CLAT 2026 Cut-off for Top 10 NLUs: Analysis by Sagar Joshi

With a record 92,344 CLAT 2026 applicants and an attendance rate of 96.83% for UG, this year’s competition for seats in India’s premier National Law Universities (NLUs) has intensified more than ever.

CLAT 2026 was moderate overall but featured a surprising Analytical Reasoning–heavy Logical Reasoning section, creating score compression at the higher end — a factor directly influencing cut-offs for top NLUs.

Sagar Joshi, Founder of Law Prep Tutorial and one of India’s most trusted CLAT experts, has released his cut-off analysis for the Top 10 NLUs based on difficulty level, student performance analytics, and national response to the unexpected LR pattern shift.