NLU shimla is a new institute. There are various private colleges where the infrastructure, facilities, faculty and placements are better than here. Most of the lower NLUs survive mostly on the NLU tag but it doesn't matter much. There are no placements in most of the lower NLUs. So it depends on which private college you compare it to. If you compare well ranked colleges like Symbiosis, Nirma, Narsee Monjee to NLU shimla, it's better to go for private colleges as long as you're comfortable with the fee. But if you compare LPU, Lloyd etc then NLU shimla will be better.