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NIRF 2023

Top Government Law colleges in India: NIRF ranking 2023

Browse resolved government colleges from the official NIRF 2023 Law ranking with scores, cities, states and profile links.

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Top private — Law 2023

No tracked private university ranked in this edition.

Top government Law colleges — NIRF 2023

Official rank order

State-wise Law ranking

Featured state

Karnataka

Top Law colleges in Karnataka, filtered from the official NIRF 2023 ranking table.

NLSIU BengaluruBest college in the state
#1 · 1 rankedBest rank and ranked colleges
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Other states

9 more states

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Delhi, West Bengal, GujaratEvery state with ranked colleges
16+ ranked institutionsAcross the official NIRF 2023 list
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State-wise Law ranking

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Showing 17 of 17 Sort: NIRF rank
1 NLSIU Bengaluru Bengaluru, Karnataka Govt 80.52 0
NIRF Rank Trend (Law)
  • 2019: rank 1
  • 2020: rank 1
  • 2021: rank 1
  • 2022: rank 1
  • 2023: rank 1

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Held the #1 position for five consecutive years.

Consistently ranked among India's top law institutions.

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2 NLU Delhi New Delhi, Delhi Govt 73.91 0
NIRF Rank Trend (Law)
  • 2019: rank 2
  • 2020: rank 2
  • 2021: rank 2
  • 2022: rank 2
  • 2023: rank 2

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Held the #2 position for five consecutive years.

Consistently ranked among India's top law institutions.

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4 WBNUJS Kolkata Kolkata, West Bengal Govt 69.34 1
NIRF Rank Trend (Law)
  • 2019: rank 5
  • 2020: rank 6
  • 2021: rank 4
  • 2022: rank 5
  • 2023: rank 4

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Improved by 1 places from #5 in 2019 to #4 in 2023.

Consistently ranked among India's top law institutions.

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5 Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi, Delhi Govt 68.30 2
NIRF Rank Trend (Law)
  • 2019: rank 8
  • 2020: rank 9
  • 2021: rank 7
  • 2022: rank 7
  • 2023: rank 5

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Improved by 3 places from #8 in 2019 to #5 in 2023.

Consistently ranked among India's top law institutions.

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7 GNLU Gandhinagar Gandhinagar, Gujarat Govt 65.69 1
NIRF Rank Trend (Law)
  • 2019: rank 9
  • 2020: rank 7
  • 2021: rank 6
  • 2022: rank 8
  • 2023: rank 7

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Improved by 2 places from #9 in 2019 to #7 in 2023.

Consistently ranked among India's top law institutions.

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9 IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur, West Bengal Govt 62.20 3
NIRF Rank Trend (Law)
  • 2019: rank 4
  • 2020: rank 4
  • 2021: rank 5
  • 2022: rank 6
  • 2023: rank 9

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Moved down 5 places from #4 in 2019 to #9 in 2023.

Consistently ranked among India's top law institutions.

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10 Babasheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Govt 61.05 NEW
NIRF Rank Trend (Law)
  • 2019: not ranked
  • 2020: not ranked
  • 2021: not ranked
  • 2022: not ranked
  • 2023: rank 10

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Ranked #10 in both 2023 and 2023.

Consistently ranked among India's top law institutions.

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14 Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh Govt 56.51 2
NIRF Rank Trend (Law)
  • 2019: not ranked
  • 2020: rank 13
  • 2021: rank 11
  • 2022: rank 12
  • 2023: rank 14

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Moved down 1 places from #13 in 2020 to #14 in 2023.

Consistently ranked among India's top law institutions.

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17 Indian Law Institute New Delhi, Delhi Govt 55.34 12
NIRF Rank Trend (Law)
  • 2019: rank 13
  • 2020: rank 18
  • 2021: rank 22
  • 2022: rank 29
  • 2023: rank 17

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Moved down 4 places from #13 in 2019 to #17 in 2023.

Consistently ranked among India's top law institutions.

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18 NLIU Bhopal Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Govt 54.68 3
NIRF Rank Trend (Law)
  • 2019: rank 11
  • 2020: rank 17
  • 2021: rank 14
  • 2022: rank 15
  • 2023: rank 18

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Moved down 7 places from #11 in 2019 to #18 in 2023.

Consistently ranked among India's top law institutions.

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19 Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University New Delhi New Delhi, Delhi Govt 54.13 4
NIRF Rank Trend (Law)
  • 2019: not ranked
  • 2020: not ranked
  • 2021: rank 12
  • 2022: rank 23
  • 2023: rank 19

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Moved down 7 places from #12 in 2021 to #19 in 2023.

Consistently ranked among India's top law institutions.

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20 The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law Patiala, Punjab Govt 51.53 2
NIRF Rank Trend (Law)
  • 2019: rank 10
  • 2020: rank 10
  • 2021: rank 16
  • 2022: rank 18
  • 2023: rank 20

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Moved down 10 places from #10 in 2019 to #20 in 2023.

Consistently ranked among India's top law institutions.

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21 RMLNLU Lucknow Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Govt 50.90 4
NIRF Rank Trend (Law)
  • 2019: rank 14
  • 2020: rank 11
  • 2021: rank 15
  • 2022: rank 17
  • 2023: rank 21

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Moved down 7 places from #14 in 2019 to #21 in 2023.

Consistently ranked among India's top law institutions.

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22 Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Govt 50.18 2
NIRF Rank Trend (Law)
  • 2019: not ranked
  • 2020: rank 19
  • 2021: rank 23
  • 2022: rank 20
  • 2023: rank 22

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Moved down 3 places from #19 in 2020 to #22 in 2023.

Consistently ranked among India's top law institutions.

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24 National University of Study & Research in Law Ranchi, Jharkhand Govt 48.20 2
NIRF Rank Trend (Law)
  • 2019: not ranked
  • 2020: not ranked
  • 2021: not ranked
  • 2022: rank 22
  • 2023: rank 24

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Moved down 2 places from #22 in 2022 to #24 in 2023.

Consistently ranked among India's top law institutions.

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28 NLUJAA Assam Kamrup, Assam Govt 46.60 4
NIRF Rank Trend (Law)
  • 2019: not ranked
  • 2020: rank 16
  • 2021: rank 20
  • 2022: rank 24
  • 2023: rank 28

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Moved down 12 places from #16 in 2020 to #28 in 2023.

Consistently ranked among India's top law institutions.

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30 NLU Cuttack Cuttack, Odisha Govt 46.02 5
NIRF Rank Trend (Law)
  • 2019: not ranked
  • 2020: rank 14
  • 2021: rank 18
  • 2022: rank 25
  • 2023: rank 30

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Moved down 16 places from #14 in 2020 to #30 in 2023.

Consistently ranked among India's top law institutions.

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Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ownership labels apply only to institutions classified in the NIRFRank database.

About this NIRF ranking

What is the NIRF 2023 Law ranking?

It is the imported official NIRF 2023 Law list, organized by rank with score and institution location details.

Can I use this for NIRF college ranking research?

Yes. Use the search box, year selector and private filter to narrow the ranking list, then open tracked college profiles for more history and comparison data.