Jharkhand Judicial Service Examination

The Syllabus for the Preliminary Entrance Test shall consist of: –

(i) General English

(ii) General Knowledge (including Current Affairs)

(iii) The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.

(iv) The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

(v) The Indian Evidence Act, 1872.

(vi) The Law of Contract, 1872.

(vii) The Indian Penal Code, 1860.

The Preliminary Entrance Test shall be of 100 marks in aggregate. The marks obtained in preliminary examination shall not be counted for the purpose of final selection. There shall be no negative marking.Duration of Preliminary Entrance Test shall be of two hours.

The Main Examination shall be of four papers of 100 marks each comprising of the questions on the following subjects. :-

Paper – I

(i) Procedural Law (The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973).

(ii) The Indian Penal Code, 1860.

(iii) The Indian Evidence Act, 1872.

(iv) The Limitation Act, 1963.

Paper – II

(i) The Contract Act, 1872

(ii) The Sales of Goods Act, 1930

(iii) The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

(iv) The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

(v) The Transfer of Property Act, 1882

Paper – III

(i) The Hindu Law and The Mohammedan Law

(ii) Rent Control Law.

(iii) The Specific Relief Act, 1963

(iv) Jurisprudence

Paper IV (Language)

Hindi & English (Essay, Precise writing, Translation & Paraphrase)

Duration of Main Examination shall be of three hours for each paper.

There shall be Viva-Voce Test of 100 marks. In the Viva-Voce Test the minimum required qualifying marks would be 25% for the General category candidates and 20% for SC/ST/EBC & BC.

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