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BPSC Civil Judge 2024 Exam

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About BPSC Civil Judge Exam

BPSC conducts the Judiciary exam to select desired candidates for the various judicial posts. It is considered the most prestigious exam in the Law graduates. The candidates can have to go through the three stages to clear the exam. The candidates who had appeared for the mains exam are waiting to know the status of their result.

BPSC Civil Judge Exam Date

The important dates for the 31st Bihar Judicial Service exam are given in the table below. The commission will release the 32 Judicial Service dates soon.

Events

Dates 2021

Date 2022

Bihar Judiciary exam Notification Date 2021-2022

March 2020

To be notified

Judicial Service Online Application Start Date

March 12, 2020

To be notified

Last Date to Judiciary Application

August 31, 2020

To be notified

Last Date to pay the fee

September 05, 2020

To be notified

Last Date of Submitting Judiciary Application

September 12, 2020

To be notified

Judicial Service Prelims Admit Card 2021-2022

10-15 days before the exam

To be notified

BPSC Judicial Service Prelims Exam Date 2021-2022

December 06, 2020

To be notified

Judiciary Prelims Answer Key 2021-2022

December 19, 2020

To be notified

Judicial Service Prelims Result

February 07, 2021

To be notified

Mains Application Form

Feb 19 to March 18, 2021

To be notified

Bihar Judiciary Mains Admit Card

July 17, 2021

To be notified

Bihar Judiciary Mains Dates

July 24 to 28, 2021

To be notified

Interview Date

22 August to 3 September 2022

To be notified

Bihar Judiciary Final Result Released on

10 October 2022

To be notified


BPSC Civil Judge Eligibility

  • Educational Qualification: You must have a Bachelor of Laws from any institute or university recognized by the Bar Council of India.
  • Bihar Judiciary Sevices Age Limit: The minimum age is 22 years, while the maximum age allowed for the exam is 35 years. The upper age limit for women and physically disabled persons is extended to 40 years.

BPSC Civil Judge Vacancy

Every year, the number of vacancies released will vary based on the available posts. This year, the Bihar Public Service Commission will release around 250 Bihar Judiciary Vacancies for civil judge posts.  Last year, 221 vacancies were released by the Bihar Public Service Commission. Check out the table below to know the category-wise vacancies for the previous year.

Category No. of Vacancies
Scheduled Caste 35
Scheduled Tribe 02
OBC 47
BC 26
EWS 23
Unreserved category/GEN 88
Total 221

BPSC Civil Judge Salary

At the entry level, the judge gets around INR 28,000 per month, whereas the Junior civil judge will get INR 12,000 per month. The senior division civil judge draws a salary of INR 21,000 per month. The basic salary of a high court judge is INR 80,000 per month.

BPSC Civil Judge Syllabus

Prelims Exam

General Knowledge
  • Current Affairs and Elementary General Science

Law
  • Law of Evidence and Procedure
  • Constitutional & Administrative Law of India
  • Hindu Law and Muhammadan Law
  • Law of Transfer of Property
  • Principles of Equity
  • Law of Trusts and Specific Relief
  • Law of Contracts and Torts
  • Commercial Law
 

Mains Exam

General Knowledge including Current Affairs
  • Indian history, culture
  • Geography of nature

Elementary General Science

General Hindi
  • Essay
  • Sentence Classification
  • Grammar

General English

Law of evidence and procedure
  • Indian evidence act (1 of 1872)
  • Civil procedure code (5 of 1908)
  • Arbitration and conciliation act, 1996
  • Code of criminal procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)
  • Provincial small cause courts act, 1887
 

Optional Subjects For Bihar Judiciary Exam 2021-22

Constitutional and administrative law of India
Constitution of India
  • Article 1 to 1395 and schedules

Administrative law of India
  • Delegated legislation
  • Control of delegated legislation-judicial and legislative
  • Fair hearing, rules of natural justice, rules against bias
  • Tribunals and quasi-judicial authorities, judicial control over them
  • Regulatory authorities
  • Judicial review of administrative action
  • Writ jurisdiction and statutory judicial remedies, scope, extent, and distinction
  • Public interest litigation
  • Tortious liability of state and compensation
  • Promissory estoppel, legitimate expectation, and the doctrine of proportionality.
  • Government contracts
  • Ombudsman

Hindu Law
Law of transfer of property, principles of equity, the law of trusts, and specific relief
  • Determination of trust
  • Remedies for breach of trust
  • Specific relief act, 1963 (act 47 of 1963)
  • Indian trust act (2 of 1882)

Law of Contracts and Torts
Law of Contracts
  • Act 9 of 1872 (Indian contract act)

Law of Torts
  • General principles of liabilities
  • Remedies, nuisances, injuries to persons
  • Assault, false imprisonment, injuries to domestic and contractual relations, wrongful dismissal, defamation, negligence
  • The rule in Rylands Vs. Fletcher deceit
  • Conspiracy
  • Malicious prosecution

Commercial Law
The main principles of law relating to
  • sales of goods
  • negotiable instruments
  • company law
  • partnership

BPSC Civil Judge Exam Pattern

The Bihar judicial services exam will be conducted in two phases such as prelims & mains respectively.

Bihar Judiciary Prelims Exam Pattern 2022

Subjects Maximum Marks
General knowledge 100
Law 150

 Bihar Judiciary Mains Exam Pattern 2022

The Bihar Judiciary Mains exam consists of 5 compulsory papers. Among the 5 papers, General English and General Hindi will be qualifying in nature. Candidates should score 30 marks out of 100 marks in both papers to get their other papers evaluated. Also, there are 5 optional papers, among which the candidate should select any 3 papers.

Compulsory Papers

Subjects Marks
General Knowledge including Current Affairs 150
Elementary General Science 100
General Hindi 100
General English 100
Law of Evidence and Procedure 150

Optional Papers

Subjects Marks
Constitutional & Administrative Law of India 150
Hindu law and Muhammadan law 150
Law of Transfer of Property, Principles of Equity, Law of Trusts, and Specific Relief 150
Law of Contracts and Torts 150
Commercial Law 150

BPSC Civil Judge How to Apply

After fulfilling the eligibility mentioned above requirements, you could apply for Bihar Judiciary Exam 2022. You can follow the instructions below while filling out the BPSC Judiciary Services 2022 Online Registration Form.

  • Visit the official website of Bihar Public Service Commission: bpsc.bih.nic.in.
  • Click on the application link for Judiciary Services Exam.
  • Provide the required details such as name, DOB, address, educational qualifications, work experience, category, etc.
  • Upload a recent passport size picture and signature in the mentioned size & format.
  • Pay the required fee for your application.
  • Submit the form and take a printout of the application form for future reference. 
 

Bihar Judiciary Application Fee

  • INR 600 for the General category
  • INR 150 for ST/ST/PWD category 

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