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Board: Gujarat High Court (HCG)
Post Name: Civil Judge
Description: Gujarat High Court invited from eligible candidates for the cadre of civil judges.
Qualification: Law Degree
Last date of Apply: 06/06/2018

Full Time

Date of posting: 01/05/2018

AHMEDABAD
GUJARAT
INDIA
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HCG Civil Judge Recruitment 2018

Gujarat High Court - HCG published an official notification for recruitment of Civil Judge for 75 posts. Currently this advertisement is published in only newspaper, full official details will be available from 05 May, 2018 on http://hc-ojas.guj.nic.in (High Court OJAS) website. You can get full details for this recruitment as under. Online application for above said recruitment will be started from 07 May, 2018.

Posts Details

No. of posts: 75
Name of Posts: Civil Judge

Eligibility Criteria for HCG Civil Judge Jobs 2018

Educational Qualification:

A prospective Candidate must possess a Degree in Law from a University recognized by law in India & - must be practicing as an Advocate in Courts of Civil and / or Criminal Jurisdiction on the last date fixed for submission of Online Application.
Candidates, who have passed the Degree in Law from the academic year 2009-2010 and onwards, must have also passed the All India Bar Examination, in order to be considered as eligible for being termed as a Practicing Advocate. OR
must be working in the Courts or other Allied Departments on the last date fixed for receipt of applications. [See instruction at Item No.10(7)]
Note: Candidates working in the Courts or other Allied Departments, must be holding LL.B. Degree of 03 Years’ Course or 05 Years’ Course from the recognised University.
Must possess Certificate(s), certifying to be possessing Basic Knowledge of Computer Application / Operation, issued by a Government Institute or other recognized Institute, as set out by the Government of Gujarat in General Administrative Department Resolution No. PRCH-102005-1532-K, dated 30/09/2006 and Resolution No.CRR-10-2007-120320-G.5 dated 13/08/2008.

Age limit: Not more than 35 years
Pay Scale: Rs.27700/- to Rs.44850/- + Allowances
Application Fee:

The candidates belonging to General Category are required to pay Examination Fees of Rs.1000/- plus Bank Charges whereas Rs.500/- plus Bank Charges are required to paid by the Candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes, Socially & Educationally Backward Classes, Physically Disabled Persons (Orthopedically) and Ex-Servicemen Categories via “Print Application / Pay Fee” Button through SBI e-Pay, provided on the webpage of HC-OJAS Portal.
Carefully Read and Follow the Instructions/Help given thereat. Select the Mode of Payment i.e. Online Payment or Cash-Challan (Offline) (Challan will be generated Online at SBI e-Pay Website).
In case of Online Payment Mode, after successful payment, Candidate will get e-Receipt of the same. However, if Transaction / Payment fails due to any technical reasons, follow the Instructions thereat.
Note : e-Receipt will be generated ONLY upon successful transaction / Payment and at relevant point in time and the same will NOT be generated afterwards.

Selection Process

Final selection will be held on preliminary test, main exam & interview.

Scheme of Examinations & Syllabus

The Preliminary Examination (Elimination Test): The Candidates would be able to download their ‘e-Call-letter-cumAdmission Slip’ from the OJAS Portal of NIC i.e. https://hc-ojas.guj.nic.in from 04/09/2018.

The Preliminary Examination (Elimination Test) shall be of 100 Marks, the duration whereof will be 2 Hours, consisting of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) each of 01 Mark with Negative Marking of 0.33 Mark for each Wrong / Multiple Answer, and would be based on the following Syllabus:

Part – A

The Indian Penal Code, 1860
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
The Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949 (Old Bombay Prohibition Act)
The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Only Chapter XVII)

Part – B

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
The Limitation Act, 1963
The Indian Contract Act, 1872
The Constitution of India - [Part-III - Fundamental Rights (Articles 12 to 35A) & Part-IVA - Fundamental Duties]

Part – C

General Knowledge, English Language, Test of Reasoning, Numerical & Mental Ability and Basics of Computer Applications.

The language of 75 Questions in the Preliminary Examination, will be English, whereas the remaining 25 Questions will be in Gujarati.
Preliminary Examination Paper (Objective Type) shall be assessed / evaluated by the Computer, as per entries made on OMR Sheet. As the evaluation is being done on the Computer by Scanning, there is no human intervention and hence, queries relating to rechecking of the OMR Sheets, subsequent to the Preliminary Examination, will not be entertained by the High Court.
The Candidates securing a minimum of 50% Marks in the Preliminary Examination shall be declared as eligible for being called for Main Written Examination. However, the Marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination, shall not be taken into consideration for preparing the Final Merit List of the candidates.

Main Written Examination (Descriptive Type): The Main Written Examination shall consist of Three Papers, based on the Syllabus given below :

Paper- I : (CRIMINAL) [Marks : 75, Duration : 02½ Hours]

The Indian Penal Code, 1860
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
The Probation of Offenders’ Act, 1958
The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015
The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
The Gujarat Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887
The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956
Pre-conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994
The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881(Only Ch.XVII)
The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969

Paper – II : (CIVIL) [Marks : 75, Duration : 02½ Hours]

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
The Limitation Act, 1963
The Indian Contract Act, 1872
The Indian Partnership Act, 1932
The Specific Relief Act, 1963
The Gujarat Court Fees Act, 2004

Paper – III : (GUJARATI LANGUAGE) [Marks : 50, Duration : 01½ Hours]

Gujarati Grammar
Translation (English to Gujarat and Gujarati to English)
Language of Question Paper-I & Question Paper-II of Main Written Examination shall be English. Answers to Questions of Papers I & II of Main Written Examination may be given either in English or in Gujarati, if not instructed otherwise.
The Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes, securing minimum 45% Marks and all other Candidates securing minimum 50% Marks in the Main Written Examination shall be eligible for being called for Viva-voce (Oral Interview) Test, provided the Candidate has secured minimum 40% Marks in each paper.

Viva-voce (Oral Interview) Test :

Viva-voce Test shall be of 50 Marks.
The object of the Viva-voce Test is to assess the suitability of theCandidate for the cadre by judging the mental alertness, knowledge of law, clear and logical exposition, balance of judgment, skills, attitude, ethics, power of assimilation, power of communication, character and intellectual depth and the like, of the Candidate. In view of the amended Rules viz. Sub Rule (1)(i) of Rule-11 of ‘The Gujarat State Judicial Service Rules, 2005’, since ‘Character’ and ‘Suitability’, of a Candidate, holds an important and paramount place, for being considered, for Appointment to the State Judicial Service, therefore, kindly note that, these aspects can be inquired into, by the Competent Authority, prior to the Viva-Voce (Personal Interview), as per Annexure -‘A’.
For being eligible to be included in the Select List, the Candidate must have obtained a minimum of 40% Marks in the Viva-voce Test.
Note: At the time of Viva-voce Test, a Candidate may be required to demonstrate his / her practical knowledge in ‘Basic Knowledge of Computer Application’.