Archive · 7 Aug 2026
Maharashtra Extends LLB Option Deadline, Adds 78 Law Colleges
Every year, students in Maharashtra who want to become lawyers take a test and then pick which law colleges they want to attend.
Normally, they must choose their colleges by a certain date.
But this year, some colleges were approved late, so students worried they could not pick those schools.
They asked the Bombay High Court for more time, and the court agreed.
Because of the court's decision, students now have until August 9 to choose or change their college preferences for the three-year law course.
They also got many new choices — 78 new law colleges with 3,600 extra seats were added.
Government Law College in Mumbai was one of the newly approved schools.
After students finish choosing, the results will be announced on August 12 and 13.
Then students must visit their allotted college to show documents and confirm their spot.
The Bombay High Court directed Maharashtra's CET Cell to extend the LLB option form deadline after petitions from law aspirants.
The revision followed late Bar Council of India approvals for Government Law College, Mumbai, and several other law colleges.
Candidates for the three-year LLB programme can submit or modify option forms until August 9, and the five-year LLB deadline was also extended.
Since the admission process began on August 5, 78 law colleges have been added, creating 3,600 additional seats.
Seat allotments are set for August 12 (three-year LLB) and August 13 (five-year LLB), with document verification running through August 18 and 19, excluding Independence Day on August 15.
- Who
- Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell, the Bombay High Court, and the Bar Council of India (BCI)
- What
- The CET Cell extended the LLB option form deadlines and added 78 law colleges with 3,600 additional seats after a High Court order
- When
- Option forms due by August 9; seat allotment on August 12 and 13; reporting between August 13 and 19
- Where
- Maharashtra, with the CET Cell operating from Mumbai
- Why
- Late BCI approvals for Government Law College, Mumbai, and other colleges created uncertainty, prompting petitions and a High Court order to extend deadlines
- Option form deadline (three-year LLB)
- August 9
- New law colleges added
- 78
- Additional seats created
- 3,600
- Three-year LLB programme
- 134 colleges, 12,355 seats
- Five-year LLB programme
- 93 colleges, 7,305 seats
- Seat allotment dates
- August 12 (three-year), August 13 (five-year)
- Reporting/document verification
- August 13-18 (three-year), August 14-19 (five-year), excluding August 15