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AILET PG 2027 Registration (Open), Exam Date (Dec 13), Eligibility Criteria

Author : Souvik Podder

September 28, 2026

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AILET PG 2027 by NLU Delhi will be held on December 13, 2026 from 2 PM to 4 PM. The registration is now open till November 10, 2026. The exam has 100 MCQs across 12 law subjects, 120 minutes, with 0.25 negative marking, for 81 total LLM seats. General category candidates need 50% in LLB (45% for SC/ST/PwD).

AILET PG is conducted for admission to its:

  • One-year LLM Programme  
  • LLM in Intellectual Property Law and Management, and  
  • Ph.D. programmes in Law and Social Sciences

AILET PG 2027

AILET PG 2027 Key Facts

You can check the key details about AILET PG 2027 exam in the table below. 

Particulars

Details

Exam Full Name

All India Law Entrance Test - Postgraduate

Conducting Body

National Law University, Delhi (NLU Delhi)

Exam Frequency Once a year

Exam Level

National

Mode of Exam

Offline (Centre-based)

Exam Duration

120 minutes (2 hours)

Total Questions

100 MCQs

Total Marks

100

Marking Scheme

+1 for correct answer; −0.25 for incorrect answer

Exam Language

English

Number of Exam Centres

35 cities across India

Application Fee

INR 3000 (General/OBC/Kashmiri migrants); INR 1000 (SC/ST/PwD); Exempted (BPL SC/ST)

Official Website

nationallawuniversitydelhi.in

AILET PG 2027 Important Dates

AILET PG is conducted once a year, in December 13, 2026 for AILET 2027. Only one attempt is available per admission cycle. If you miss registration or the exam date, your only option is to reapply in the next year's cycle.  

Here's the exam schedule and other event dates for this year:  

AILET PG Event  Date 
Registration Begins August 7, 2026
Last Date to Apply November 10, 2026
Correction Window (tentative) 3rd week of November 2026
Admit Card Release (expected) November 30, 2026
Exam Date December 13, 2026 (2:00 PM - 4:00 PM)
Answer Key Release TBA
Result Declaration TBA
Counselling Begins TBA

AILET PG 2027 Eligibility Criteria

Before you register, it's important to make sure you meet the AILET PG 2027 eligibility criteria. Candidates must meet the following conditions to be eligible:  

  • Educational Qualification: You must hold an LLB degree (3-year or 5-year integrated) or an equivalent law degree from a university recognised by the Bar Council of India / UGC. 
  • Minimum Qualifying Marks: General category candidates need at least 50% aggregate marks in their LLB; SC, ST, and PwD category candidates need at least 45% aggregate marks. 
  • Final-Year Candidates: If you're in your final year or final semester of LLB, you can apply provisionally. However, you must submit your final consolidated mark sheet or provisional degree certificate meeting the percentage requirement by NLU Delhi's admission cut-off date. 
  • Compartment/Backlog Cases: Candidates who have a compartment or backlog in any subject in their qualifying LLB examination are not eligible for admission in that admission year, even if they clear the AILET PG exam itself. 
  • Foreign Nationals / OCI / PIO: These candidates are exempted from writing the entrance exam entirely. Admission is based on academic record and, typically, an assessment of English communication skills, with seats filled directly on merit rather than through the AILET PG merit list.  

Direct Link to Fill AILET PG 2027 Application Form

AILET PG Registration 2027

The AILET PG application form is a fully online and can be filled through a four-stage process on NLU Delhi's official website. Registration is open from August 7, 2026 and will close on November 10, 2026.  

Follow the given stages to register for the exam.  

  • Initial Registration: Create your account using a valid, actively monitored email ID and phone number. 
  • Submit your Details: Enter your personal information (name exactly as per your Class 10 certificate, date of birth, category, nationality) and academic details (LLB university, year of passing, percentage/CGPA converted per your university's official conversion formula). 
  • Upload Documents: Upload your photograph, signature, and mark sheets in the exact size and format specified. Mismatched formats are the single most common cause of application rejection at the verification stage.  
  • Pay the Application Fee: Complete payment via net banking, debit card, or credit card. Save your payment confirmation and transaction ID separately from the application portal, since you'll need it if you must raise a payment-related grievance.  

What Are the Documents Required for to Fill Out the AILET PG Application Form?  

  • Class 10th mark sheet and certificate: Proves your date of birth as the official record NLU Delhi uses. 
  • Class 12th mark sheet and certificate (if available): Supporting academic record. 
  • Graduation (LLB) mark sheet and certificate: Your primary eligibility document; if you're in your final year, upload your latest available mark sheet and be ready to submit the final one later. 
  • Passport-size photograph: Max size -1 MB, Format: .jpg/.jpeg, recent (within the last 6 months), plain light background, no sunglasses or caps. 
  • Scanned signature: Max size - 1 MB, Format: .jpg/.jpeg, signed on plain white paper in blue or black ink, scanned rather than photographed for clarity.  

What is the AILET PG Application Fee 2027?  

Here's the category-wise application fee you need to pay at the time of registration:  

Category  Application Fee 
General / OBC / Kashmiri Migrants / Resident of J&K ₹3,000
Persons with Disability ₹1,000
SC & ST Category ₹1,000
SC/ST Below Poverty Line (BPL) Nil

AILET PG Exam Pattern 2027

According to the AILET PG 2027 exam pattern, the paper consists of 100 objective-type (MCQ) questions to be solved in 120 minutes. 0.25 marks are deducted for every incorrect answer.  

Here are the most important exam pattern highlights that you should know:  

  • Objective Type Questions Only: AILET PG 2027 exclusively features MCQs across a wide range of legal subjects. There are no subjective/descriptive answer components. 
  • Reduced Question Count: Total questions have been reduced from 150 to 100 for AILET PG, increasing the value of each individual question to your final percentile. 
  • Comprehensive Syllabus Coverage: The paper thoroughly assesses candidates' legal acumen across multiple specialisations rather than testing depth in just one or two subjects.  
  • Structured Duration: Candidates get 120 minutes to complete the exam. At 100 questions, that makes roughly 72 seconds per question on average. 
  • Negative Marking: 0.25 marks deducted per incorrect answer. Prepare your attempt strategy well before exam day, not during the exam itself. 
  • Resolution of Ties: Preference goes to the older candidate first; persistent ties are resolved via a computerised draw.  

AILET PG 2027 Syllabus

The AILET PG syllabus mostly covers the core post graduate law subjects. Understanding what will be asked is important to ensure best preparation.  

Here's a list of core subjects and their scope:  

Constitutional Law

Jurisprudence

Administrative Law

Law of Contract

Law of Torts

Family Law

Criminal Law

Property Law

Company Law

Public International Law

Tax Law

Environmental Law

Labour & Industrial Law

AILET PG Admit Card 2027 

Your AILET PG Admit Card is your entry pass to the exam centre, containing all necessary candidate, exam, and centre details. You will not be permitted to enter the exam hall without it, regardless of any other proof of identity you carry.  

The admit card will be released on November 30, 2026 at the official website

How to Download the AILET PG 2027 Admit Card?  

Follow the given steps to download your admit card before the exam:  

  • Step 1: Visit the official NLU Delhi website  
  • Step 2: Find the AILET PG 2027 Admit Card link on the homepage and click on it  
  • Step 3: You'll be redirected to the login page  
  • Step 4: Enter your application number and date of birth/password  
  • Step 5: Click "Submit" 
  • Step 6: Your admit card will be displayed on screen  
  • Step 7: Check every detail carefully for errors like name spelling, exam centre address, and photograph clarity  
  • Step 8: Download and print at least two copies for future reference (one for the exam, one as backup)  

In How Many Cities is the AILET PG Exam Conducted? 

AILET PG 2027 will be conducted across 36 cities in India, grouped here by region for quick reference:  

Ahmedabad

Visakhapatnam

Bengaluru

Bhopal

Bhubaneswar

Chandigarh

Chennai

Cochin

Dehradun

Delhi

Faridabad

Ghaziabad

Greater Noida

Gorakhpur

Gurugram

Guwahati

Gwalior

Jamshedpur

Haldwani

Hisar

Hyderabad

Jabalpur

Jaipur

Jammu

Jodhpur

Kanpur

Kolkata

Lucknow

Mumbai

Nagpur

Patna

Pune

Raipur

Ranchi

Thiruvananthapuram

Varanasi

How to Prepare for AILET PG 2027? 

If you are preparing for AILET PG exam, you have to follow well structured AILET PG preparation plan. You can check some of the tips below.   

Understand the Exam Pattern and Syllabus

First make yourself familiar with the exam pattern and the detailed syllabus before opening any book, and find out which of the eight main subjects you are already good at and which will need to be developed mostly from scratch.  

Build a Study Plan

Prepare a detailed AILET PG study plan by dividing your study time among the subjects in approximately the same ratio as their weightage and taking into account your current weak areas. It is better to stick to steady daily study routines than to have long and irregular cramming sessions. Both legal reasoning and the retention of case law benefit more from spaced repetition than from marathon study sessions.  

Prioritise Strategically

Start with the topics that have been most frequently tested and carry the highest weight (as shown in previous AILET PG papers), and then go on to cover the rest of the syllabus in order to fill in any knowledge gaps. This way, even if you are short of time near December, you will have already studied the material that gives the best return on investment.  

Revise Regularly  

From week one, make revising an ongoing element of your plan rather than starting to do it only in the last month. Short, regular review sessions (that is, weekly summaries of what you have studied that week) perform measurably better than attempting to go over the entire subject once at the end.  

Practice Previous Year Question Papers

Solve AILET PG previous year papers under timed conditions, not just to check your knowledge but to build the necessary speed. Use these attempts to identify which question types cost you the most time, and drill those specifically.  

Stay Updated with Legal Affairs

Stay informed about the latest legal developments—such as significant court rulings, amendments to major laws, and legal and policy news. Since AILET PG questions often revolve around recent legal developments rather than relying solely on fixed textbook facts, it is advisable to spend 15 to 20 minutes each day on legal news rather than viewing it as a separate and infrequent activity.  

Self-Assess Regularly

Once in every two weeks, take a full-length mock test and regard the error log from each mock test as more important than the score. It is by working out the reason for getting a question wrong that your performance in your next attempt can be improved

 

AILET PG 2027 Preparation Books

To make sure your preparation continues in the right direction, it's important that you carefully choose the best AILET PG preparation books.  

Here's a list of the best ones you can use:  

  • Universal's Guide to LL.M. Entrance Examination: Best for candidates starting from scratch. 
  • Singhal's AILET (All India Law Entrance Test) Guide: A strong second resource once you've covered basics. 
  • LexisNexis Guide Series - Constitutional Law: Use this for deep, structured understanding of Constitutional Law specifically, since general guides tend to cover it too thinly. 
  • Contract Law by Avatar Singh: The standard reference for Contract Law's clauses and technicalities. 
  • Jurisprudence and Legal Theory by V.D. Mahajan: Clear, concise, and comprehensive coverage of jurisprudence and legal theory. 
  • The Ultimate Guide to the LL.M. Entrance Examination by M.A. Rashid and Nisa Fasil: A solid foundational resource despite its earlier edition date. 
  • Legal Awareness and Legal Reasoning by A.P. Bhardwaj: Builds legal awareness and reasoning skills.  

AILET PG Seat Matrix 2027

You can check the category-wise number of seats allotted for the LLM course through AILET PG exam in the table below.

Category

Seats

Horizontal Reservation

Seat Intake After Excluding PwD Seats

General

32

2

30

OBC Non-Creamy Layer (22%)

15

1

14

Scheduled Caste (15%)

11

1

10

Scheduled Tribe (7.5%)

5

-

5

Economically Weaker Section (10%)

7

-

7

Sub Total

70

4

66

Foreign Nationals (5 seats) & OCI/PIO (5 seats)

10

Grand Total

81

AILET PG 2027 Result

Once the exam is conducted, NLU Delhi typically follows a fixed sequence:  

Answer Key Release → Objection Window → Final Answer Key → Result Declaration → Counselling.  

Understanding this sequence in advance helps you plan your post-exam time realistically instead of expecting an immediate result.  

How to Check Your AILET PG Result 2027? 

You can check the AILET PG result 2027 by following the given simple steps:  

  • Step 1: Visit the official NLU Delhi website  
  • Step 2: Log in using your AILET PG Roll Number or Application Number  
  • Step 3: Your result will be displayed on your individual login dashboard (AILET PG results are not published as a single public rank list, unlike some other entrance exams)  
  • Step 4: Download and print the result for future reference, including for counselling and any future RTI or grievance purposes  

AILET PG Cutoff 2027

The Cutoff for AILET PG shift year to year based on three main factors:  

  • The total number of applicants for that cycle  
  • The relative difficulty of that year's paper (a harder paper generally produces a lower cutoff, since raw scores fall across the board), and  
  • Category-wise seat availability, since reserved-category cutoffs are calculated independently from the general cutoff  

Because these factors vary annually, a single fixed "expected cutoff" number is unreliable to plan around. You can check the category-wise expected cutoff below.

Category

Overall Opening Rank (AIR)

Overall Closing Rank (AIR)

General

3

41

OBC

60

203

EWS

63

98

SC

59

287

ST

327

800 (W)

Here are the key takeaways:  

  • The AILET PG 2027 exam will be conducted on 13th December 2026, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM  
  • Registration begins 7th August 2026; the tentative last date to apply is 10th November 2026  
  • To be eligible you must have an LLB with 50 per cent (in the general category) or 45 per cent (in the reserved categories). Before applying, check your percentage calculation again against the official notification.
  • There are 81 seats available, which makes this a genuinely competitive and low-seat exam since it punts on last-minute cramming and instead rewards early and systematic preparation.
  • When preparing for the exam, pay attention to the exam pattern (which consists of 100 multiple-choice questions, a time limit of 120 minutes and a negative marking of 0.25) as well as the eight main subjects included in the syllabus.
  • Pay close attention to document specifications during the application process. Format mismatches are the most common, most avoidable rejection reason.
  • Use recommended books and past papers to structure your study plan around the reduced 100-question format, not older 150-question material.
  • NLU Delhi's official website is the only authoritative source for dates and figures.

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