c) And obtained score in CET conducted by the Competent Authority.
[Government of Maharashtra Gazette No. MAHBIL/2009/37831 dated 11th March, 2016.]
Minimum marks in qualifying examination for admission
“The Bar council of India may from time to time, stipulate the minimum percentage of marks not below 45% of the total marks in case of general category applicants and 40% of the total marks in case of SC and ST applicants, to be obtained for the qualifying examination, such as 10+2 examination in case of integrated Five Years' LL.B. course for the purpose of applying for and getting admitted into a Law Degree program of any recognised university in either of the streams.
Provided that such a minimum qualifying marks shall not automatically entitle a person to get admission into an institution but only shall entitle the person concerned to fulfill other institutional criteria notified by the institution concerned or by the government concerned from time to time to apply for admission.”
(Rule 7, Rules of Legal Education 2008, Bar Council of India.)
Minority Students
The Minority seats shall be allotted to the Candidates of the State belonging to the Minority Community to which the institution belongs by virtue of merit or in Open Category as per their Inter-Se-Merit if the seat reserved for them are not available at their merit.
[Government of Maharashtra Gazette No. MAHBIL/2009/37831 dated 11th March, 2016.]
Prohibition to register for two regular courses of study
“No student shall be allowed to simultaneously register for a law degree program with any other graduate or post graduate or certificate course run by the same or any other university or an institute for academic or professional learning excepting in the integrated degree program of the same institution.
Provided that any short period part time certificate course on language, computer science or computer application of an institute or any course run by a Centre for Distance Learning of a University however, shall be accepted.”
(Rule 6, Rules of Legal Education 2008, Bar Council of India.)
Age of admission
There is no upper age limit at present for admission to LLB-5 Yrs. course in view of the cases pending in Hon. Supreme Court of India, and the order passed by the Hon. High Court, Bombay in WP.No3235/2016.
The admissions to LLB-5 Yrs. course will be subject to the final outcome of the various writ petitions pending before various Hon. Courts.