HPSC Judicial Services Notification 2021: For Eligibility, Exam Pattern, Vacancies & Application Process.

The Harayana Public Service Commission has announced the vacancy for the Judicial Service exam in 2021 to hire Civil Judges. As per the official HPSC Civil Judge Notification 2021, there will be approx 239 and 17 anticipatory vacancies. The HPSC Civil Judge Recruitment Online Application is going on. The last date for the HPSC Civil Judge Online Application will be 15th September 2021. Entrants who want to apply must follow the HPSC Civil Judge Recruitment Eligibility to understand if they have qualifications to apply for the job. They must also check the HPSC Civil Judge Recruitment Exam Pattern to understand what are the subject they need to study and to understand the marking scheme. There was a previous notification release for this same post. Entrants who have applied for this post must during the previous application. Let’s have a look at a few details about the HPSC Judicial Service exams to recruit for Civil Judge.

HPSC Civil Judge Recruitment 2021: Civil Judge Exam Details

Now that we know the basic details of the HPSC Civil Judge Recruitment Exam let have a look at the HPSC Civil Judge Recruitment Eligibility for Civil Judge. This will help the candidates to understand if they are fit to apply for the exam. Let’s find out:

HPSC Civil Judge Eligibility 2021:

The eligibility of an entrant is always evaluated based on three factors, Education, Age limit & Nationality. All of the criteria have to be met in or else the entrant will not be considered qualified. There will be age relaxation for entrants considered as minorities. Let’s have a look at the details of eligibility factors in details:

Nationality Criteria:

• The entrant must be a citizen of India or a subject of Nepal or Bhutan.
• A refugee from Tibet.
• A person of Indian origin, arrived from East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Burma, the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zaire, Ethiopia, Zambia, Malawi, and Pakistan, to settle down in India forever.
• A person who was given the certificate of citizenship by the government of India is also eligible to apply for the exam.

Now you already know about the very basic eligibility criteria i.e. citizenship. We will not have a look at the next most important criteria that is the Age limit for HPSC Civil Judge Recruitment.

Age Limit:

The age lower age limit for HPSC Civil Judge Recruitment Exam is 21 years (general candidates). The upper age limit for the HPSC Judicial Service exam from general candidates is 42 years. However, there will be age relaxation provided to SC/ST/OBC and women candidates. Let’s have a look at the details of age relation provided to the entrant:

Last but not least there will be the educational qualification. Let have a look at the details of the educational qualification required for the HPSC Judicial Service Examination for Civil Judge Recruitment:

Educational Qualification:

• Entrants must hold a Bachelor Degree Of Law from a college or university that are affiliated with The Bar Council of India.
• Entrants must be enrolled as practising Advocates just having the degree is not enough.

Now that we are aware of the Eligibility for the exam let have a look at the exam pattern:

HPSC Judicial Service Exam Pattern:

The exam will be conducted in three phases the Prelim, main and Viva. The prelims and mains exam of HPSC Civil Judge Recruitment will be objective type. All rounds of the exam are qualifying. Entrants will only be allowed to appear for the main exam if they qualify in the Prelim. Entrants who would qualify in the main exam will only be going for the Viva round for final selection. Let’s have a look at the Prelim Exam first:

HPSC Civil Judge Recruitment Prelim Exam For Civil Judge:

• The prelim exam will have multiple choice objective type questions.
• There will be 125 questions altogether in the exam.
• Questions will be based on Civil law, criminal law, English and Hindi.
• Four marks will be awarded for each right answer.
• The negative marking for each wrong answer will be 0.80 or 1/5.
• There will be no deduction for leaving questions unanswered.
• The total marks in the Prelim exam of HPSC Judicial service will be 500.
• Entrants will have 2 hours to complete the exam.
• Entrants need to score at least 150 in the Prelim exam to be allowed for appearing in the main exam.
• SC/ST & OBC candidates have to score 100 marks at least in prelim to be able to appear for the Main exam.

HPSC Civil Judge Recruitment Main Exam For Civil Judge:

• For Appearing in the Main Exam of HPCS Judicial Services entrants will have to put separate applications.
• There will be five papers in HPSC Civil Judge Recruitment main exam.
• Questions will be based on Civil law, criminal law, English and Hindi.
• Two papers would be solely based on Civil laws.
• Each paper will carry 200 marks except Hindi paper.
• Hindi paper would have 100 marks.
• The questions will be MCQ Objective type.
• Four marks will be awarded for each right answer.
• The negative marking for each wrong answer will be 0.80 or 1/5.
• There will be no deduction for leaving questions unanswered.
• Entrants will not be called for the Viva process until they secure 50% marks in the main exam.
• For SC/ST/OBC it will be 45% marks.

HPSC Civil Judge Recruitment Viva Voice For Civil Judge:

• Viva exam is conducted out of 200 marks.
• Entrants who are selected from the Main exam.
• Entrants whose quality will be sleeted as per their merit list.
• HPSC hold full right to select the best and alter the number of vacancies.

Now that we are aware of the Exam pattern let have a look at the HPSC Civil Judge Recruitment Syllabus 2021:

HPSC Civil Judge Recruitment Syllabus 2021:

The HPSC Civil Judge recruiting exams Prelim and main both are based on the same syllabus. However, there is a difference in the marking scheme. There will be different qualifying marks in each round of the exam. Let’s have a look at the details of the HPSC Judicial Service Syllabus:

Now let have a look at how the entrants can apply for the HPSC Judicial Service:

HPSC Judicial Service Exam Online Application:

Entrants ensure only to apply through the official website of HPSC. All applications will be accepted online only. Let’s have a look at the process of applying for the HPSC Civil Judge Recruitment:

• Go to the official website of HPSC.
• Click on the advertisement for the Judicial Services exam.
• Check the post carefully fill in the details.
• Entrants must be very careful because entrants will not get a chance to re-enter the details in the application form.
• Fill in all the details like;
  • Applicant name- Enter your name. The name should be the same as your certificates and government ID cards.
  • Date of birth as in birth certificate.
  • Specify your gender, select male or female.
  • Mobile number. Use an active mobile number as this will be used for sending OTP.
  • Confirm mobile number to avoid confusion. the number should be the same.
  • Email address.
  • Upload your recent image and signature.
  • Captcha.
• After filling in all the details click on Submit so that the registration goes through.
• Images size must be 80-200 KB & format should be JPEG/JPG.
• Signature image size should also be between 50-200KN & format should be JPEG or JPG.
• Photographs should not be more than 6months old.
• Image quality should be maintained or else the application will not go through.
• The signature must be done on white paper with a black pen.
• Once the initial registration is done entrants have to log in back with the credentials and follow step by step application process.
• First will be the personal details section.
• In the personal details section, you have to mention your nationality and category as well. So if you fall under any reserved category you must be prepared with the relevant certificate.
• The second would be the correspondence address and permanent address.
• Put the address of communication and home address according to availability. However, if they are the same you can use the same address in both places.
• After that, you have to mention and upload a document of your educational qualification.
• Upload all the documents required to save and next. In the end, there will be an option to Submit. Click on submit to save your application.
• Take a printout of the application form & make payment to upload your Duly signed Application.

HPSC Judicial Service Exam Application Fee:

• The application fee for the male general category, ST/SC/OB and EWS from other states is Rs 1000.
• ST/SC/OB and General Male/ Female from Harayana will have to pay Rs 250 only.
• Physically handicapped entrants from Harayana will not have to pay any application fee.
• The mode of application fee payment is online.

Lastly, let have a look at the vacancy details for HPSC Judicial Service for the post of Civil Judge:

HPSC Civil Judge Vacancies 2021:

• Civil Judge total- 256
• Direct recruitment: 239
  • Gen- 156
  • BC-A – 21
  • BC-B – 11
  • SC – 40
  • EWS – 11
• Anticipatory / Unforeseen vacancies :17
  • Gen – 10
  • BC-A – 01
  • EWS –  02
  • SC – 04

In conclusion, HPSC Judicial Service is a  great opportunity for practicing advocates from within and outside Harayana. Entrants who are willing to secure a position must study to crack the exam asap. There wouldn’t be any specific study required to crack the exam. Advocates just have to read about the laws they have readily gone through. Exam dates will soon be released. Entrants must stay in tune with the official website further to know the exam dates. Entrants must carefully fill the application for the exam by 15th Sept 2021.

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