Which is the top Law college in Select City as per NIRF 2025?
HPNLU Shimla leads the city list at rank #34.
1 Select City institution appears in the NIRF 2025 Law list, with national ranks, scores and cities. Use the list to explore college profiles and compare options.
HPNLU Shimla leads the Select City entries in 2025 at national rank 34 with a score of 53.49.
These institutions appeared in the available Select City lists from 2018 to 2025. Ownership uses our current classification; each entry shows its latest listed year and national rank.
This page covers published NIRF entries, not every good institution in Select City offering programmes in this category. An institution's absence does not mean it is a poor choice. Ranks are national Law ranks, not positions within Select City.
Explore Select City institutions in the published NIRF Law lists by year. Every rank below is a national category rank, not a position within Select City. A lower rank number is better.
Comparisons use the preceding available Law edition and the state and city recorded in each year's list. Newly listed means absent from the previous Select City list, not necessarily a first NIRF appearance. Absence does not establish why an institution is missing, and movement alone does not explain changes in quality.
1 Select City institution appear in the 2025 published Law list. Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla is the highest-ranked Select City entry at national rank 34 with a score of 53.49.
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No rank movements were found among institutions present in both Select City lists.
No comparable rank movements in this edition.
| 2025 rank | Institution | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla | 53.49 | Newly present |
Every Select City entry in the earlier list remains present.
0 Select City institutions appear in the 2024 published Law list.
No Select City institutions appear in this edition's published list.
No rank movements were found among institutions present in both Select City lists.
No comparable rank movements in this edition.
No newly listed Select City institutions in this comparison.
Every Select City entry in the earlier list remains present.
0 Select City institutions appear in the 2023 published Law list.
No Select City institutions appear in this edition's published list.
No rank movements were found among institutions present in both Select City lists.
No comparable rank movements in this edition.
No newly listed Select City institutions in this comparison.
Every Select City entry in the earlier list remains present.
0 Select City institutions appear in the 2022 published Law list.
No Select City institutions appear in this edition's published list.
No rank movements were found among institutions present in both Select City lists.
No comparable rank movements in this edition.
No newly listed Select City institutions in this comparison.
Every Select City entry in the earlier list remains present.
0 Select City institutions appear in the 2021 published Law list.
No Select City institutions appear in this edition's published list.
No rank movements were found among institutions present in both Select City lists.
No comparable rank movements in this edition.
No newly listed Select City institutions in this comparison.
Every Select City entry in the earlier list remains present.
0 Select City institutions appear in the 2020 published Law list.
No Select City institutions appear in this edition's published list.
No rank movements were found among institutions present in both Select City lists.
No comparable rank movements in this edition.
No newly listed Select City institutions in this comparison.
Every Select City entry in the earlier list remains present.
0 Select City institutions appear in the 2019 published Law list.
No Select City institutions appear in this edition's published list.
No rank movements were found among institutions present in both Select City lists.
No comparable rank movements in this edition.
No newly listed Select City institutions in this comparison.
Every Select City entry in the earlier list remains present.
0 Select City institutions appear in the 2018 published Law list.
No Select City institutions appear in this edition's published list.
This is the earliest available Law edition; an earlier-year comparison is unavailable.
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #34 in both 2025 and 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top law institutions.
Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. This page filters the official 2025 ranking by published city and state.
HPNLU Shimla leads the city list at rank #34.
1 colleges from Select City appear in the official 2025 list.
Yes. Open any expanded row and use the comparison action to review ranks, scores and historical performance.
The page uses the city published for each institution in the selected NIRF ranking edition.