AIL LET 2021: What is AIL LET, Exam Date, Application Form

AIL LET 2021: The law entrance exam conducted by Army Institute of Law (AIL), Mohali, Punjab, is known as AIL LET. AIL is run by AWES, and affiliated to Punjabi University. AIL LET 2021 will be conducted for admission in academic session 2021-2022. This exam is for candidates who want to pursue BA LLB. The institute also offers admission in LLM course. There are 200 MCQs framed on topics like mental ability, general knowledge and current affairs, law aptitude and general english. Admission of candidates belonging to Army as well as All India Category is done on the basis of the merit in the entrance examination. Check more information about AIL LET 2021 here including exam date, application form, syllabus, eligibility criteria, registration process, etc.

AIL LET 2021

Official notification on Army Institute of Law’s Law Entrance Test is expected to be announced in April.

AIL LET 2021 application form will be released online, in April.

Candidates can refer AIL LET 2021 syllabus to start their preparations.

Courses offered: Army Institute of Law is in Punjab. The institute offers 5 year BA LLB and 1 year LLM course.

Note – Last year, AIL LET was only held for admission in BA LLB courses. The admission in LLM was granted on the basis of qualifying exam and fulfilling of the eligibility criteria. The details for AIL LET 2021 shall be out soon and latest admission process for both the courses will become clear.

AIL LET 2021 Exam Date and Other Important Dates

Check the expected timeline for AIL LET 2021 from the table below.

AIL LET 2021	Dates
Availability of application form	3rd week of Apr 2021
Last date to submit the form for Army and All India Civil category	3rd week of May 2021
Last date to submit the form with an additional late fee	4th week of May 2021
Issuance of admit card	1st week of Jun 2021
Exam date	2nd week of Jun 2021
Declaration of the result	3rd week of Jun 2021
Commencement of counselling	3rd week of Jul 2021

AIL LET 2021 Syllabus

Test takers need to know the topics to study, which are mentioned in the syllabus. As per past year papers, the anticipated syllabus is as follows:

Legal Aptitude

• Legal Current Affairs: Amendments, New Acts, Bills or Ordinance
• Landmark Judgments
• Legal Terms
• Fact and Principle-Based questions: Basics of Indian Constitution, Law of Contract, IPR, Law of Torts etc
• Other Current Affairs Related to Law

English

• Basic Grammar
• One-word substitution
• Spotting errors
• Synonyms and Antonyms
• Reading Comprehension
• Idioms and Phrases
• Correct Spellings
• Sentence completion

Mental Ability

• Venn Diagrams
• Blood Relation
• Series Completion
• Coding-Decoding
• Direction Sense Test
• Completion of Series etc

General Knowledge

• Indian Forces related current news – Military exercises of India, New Missiles tested etc
• International Treaties & Bilateral Agreements
• National news
• Art and Literature
• Economics
• About Important Monuments and facts related to them
• International organizations – Current news and their history
• International news
• Geography
• History

AIL LET 2021 Exam Pattern

• AIL Law Entrance Test is an online exam.
• The duration of the exam is 2 hours.
• The test comprises of multiple-choice questions.
• The medium of the exam is English.
• There are 4 sections in the test
• There are total 200 questions in the test. Each section carries 50 questions.
• Each question is of 01 marks. No negative marking is there in case of wrong answers.

The distribution of questions and marks in the exam is as follows:

Subject	Total Qs.	Total Marks
Law Aptitude	50	50
Mental Ability	50	50
General English	50	50
General Knowledge & Current Affairs	50	50
Total	200	200

Books Recommended to Prepare for AIL LET 2021

Check the books given below to prepare for AIL LET 2021.

Books	Links
Objective General English	Buy Here
Wren & Martin High School English Grammar and Composition Book	Buy Here
Current Affairs Yearly 2021	Buy Here
Guide to CLAT & LL.B. Entrance Examination	Buy Here
General Knowledge 2021	Buy Here
Legal Awareness and Logical Reasoning	Buy Here
Legal Aptitude Workbook	Buy Here

AIL LET 2021 Application Form

The online-application-cum-admission form is released online at ail.ac.in. Before filling the application form, make sure that documents like previous qualifying exam mark sheets and scanned images of photograph and signature are ready.

Application Process for BA LLB

• Firstly, go to the official website, ail.ac.in and the go to the registration tab.
• Next, register by providing the details name, category, date of birth, mobile number, email id etc.
• Once the registration is done, the application number and password are sent.
• Next, login and enter the details in the form. Also, upload the required documents.
• Then, select the test city preference and pay the application fee.
• Lastly, check the payment status.

For LLM

Last year, LLM application-cum-admission form was released in the Google Docs. Given below are the steps to fill LLM application form.

• Firstly, go to the official website and click on the relevant link of LLM application form.
• Then, upload the photograph.
• Next, enter the required details like name, date of birth, gender, aadhar number etc. Also, enter the address and educational details.
• Then, pay the application fee and fill other details asked.
• Lastly, click on the ‘submit’ button.

Application Fee: The amount given below is according to last year’s details

Particulars	Amount
BA LLB without late fee	Rs 3000
BA LLB with late fee	Rs 4000
LLM without late fee	Rs 2500
LLM with late fee	Rs 3000 (Rs 2500 + 500)

Mode of payment: The candidates can pay the application fee using debit card / credit card / net banking.

AIL LET 2021 Eligibility Criteria

Check the eligibility criteria given below for AIL LET 2021.

For BA LLB

• The candidates must have passed 10+2 examination from Punjab School Education Board or any other equivalent exam recognized by Punjabi University, Patiala.
• Also, the candidates must have secured minimum 45% in 10+2.
• The candidates who are appearing for the qualifying exam in 2021 are eligible to take the test provisionally.

Who is not eligible?

The candidates who have done 10+2 through open university systems without having any basic qualification to pursue such studies are not eligible for admission.

The candidates passing the compartment papers of 10+2 shall also not be eligible even if the seat is available.

Note:

If, in case, an applicant has passed a degree / examination whose degree has not been considered equivalent to Punjabi University, Patiala, such candidates have to produce eligibility certificate from Patiala University, at the time of the interview.

The candidates whose declaration of the result is delayed must apply in well to the concerned board of examination to forward the confidential result to the Principal of Army Institute of Law, Mohali, Punjab. Delayed receipt of result means the candidate is ineligible for admission.

Criteria for Wards of Army Personnel

The applicant must fall under any of the following criteria

Army Personnel (Certificate No.1)

• Wards of serving Army Personnel with at least 10 years of continuous service in the Army.
• Wards ex-army personnel granted / awarded regular pension, liberalized family pension, family pension or disability pension at the time of their superannuation, discharge, demise, release medical board / invalided medical board. This also includes wards of the recruits who are medically boarded out and granted disability pension.
• Wards of ex-Army personnel who have taken discharge or release after 10 years of service.

Adopted / Step-Ward and Ward of Re-married Widows (Certificate No II)

• Adopted child of Army Personnel (if adopted) at least 5 years before taking admission.
• Step wards are also eligible provided they are born from a wedding where at least one parent belonged to the Army who is otherwise eligible.

Eligibility Criteria for All India Civil Category Other Than Punjab Residents

• The applicants must be citizen of India or persons of India Origin who intend to settle permanently in India and have obtained citizenship before admission to AIL.

Eligibility Criteria for Wards of Punjab Residents Civil Category

• Admission for Children of Punjab Residents Civil category shall be done by Guru Nanak Dev University.

Eligibility Criteria for LLM

• In order to pursue LLM, the candidates must have secured minimum 55% marks in BA LLB (5 years) or LLB (3 years).

AIL LET 2021 Admit Card

AIL issues the admit card for Law Entrance Test (LET) online at ail.ac.in. The candidates can download AIL LET 2021 admit card by entering their user id and password.

• It is necessary to carry the printed copy of the admit card to the exam centre.
• The candidates can check various details related to the exam from AIL LET admit card such as exam timings, reporting time, address of the exam centre, instructions for the exam etc.

AIL LET 2021 Exam Centres

Check the list of AIL LET test centres given below.

The list is as per last year’s details.

The candidates are required to select the test city while filling AIL LET 2021 application form.

Ambala	Ahmedabad	Ahmednagar
Amritsar	Agra	Bhatinda
Bareilly	Bangalore	Allahabad
Bhopal	Chandigarh / Mohali	Bhubaneshwar
Chennai	Bikaner	Dehradun
Guwahati	Gangtok	Gwalior
Delhi	Gurugram	Hamirpur
Itanagar	Jabalpur	Indore
Hissar	Jaipur	Hyderabad / Secunderabad
Jalandhar	Jammu	Varanasi
Jodhpur	Kota	Kolkata
Lucknow	Pune	Jhansi
Nagpur	Pathankot	Noida
Srinagar	Meerut	Mumbai
Patna	Shimla	Raipur
Thiruvananthapuram	Ranchi	Vadodara
Visakhapatnam	–	–

AIL LET 2021 Result

Army Institute of Law announces the result for LET online. To check the result, the candidates have to enter their registration id and password. Following details are mentioned in AIL LET result.

• Candidate’s name
• Category
• Application number
• Roll number
• Total marks obtained in AIL LET
• Category rank
• All India Rank
• Qualifying status

The official authority also releases the merit list after the declaration of the result. It comprises of all the names who have qualified the exam.

AIL 2021 Admission Process

Check the admission process for AIL given below.

Information given below is according to the last year’s details.

• Admission to 60 seats for wards of army personnel is done through Online Law Entrance Test conducted by AIL.
• Admission to 04 seats in All India Category is also done through Online Law Entrance Test.
• The candidates for both Army and All India Category shall be called for counselling according to the merit in the entrance exam.
• Admission to 16 seats in the Punjab category shall be based on 10+2 merit as drawn by the Punjabi University as per the notification issued by the Govt. of Punjab.
• Also, note that after getting clearance from the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar on the basis of counselling, the physical presence of the candidates at the time of admission is also necessary.

AIL LET 2021 Counselling

The candidates who qualify AIL Law Entrance Test (LET) are then required to take part in the counselling process. Generally, the institute conducts the admission process via offline mode. But, last year the 1st counselling rounds for BA LLB and LLM were held via Google Meet.

Online Counselling Process

• The candidates have to first appear for counselling as per their merit number on the specified date and time
• Next, the candidates have to submit the scanned copy of the original documents via email to the official authority mentioning their name and application number.
• The candidates are offered admission are then required to deposit the admission fee.

Offline Counselling Process

• The 2nd counselling for BA LLB course was held in the offline mode.
• The candidates whose names appeared in the merit list had to report to AIL with the necessary documents.
• Lastly, they had to pay the fee.

AIL LET 2021 Seat Intake

Check the seat intake given below for AIL LET 2021.

Distribution of seats is as per last year’s information

AIL LET 2021 Seat Intake for BA LLB and LLM

Category	BA LLB	LLM
Wards of Army Personnel	60	12
Punjab Resident Civil Category	16	2
All India Civil Categories	4	1
Total	80	15

AIL 2021 Fee Structure

Check the fee structure for BA LLB and LLM courses given below.

Amount given below is according to the last year’s information

Particulars	BA LLB (Army category)	BA LLB (Civil category)	LLM
One-time charges
Refundable Security	Rs 15000	Rs 20000	Rs 10000
Alumni & Convocation	Rs 3834	Rs 3834	–
Non-Refundable (College)	Rs 19095	Rs 19095	–
Code of Conduct	Rs 63	Rs 63	–
Total	Rs 37992	Rs 42992	Rs 10000
Annual Charges
Tuition Fee	Rs 56313	Rs 64804	Rs 86690
Admission fee	Rs 6275	Rs 8668	Rs 6874
Building fee	Rs 2567	Rs 3895	Rs 8403
IT Fee	Rs 9013	Rs 11060	Rs 9013
Library fee	Rs 7684	Rs 9624	Rs 7722
Magazine & Journal	Rs 902	Rs 902	Rs 917
Academic Fee	Rs 1142	Rs 1892	–
Games & Sports	Rs 947	Rs 1419	–
University Fee	Rs 7640	Rs 7640	Rs 7640
Institutional Growth Facilitation Fee	Rs 11573	Rs 17360	Rs 17360
Group Insurance	Rs 120	Rs 120	Rs 120
Total Annual Charges	Rs 104176	Rs 127384	Rs 144739
Refundable Security	Rs 13000	Rs 18000	–
Hostel fee	Rs 13108	Rs 20531	–
Allied Fee	Rs 8555	Rs 8555	–
Non-Refundable (Hostel)	Rs 8912	Rs 8912	–
Messing & Washerman	Rs 49840	Rs 49840	–
Total Hostel Fee	Rs 93415	Rs 105838	–
Grand Total Fee	Rs 235583	Rs 276214	Rs 154739

• Click here to check AIL scholarship details.

About Army Law Institute

Army Law Institute (AIL) is a private un-aided institute that was established in the year 1999 by the Indian Army. The institute is affiliated with Punjabi University, Patiala. It is also apprived by the Bar Council of India. The institute offers BA LLB and LLM course.

It follows the motto, ‘Aspire and Achieve’. The institute has grown into a centre of excellence in the field of legal education. Some of its aims and objective are:

• Impart high quality legal education and professional training to its students
• Enable the students to pursue a career at the Bar, Judicial Services, Civil Services etc

Ranking:

• AIL was ranked at 14th position in Top 40 law colleges by India Today
• It was ranked at 17th position among Law India Colleges by The Week’s

Official Website: ail.ac.in

Contact Details
ARMY INSTITUTE OF LAW
SECTOR 68, MOHALI, INDIA
Ph.: 0172-5095336-338 Fax : 0172-5039280
E-mail : info@ail.ac.in

Candidates can check more information on AIL LET exam from last year’s information brochure – Download here.

Frequently Asked Questions on AIL LET 2021