Introduction

State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra State invites online applications for various 5 Years Under Graduate Law Courses ((Regular- Full Time- Integrated Course Leading to BBA-LL.B., BLS-LL.B., B.A.-LL.B. etc.). The Competent Authority shall conduct the MAH-LL.B.- 5 Yrs. Course CET- 2022 for the admission to the First Year of the Five Year Full Time Professional Integrated Under -Graduate Degree Course in Law, for the Academic Year 2021-2022.

The admissions to the following institutes in the State of Maharashtra will be done by the Competent Authority

• The Government College offering LL.B. 5 Yrs. Integrated Course
• All Government Aided Colleges (including Aided Minority Institutions) offering LL.B. 5Yrs. Integrated Course,
• All University Departments offering LL.B. 5 Yrs. Integrated Course,
• All University Managed Institutes offering LL.B. 5 Yrs. Integrated Course,
• All Un-aided colleges (including Minority Institutions) offering LL.B. 5 Yrs. Integrated Course, covered as per the Act.

Eligibility

a) Educational Qualifications:

The candidate should be an Indian Citizen along with following educational qualifications:

• An applicant who have successfully completed Senior Secondary School course (+2) or equivalent course from the Institute in Maharashtra State (such as 11+1, A level in Senior secondary School Leaving Certificate course) from a recognized Board in 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 and having its Institution in the State of Maharashtra, with minimum of 45% marks in Aggregate for OPEN, EWS (Economically Weaker Section) & Outside Maharashtra State candidates (OMS) i.e. All India Candidature Candidates, (candidates belonging to SC & ST Category candidates belonging to Maharashtra State with minimum 40% marks in Aggregate and VJNT, SBC and OBC Category Candidates belonging to Maharashtra State with minimum 42% marks in Aggregate). 
• Provided that, the applicants who have obtained 10+2 through Open University system directly without having any Basic Qualification are not eligible
• The qualifications of 10th (SSC), 12th (HSC) (+2) may be obtained through any mode (distance / correspondence / open schooling method).
• 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/attempts the of qualifying examination at the time of admission

b) Maharashtra State Candidature Candidates

i) Maharashtra State Candidature Type-A: A candidate who is Domicile of Maharashtra (Candidate should have Domicile Certificate from the State of Maharashtra) or born in Maharashtra (Candidate should have a Birth Certificate mentioning the Place of Birth which is in Maharashtra).

ii) Maharashtra State Candidature Type-B: – the Father or Mother of the Candidate is domiciled in the State of Maharashtra (Either father or Mother of the candidate should have a domicile certificate from the state of Maharashtra if candidate is not born in Maharashtra/ Candidate does not possess domicile certificate from the state of Maharashtra).

iii) Maharashtra State Candidature Type-C: The Father or Mother of the Candidate is an employee of the Government of India or Government of India Undertaking who is posted and reported to duty in the Maharashtra State before the last date for submitting the Application Form for CAP, provided candidate should have completed his/her SSC & HSC from the State of Maharashtra

iv) Maharashtra State Candidature Type-D: The Father or Mother of the Candidate is an employee of the Government of Maharashtra or Government of Maharashtra Undertaking (Provided Candidate should have completed his/her SSC & HSC or Equivalent qualifying examination from the State of Maharashtra).

v) Maharashtra State Candidature Type-E: The candidates passing SSC and or HSC Examination or Equivalent Examination from a recognized institution from a disputed Maharashtra-Karnataka Border Area and whose Mother tongue is Marathi

c) All India Candidature (Out Side Maharashtra State Candidature Type)

The Candidates having Indian Nationality are eligible under this Category (Candidate should have Domicile Certificate from the State where candidate belongs or Candidate should have a  Birth certificate issuedby the respective State Government). OMS [Out Side Maharashtra State] candidates i.e. All India Candidature candidates should fill their CET application form in Open Category

d) Age Criteria

AT present, there is no upper age limit for admission to LL. B 5 Yrs.(Integrated) CET Examination for the Academic Year 2022-2023. However, in view of the case pending in Hon. Supreme Court of India in WP (Civil) No. 1023/2016 and the order passed by Hon. High Court, Bombay in WP 3235/2016, the admissions to LL.B.-5 Yrs. Course will be subject to the Final Outcome of various Writ Petitions. If Age limit is made applicable it will be20 Yrs. age for Open, EWS Category Candidates and 22 Yrs. for SC and ST Category candidates from State of Maharashtra only as on 1st July 2022. All
applying candidates should take a note of this.

Examination Fee

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Document Required in Application Form

• Recent Color Passport Size Photograph (against a light-coloured, preferably white background.) (20KB – 50KB)
• Signature – (On white paper with Black Ink pen.) (10KB – 20 KB)
• Category Certificate (If Any)

Candidates having Valid Caste Certificate and Caste Validity Certificate from Maharashtra State and Valid Non-Creamy Layer Certificate valid up to 31st March 2022 and belonging to Maharashtra State Candidature should only apply under Backward Class Category. The Candidates will have to upload the Caste Validity Certificate and the Non Creamy Layer Certificate at the time of CAP Process.

Admit Card

The Hall Ticket with original photo pasted on it having signature of the candidate and the Invigilator will be required at the time of Admission. Candidates are advised to preserve it carefully.

In the Examination hall, the Hall Ticket along with original of the Candidate’s currently valid photo identity (bearing the Same Name as it appears on the Hall Ticket.) Such as

• PAN Card
• Pass port
• Permanent Driving License.
• Voters Card.
• Bank Pass Book with photograph.
• Photo- identity proof issued by the Gazetted officer on official letter head along with the photograph.
• Photo identity proof issued by the People’s Representative on the official letter head along with photo graph.
• Valid recent identity card issued by the recognized College/ University
• Aadhaar Card with photograph/ E-Aadhaar Card.
• Employee ID.
• Bar Council Identity Card with photograph should be submitted to the invigilator for verification.

Candidates are advised to bring with them:

• Hall ticket with affixed Photo and valid Photo ID card in ORIGINAL
• Original Proof for Change in name if any
• One ball point Pen.

The candidate’s identity will be verified with respect to his/her details on the Hall Ticket, in case original valid original Photo Identity Proof is not produced, the candidate may not be allowed to appear for the examination. The Candidates must remember that Ration Card and Learner’s Driving License is not valid ID proof for the Examination and colour
Xerox and Soft Copies of the Identity Card are not allowed and candidates possessing them will not be allowed in the examination Hall unless they produce the Original valid identity proof

Examination

a) Examination Pattern

a) Scheme of Examination

The On Line CET comprises of One paper with Five Sections:

b) Syllabus

• Legal Aptitude and Legal Reasoning: This section will test candidate’s interest towards the study of Law, Legal aptitude and problem solving ability. Questions will be framed with the help of legal prepositions and a set of facts to which the said prepositions have to be applied. Some prepositions may not be true in the real sense. Candidates will have to assume truth of these prepositions and answer the questions drawing well supported conclusions.
• General Knowledge with Current Affairs: The topics such as History (Ancient. Medieval and Modern), Geography, General Science, Economics, Civics, and the Current Affairs of the past One Year. The subject is to assess the knowledge of the recent happening and awareness of the world.
• Logical and Analytical Reasoning: The subject is to test the candidate’s ability to identify patterns, logical links and rectify illogical arguments. It will include wide analogies, completing arguments, drawing well supported conclusions, reasoning by analogy, applying principles or rules. Further the subject is to measure the ability to understand the structure. relationship and to draw logical conclusions about the structures. It includes reasoning deductively from the set of statements and rules or principles that describes the relationship among persons, things or events.
• English: This section will consist the questions on the areas like Vocabulary (Synonyms, Antonyms, Analogies etc.) Proficiency (Idioms and Phrases, One word Substitution, Sentence Improvement and rearrangement, fill in the blanks etc) English Usage Errors (Common errors, Spotting errors, inappropriate usage of words, spelling mistakes etc.) English Comprehension
• Mathematical Aptitude: This section is to test the numerical ability of candidates. The mathematics questions will be set from 10th Std. level of various topics including Profitand Loss, Speed and Distance, Time and Work, Algebra, Average, Venn Diagram.

Prospectus

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