DELHI JUDICIARY EXAM NEW SYLLABUS YEAR – 2022

CHANGE IN DJS PATTERN

New Delhi Judicial Service (Amendment) Rules 2022

Legal News by Harsh Garg (Indian Law Info.)

For purposes of recruitment to the service, there shall be a Selection Committee consisting of the following: –

(1) Chief Justice or a Judge of the High Court deputed by him.

(2) Two Judges of the High Court nominated by the Chief Justice.

(3) Chief Secretary, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi.

(4) A Secretary of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi nominated by the Administrator.

Provided that the quorum for any meeting of the Selection Committee.

The Registrar General of the High Court shall be the ex-officio Secretary of the Committee.

1. Recruitment after the initial recruitment shall be made on the basis of a competitive examination comprising of a Preliminary objective type Examination for selection for the Mains Examination (Written), Mains Examination (Written) and Interview/ Viva Voce. The Examination will be held by the High Court in Delhi, preferably once a year, subject to vacancy position. The Administrator shall be kept

informed about the dates and place of such examination.

14. A candidate shall be eligible to appear at the

examination, if he is: –

1. a citizen of India;
2. a person practising as an Advocate in India or a person qualified to be admitted as an Advocate under the Advocates Act, 1961; and

c) not more than 32 years of age on the 1 st day of January of the year in which the applications for appointment are invited.

15. The Syllabus for the Examination and the Scheme governing the conduct of the Examination shall be as detailed in the Appendix to these Rules.

1. (i) The Selection Committee shall prepare a list of candidates in order of merit on the basis of competitive examination held in accordance with the Rules. Such list will be forwarded to the Administrator.

(ii) The Administrator may in consultation with the High Court, make appointments in substantive, officiating, or temporary vacancies from amongst those who stand highest in order of merit.

(iii) All selected candidates shall join the service within one month from the date of issuance of notification of appointment by the competent authority.

(iv) Upon sufficient justification, the competent authority i.e. the High Court may extend the abovementioned period of one month for joining service on a written application made by the candidate concerned. Such extension, if granted, shall be for two months only. Extension of period of joining beyond this period may be granted by the High Court in rare and exceptional circumstances but in no case shall such further extension be granted for a period of more than six months from the date of issuance of notification of appointment.

(v) Upon failure of the selected candidate to join service either within one month of the date of notification of appointment or upon expiry of such extended period as may be granted by the High Court, the appointment of the selected candidate shall lapse.

(vi) The vacancy so created by virtue of clause (v) above may be offered to the next candidate, as per the order of merit in the select list unless for reasons to be recorded in writing, it is not so deemed apposite.

(vii) The Select List prepared for all categories of officials shall be valid till the next Select List is published.

(viii) The Clauses (iii) to (v) of this Rule shall form part of the notification of the appointment of the selected candidates.

SYLLABUS

Syllabus and Scheme for the conduct of the Examination

Delhi Judicial Service Examination will be held in two successive stages:-

Delhi Judicial Service Preliminary Examination (Objective type with 25% negative marking) for selection for the Mains Examination (Written), and

Delhi Judicial Service Mains Examination (Written) for selection of candidates for calling for Viva-Voce.

1. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION – The Preliminary Examination will be a screening test of qualifying nature and will consist of one paper of multiple choice questions carrying a maximum of 200 marks. In the preliminary examination questions on general legal knowledge and aptitude of the candidate, candidate’s power of expression, flair in English, knowledge of objective type legal problems, and their solutions covering

• The Constitution of India;
• The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908;
• The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973;
• The Indian Penal Code;
• The Indian Contract Act, 1872;
• The Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008;
• The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996;
• The Indian Evidence Act, 1872;
• The Specific Relief Act, 1963;
• The Limitation Act, 1963;
• The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and
• The Commercial Courts Act, 2015

will be included

• Minimum qualifying marks in the preliminary examination shall be 60% for general category and 55% for reserved categories, i.e., Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and eligible categories of Persons with Disabilities as specified for this Service. However, the number of candidates to be admitted to the Mains Examination (Written) will not be more than ten times the total number of vacancies of each category advertised.

Provided that in case a candidate(s) secures marks equal to the marks secured by the last candidate shortlisted for Mains Examination (Written), then all such candidate(s) who have secured marks equal to the marks secured by the last candidate shortlisted for Mains Examination (Written), shall also be shortlisted for the Mains Examination (Written) irrespective of the fact that by including such candidate(s), the number of candidates shortlisted for Mains Examination (Written) exceeds the prescribed limit of ten times the number of vacancies in each category advertised.

The marks obtained in the preliminary examination by the candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Mains Examination (Written) will not be counted for determining their final order of merit.

2. Mains Examination (Written)

The Mains Examination (Written) will include the following subjects (each subject to carry the number of marks shown against it):

SI. No.                   Subjects                      Max. Marks

1             General Legal Knowledge & Language         250

2                       Civil Law I                      200

3                       Civil Law II                    200

4                      Criminal Law                     200

1. General Legal Knowledge & Language  (150 Marks)

This paper shall comprise of two Sections:-10

Section I: General Legal Knowledge:- This is to test the candidate’s knowledge of current legal affairs etc. (100 Marks).

Section II: Language (Essay, Translation and Precis Writing):-This is to test the candidate’s knowledge and power of expression in English. Credit will be given both for substance and expression. Conversely deduction will be made for bad expression, faults of grammar and misuse of words, etc. There will be two passages for translations one in English which will be required to be translated into Hindi (in Devnagri Script) and the second passage in Hindi (in Devnagri Script) shall be required to be translated into English.

2. Civil Law-I  (200 Marks)

• The Indian Contract Act, 1872;
• The Sale of Goods Act, 1930;
• The Transfer of Property Act, 1882;
• The Specific Relief Act, 1963;
• Hindu Law;
• Mohammaden Law;
• The Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958;
• Law of Torts;
• The New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994;
• The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 and
• The Commercial Courts Act, 2015.

3. Civil Law-II  (200 Marks)

• The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908;
• The Indian Evidence Act, 1872;
• The Limitation Act, 1963;
• The Registration Act, 1908;
• The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996;
• The Trade Marks Act, 1999 and
• The Copyright Act, 1957.

• Criminal Law  (200 Marks)

• The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973;
• The Indian Penal Code;
• The Indian Evidence Act, 1872;
• The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005;
• The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881;
• The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and
• The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.

3. VIVA-VOCE

1. Viva-Voce will carry 150 marks. Candidates of general category must secure minimum 40% marks in each written paper and 50% marks in the aggregate and candidates of reserved categories, i.e., Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and eligible categories of Persons with Disabilities as specified for this Service must secure minimum 35% marks in each written paper and 45% marks in the aggregate in Mains Examination (Written) to be eligible for being called for Viva Voce. Provided that the candidates shortlisted for viva voce shall not exceed three times the number of vacancies in each category advertised. In case, there is a candidate(s) who has/have secured marks equal to the marks secured by the last candidate shortlisted for viva voce, then all such candidate(s) who have secured marks equal to the marks secured by the last candidate shortlisted for viva voce, shall also be shortlisted for the viva voce irrespective of the fact that by including such candidate(s), the number of candidates shortlisted for viva voce exceeds the prescribed limit of three times the number of vacancies in each category advertised.

• Candidates of general category must secure minimum 50% marks and candidates Of reserved categories, i.e., Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and eligible categories of Persons with Disabilities as specified for this Service must secure minimum 45% marks in viva-voce to be eligible for being recommended for appointment to the service.

• The marks obtained in the viva voce will be added to the marks obtained in the Mains Examination (Written) and the candidate’s position will depend on the aggregate of both.

4. GENERAL

1. In addition to the syllabus mentioned in the Appendix to the Rules, the High Court may include any other Act(s)/law(s) in the Preliminary and/or Mains Examination (Written), as may be specified by it from time to time.

• Fee may be charged from the candidates as specified by the High Court from time to time.

• There shall be no re-evaluation of answer sheets in respect of Preliminary Examination and Mains Examination (Written). No request for re-evaluation of answer sheets shall be entertained and the same shall be liable to be rejected without any notice to the candidates.

• Rounding-off of marks at any stage of the examination shall not be permissible. No request for rounding-off of marks at any stage shall be entertained and the same shall be liable to be rejected without any notice to the candidates.

The candidature of candidates found using unfair means of any nature by exercising or attempting to influence the result of the examination at any stage of the Examination, i.e., Preliminary Examination, Mains Examination (Written), or Viva Voce, shall be summarily rejected without any further notice to the candidates. Moreover, such candidate shall be debarred from the future Examination for such a period as may be decided by the High Court, which shall ordinarily be not less than three years.

6. All Examination material including OMR answer sheets relating to Preliminary Examination, answer sheets of Mains Examination (Written), award sheets of viva voce, etc. in relation to each recruitment examination for Delhi Judicial Service will be destroyed one year after the declaration of the final result. However, if any litigation pertaining to any examination is pending before any Court, and the question  issue involved in the /touches upon the answer sheets of the candidate (s) i.e. totaling, evaluation, re-evaluation, etc., the Registry shall preserve such answer sheets

before initiating the process of destruction in terms of the above decision.