OPSC Judicial Service Recruitment Eligibility
Exam on : 2022 - 2022
OPSC Judicial Service Recruitment Eligibility
Age Limit:-
- Minimum age limit- 23 years
- Upper age limit- 35 years
- Age relaxation is available for SC/ST, SEBC and women candidates.
Educational Qualification:-
- Candidates should have a Graduate in Law of a University or Institution recognized by the Government.
- A Superintendent or a Ministerial Officer in the High Court or any Civil or Criminal Court sub-ordinate to the High court or an Assistance Law Officer or Translator of the Law Department of Government shall also be eligible for the appearing at the competitive examination for recruitment to the posts of Civil Judges in Odisha Judicial Service
- If he/she is a graduate in Law of University recognized by the State Government has approved service in the High Court or in any Civil or Criminal Court sub ordinate to the High Court or in the Law department of not less than seven years by the last date fixed for submission of online applications for the said competitive examination, has been recommended by the respective appointing authority: and is not more than 39 years of age on the 1st August 2020.
OPSC Judicial Service Recruitment Selection Process
Selection of the candidates will be based on below few steps.
- Preliminary Exam: It is a kind of screening test. The exam is conducted in an offline or online format. All the questions of the preliminary exam are objective type. The preliminary exam consists of a single paper, which is further divided into 10 subtopics. The total marks of the exam is 100 marks and it must be conducted in 1 hour and 30 minutes.
- Mains Exam: The candidates clearing the preliminary exam are selected for the main exam. The main exam has 2 compulsory papers and 3 optional papers. All the questions in the main exam are descriptive type. The first two papers are General English and Procedural Law. The other three papers are to be selected from 5 subjects. All the papers carry 150 marks each, totaling 750 marks. Each paper is of 1 hour and 30 minutes duration.
- Interview: The final stage of the Odisha Judicial services selection process is the interview process where the candidates may face questions based upon the syllabus of mains exams. The interview is conducted for the total marks of 100. The interview may also cover questions related to national and international issues, and other such questions that check the candidates' presence of mind.
OPSC Judicial Service Recruitment Exam Pattern
Preliminary Exam:-
- There are a total of 100 questions in the Preliminary Exam
- The exam is conducted for a total of 100 marks
- For each correct answer, the candidate is awarded 1 mark.
- For every wrong answer, 1/4th marks are deducted.
- The duration of the exam is 1 hour 30 minutes.
- The candidates belonging to SC/ST category must score a minimum of 35% marks and candidates from other categories must score 40% marks to qualify for the next round of the selection process.
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Subject |
No. of Questions |
Total Marks |
Duration |
|
Constitution of India |
100 questions |
100 marks |
1 hour 30 minutes |
|
Code of Civil Procedure |
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Code of Criminal Procedure |
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|
Evidence Act |
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Indian Penal Code |
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Limitation Act |
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Transfer of Property Act |
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Contract Act |
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Law of Succession (Indian Succession Act and Hindu Succession Act) |
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Specific Relief Act |
Main Examination:-
The Odisha Judicial Services Exam has 2 compulsory papers and three optional papers. The exam patterns for both the papers are given below:
The Compulsory Examination:-
- Paper-1 and Paper-2 of the Compulsory paper are conducted for 150 marks each.
- The duration of each exam is 2 hours 30 minutes.
- In the translation section, the sentences must be translated from English to Odia and vice versa.
|
Paper |
Subject |
Marks |
Duration |
|
Paper -1 |
General English
|
150 marks |
2 hours 30 minutes |
|
Paper-2 |
Procedural Laws
|
150 marks |
2 hours 30 minutes |
|
Total |
300 |
- | |
The Optional Paper
- The candidates can pick any 3 subjects from the subjects given in the table below.
- Each subject carries 150 marks and must be attempted within a duration of 3 hours.
- The candidates having 45% aggregate marks and minimum 33% marks in each paper will be qualified for the next round, i.e. interview.
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S. No |
Subject |
Total Marks |
Duration |
|
1 |
Law of criminal & Law of torts |
150 marks |
3 hours |
|
2 |
Persona Law
|
150 marks |
3 hours |
|
3 |
Law of Property
|
150 marks |
3 hours |
|
4 |
Law of Contract
|
150 marks |
3 hours |
|
5 |
Jurisprudence and Constitution of India |
150 marks |
3 hours |
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