Introduction

The Jharkhand High Court conducts the Jharkhand Judicial Service Exam every year for recruiting deserving candidates for Jharkhand Civil Judge Junior Division posts.

Eligibility Criteria

• The candidate must possess an LLB degree from a university preferably recognized by Bar Council of India.
• Up until the last date of form submission, they must be enrolled as an Advocate.
• It is mandatory that the candidate have active and valid registration and application.
  • A candidate cannot appear for the exam with a suspended registration.
• The candidate must be an Indian citizen.
• They must have good moral character without any criminal records.
• The minimum age for candidates appearing for Jharkhand Judiciary Exam is 22 years while the maximum is 35 years, up to the date mentioned in the high court notice.
  • In case the candidate is female, or a member of a Scheduled Tribe or a Scheduled Caste, their upper age limit can be extended by 3 years.

Exam Pattern

The selection of candidates for Jharkhand judiciary recruitment will be done on the basis of a written examination. This exam includes two parts namely the Preliminary exam and Mains exam. The final part of the exam consists of an interview or a personality test.

Here are the details of the Judiciary Exam Pattern for Jharkhand Civil Judge Recruitment:

• The Preliminary Entrance Test is a written exam with objective or Multiple-Choice type questions.
• The full marks for the Preliminary exam are 100 marks.There shall be no negative marking.
• The duration of exam is 2 hours.
• Those candidates who are able to clear the Preliminary exam will be eligible for the Mains Exam.
• The Mains exam has 4 papers, each carrying 100 marks, making the total marks to be 400.
• The examiners will use oral communication for the viva voce test.

Prelims

• The primary stage of the recruitment process is the Prelims Exam. Candidates shall be tested on the following grounds considering the Jharkhand Judiciary Syllabus:

Mains

• The papers for the Mains exam are as follows. There are four papers of 3 hours duration each.

Interview

• The Viva-voce test holds 100 marks.
• In this test, will need to score at least 25% marks in order to qualify, if he/she belongs to the General Category.
  • For SC/ST/EBC/OBC, the minimum marks required is 20%.