Judiciary services examination

The entry-level examination which is the Judiciary service examination is for the law graduates to become a member of the subordinate judiciary. Under the supervision of their respective high court, the state government appoints a lower judiciary based on these competitive exams.

                                         Eligibility Criteria

Lower Judiciary services: A degree in LLB is a must for the candidate appearing for judiciary service examination and the candidate should be qualified or enrolled as an Advocate under the Advocates’ Act 1961. Final year candidates can also appear for this exam and no experience is required. The age criteria for this exam are 21 to 35 years, but it also depends upon the state.

Higher Judiciary services: Graduation in Law is compulsory along with seven years of litigating practice.

                                          Structure of the Exam

Judiciary services examination is conducted in three stages preliminary exam, mains exam, and viva-voce or interview.

Prelim Exam: A screening exam before the mains exam. Objective types of questions will be asked in these exams. The preliminary exam mark does not play a major role in the final selection. The various state has their own percentage of qualification marks criteria. For the general category minimum of 60 percent qualifying marks is required while for the reserved category minimum of 55 percent qualifying marks is required.

Mains Exam:  The main exam is a subjective type consisting of about 3 to 4 papers. The marks secured in the Mains exam are taken into considerations for the selection process. Viva-voce is the candidate equal three times the number of vacancies.

Viva-Voce or interview: General interest, personality, and intelligence are the factors taken into account to judge the candidate before giving him a post and it’s the final stage.

                          Syllabus for Judiciary service Examination.

Civil law, criminal law, and Language Paper comprise the major papers, but the subjects differ according to state. Language paper carries around 20 to 35 percent of total weightage, the main examination consists of six to seven papers and carries about 70 percent of questions of law.

              States which conducts the judiciary service examination are:

                           Competition for Judiciary Services Examination

Exams like UPSC, NDA, CDS, AFCAT are given by various candidates throughout India and the competition is rigorous and the selection percentage is also very less. This is not the case in the Judiciary service Examination, only about 50,000 to 60,000 candidates appear for the exam, but only with a proper and structured study pattern crack exam. For preliminary exam, the emphasis should be given on bare act study, while if a candidate prepare for the mains exam then he should have to consider more on clearing the concepts of law

                       How to prepare for the Judiciary services Examination

A structured study plan is required to crack the examination, candidate should understand the syllabus first and then should start preparation, besides the knowledge of subjects, the Candidate should hold a strong command over the general affairs. As general affairs is an important section in the examination. One can prepare the general affairs through magazines and papers like Kurukshetra, Yojana, The Hindu, and many more.

                                      Scope after clearing Exam

In the Indian Judicial system, the most respected position is that of a judge. Secure and comfortable tenure is enjoyed by the person who cracks all stages of the judiciary service exam. There are two levels in the career of judiciary service. Lower judicial services are for those who are a fresh graduates and clear the exam conducted through the respective state public service commission or the higher courts. One can expect time-bound promotions for sure. The additional district judge is the post secured by these candidates. Those who have been appointed as a civil judge have the power of Judicial Magistrate (Second Class) and those who are promoted to chief Judicial Magistrate have the power of Judicial Magistrate (First Class). Additional District and Session Judge are posted to High Court while there are very rare occasions or exceptional cases where the candidate are posted to Supreme Court.

A huge compensation package and comfortable life are enjoyed by the officials who crack all the stages of the Judiciary service examination as they will be having the power to do justice with the people.