Dear Aspirant,

The exam for judiciary (civil judge) is different for every state. Since you are from Chhattisgarh, here are the details of the exams accordingly.

Chhattisgarh Judiciary Service Examination is conducted by Chhattisgarh High Court every year. The official website of the High Court of Chattisgarh is highcourt.cg.gov.in (http://highcourt.cg.gov.in/)

You can also find details on the website of Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission which is http://psc.cg.gov.in/

The Chattisgarh Judicial Service CGPSC Civil Judge Exam is conducted in three parts:

1. The Preliminary Exam

2. Main Exam

3. Personal Interview or Viva Voce

The age of the candidate must be 21 years or more and less than 35 years on a specific date which would be mentioned when you check the details for the examination. Candidates are also given relaxations based on certain categories.

The eligibility criteria is that the candidate have completed his/her Law degree from a recognised university which is approved by BCI.

The syllabus is as follows:

Preliminary exam:

There will be 100 objective-type questions. The tie duration will be 2 hours and the test will be online. These laws should be thorough for the same:

• Indian Penal Code
• Code of Civil Procedure
• Code of Criminal Procedure
• Indian Evidence Act
• Constitution of India
• Transfer of Property Act
• Contract Act
• Limitation Act
• The Chhattisgarh Rent Control Act, 2011
• Court Fees Act
• Specific Relief Act
• Registration Act
• Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code.
• The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
• The Chhattisgarh Excise Act, 1915

Main Exam:

This will be a descriptive type written exam. There will be the following components for the exam.

1. The candidate will have to frame issues and write judgement in civil cases (40 marks)
2. The candidate will have to frame penalties and write judgement for criminal cases (40 marks)
3. Translation from Hindi to English and Vice Versa, each for 10 marks

Hope this helps. All the best!