HPPSC Judicial Services Exam 2024
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The Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (HPPSC) has released a recruitment notification for various Civil Judge Posts in the HPPSC State. The HPPSC Judiciary Notification has been released on 14th December 2024 on the official website of Himachal Pradesh PSC. The HPPSC will fill a total no. of 21 posts of Civil Judge Cadre, Class I. Here in this article, we have thoroughly mentioned all the relevant details regarding the Himachal Pradesh PSC Civil Judge Prelims, Mains and Interview Stage Exam Pattern 2024.
The Himachal Pradesh PSC Civil Judge Vacancy Online Form will start from 14th December 2024 and will be ended on 5th January 2025. After completing the HPPSC J 2024 Recruitment process, the PSC will release the HPPSC Judiciary Vacancy Schedule 2024. Those candidates who are interested in the Himachal Pradesh Civil Judge Vacancy 2024 can check the Himachal Pradesh Civil Judge Exam Pattern through this page. The HP Judiciary Preliminary Exam will be held on 2nd March 2025.
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Himachal Pradesh Judiciary Exam Pattern 2024
The Himachal Pradesh PSC conducts the HPPSC Judiciary Exam in three stages. These are mentioned below-
- Preliminary Exam (Objective Type)
- Mains Exam (Subjective Type) and
- Personal Interview
The Himachal Pradesh Judiciary Prelims Exam is only qualifying in nature. The scores obtained at this stage are not added to the final merit list. Candidates are considered for the subsequent stage only if their preliminary scores are higher than the minimum required scores. These scores are different for each category of candidate. The scores obtained in the main exam and interview stage are added to the final merit list, thus deciding the rank of a candidate. Here a candidate can get the complete overview regarding the HPPSC Civil Judge Exam Pattern in the next slide.
Himachal Pradesh PSC Judiciary Prelims Exam Pattern 2024
All the details regarding HPPSC J Prelims Exam have been mentioned below –
- The mode of preliminary exam will be offline mode (OMR Based).
- There will be three papers i.e. Civil Law-I, Civil Law-II and Criminal Law.
- Each paper will carry a total no. of 100 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs).
- Each paper shall be of one hour.
- The examination in all the three papers shall be held on the same day.
- No negative marking will be there.
- Each paper shall consist of 50 questions with two marks for each question.
- Each correct answer will fetch you two marks.
- The syllabus for the preliminary exam shall be the same as provided for Papers I to III for the Main Exam.
Cutoff scores for HPPSC CJ Exam
No candidate would be considered to have qualified the main exam unless he obtains 45% marks in aggregate in all papers and at least 33% marks in language paper i.e. Hindi in Devanagri Script.
No candidate shall be credited with any marks in any paper in Main Exam unless he obtains 40% marks in that paper, except Hindi language paper (Paper-V) in which candidates should obtain at least 33% marks.
Himachal Pradesh PSC Judiciary Mains Exam Pattern 2024
All the details regarding HPPSC J Mains Exam have been mentioned below –
- The mains exam will be a subjective type of exam.
- This stage will contain five mandatory papers.
- Main written exam shall be held tentatively from the last week of March 2025.
- The date sheet will be displayed on the website of the commission.
| Papers | Name of Subjects/Topics | Marks |
| Paper-I Civil Law | Code of Civil Procedure, Indian Evidence Act, Indian Stamp Act, Himachal Pradesh Courts Act 1976 ad Specific Relief Act | 200 |
| Paper-II Civil Law | Indian Contract Act, Hindi Law, Indian Limitation Act, Transfer of Property Act and HP Urban Rent Control Act | 200 |
| Paper-III Criminal Law | Indian Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code, Chapter XVII (Section 138 to 143) of Negotiable Instruments Act, HP Excise Act 2011, Wild Life Protection Act, Indian Forest Act and Module on Judicial Sensitivity to Sexual Offences
· Latest guidelines/ directions of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India with regard to bail and conditions to be imposed under section 437, 438 and 439 Cr.P.C. · What is gender stereotyping and its effects · How the gender stereotyping undermines women’s access to justice in sexual offences cases and how judicia gender stereotyping is to be avoided. · Judicial approach towards new species of offensive activities, cybercrimes that are women-centric, such as transmitting of sexually explicit material, blackmailing, defamation/ morphing/ creating fake profile etc. · Role of judge in protecting the victim during judicial process · Accountability and standards of conduct while dealing with sexual offence cases · Importance and meaning of gender sensitivity and effects of gender conditioning in judicial decisions in sexual offence cases. · Incorporating gender perspective into judicial decision making and constitutional and statutory provisions on gender justice · Judicial approach towards child sexual abuse with reference to provisions of the POCSO Act, 2012. · Credibility of statement of victim in sexual offence cases. · Sentencing provisions in sexual offence cases. Besides above, the following Acts/ Provisions are included to assess the approach regarding judicial sensitivity to sexual offences. · The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 · The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 · The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 · The Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 · The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 · CCS Rules for Prohibition of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace · Discrimination and Harassment of Women at Workplace and Rights and Dignity of Women at Workplace – Constitutional Mandate and Guidelines by Hon’ble Supreme Courtin Vishakha Case · The Bangalore Principal of Judicial Conduct, 2002 · The Bangkok General Guidelines for Judges on Applying a Gender Perspective in South East Asia. |
200 |
| Paper-IV | English Comprehension – A Choice from three essays on General Subjects.
· Essay – 100 Marks · Translation of Hindi Passage into English – 50 Marks · Total – 150 Marks |
150 |
| Paper-V | Language (Hindi) –
Hindi No Books Prescribed. The paper of Hindi will comprise of the following – · Translation of English passage into Hindi – 30 Marks · Essay in Hindi on any topic out of three – 50 Marks · Composition (Idioms and Corrections etc.) – 20 marks · Total – 100 marks |
100 |
HPPSC Judiciary Viva-voce 2024
Relatively more meritorious candidates from among those who appeared in the Mains Examination in the ration of having regard to the number of vacancies shall be called for viva-voce to be conducted. The viva-voce will be of 150 marks. The final merit list will be prepared by adding the marks obtained by a candidate in the mains exam and viva-voce.
For each vacancy three candidates shall be called for viva-voce strictly in order of merit obtained in the written examination. The candidate shall have to secure minimum 45% marks in the interview.
Preparation Strategy for Himachal Pradesh PSC J 2024
The candidates should have made a proper schedule and planned strategy. Before going to start the preparation, the candidate should check out the HP PSC Judiciary Syllabus 2024 in detailed. For the prelims exam the candidate must solve the maximum number of PYQs of all the state judiciary exams. Also, the candidate should join a mock test series. Since the prelims is a game of MCQs solving technique. Thus, the more MCQs a candidate solves the more chances to get through the prelims he will attain. For this a candidate may refer the Singhal’s Law Publication for Multiple Choice Questions for Prelims Exam.
For the mains exam the candidate should have a thorough understanding and command on the bare acts of each act mentioned in the syllabus. Along with this the candidate must solve the previous year question papers of all the state judiciary exams for the practice purpose. For this he may refer the Singhal’s Law Publication for Judiciary Mains Exam latest edition.
For the General Knowledge section, the candidate must focus on the latest news related to HPPSC State and the Nation. Also try to read at least one article of the newspaper.
How to download HP PSC Judiciary Syllabus 2024
Candidates who want to download the HP PSC Judiciary Syllabus 2024 PDF can take it right from this website. A direct link to download the syllabus has been provided below.
