Patna High Court Syllabus 2019
Patna High Court Syllabus 2019
4. The selection process will comprise Written and Viva Voce test.
5. The High Court shall hold screening test with a view to shortlist candidates and
may prescribe minimum qualifying cut-off marks for appearing in the Written
Test. The marks obtained in the screening test will be relevant for determining
eligibility to appear at the written test and not for any other purpose.
appointment, will be called for written test on the basis of marks obtained in
Screening Test, if held. The candidates, approximately three times the number of
vacancies for appointment, will be called for Viva-Voce test on the basis of marks
(a) The full marks for screening test shall be 300 and it shall be of 100 questions and
each question will carry 03 marks but each wrong answer will incur 01 negative
mark. It shall be of objective type. In the screening test, the questions will be in
the subjects of Law, English Language, General and Computer Knowledge. The
(2) The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; (3) The Limitation Act, 1963; (4) The Code
of Criminal Procedure, 1973; (5) The Indian Evidence Act, 1872; (6) The Transfer
of Property Act, 1882; (7) The Indian Contract Act, 1872; (8) The Specific Relief
Act, 1963; (9) The Sale of Goods Act, 1930; (10) The Indian Partnership Act, 1932;
(11) The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881; (12) The Arbitration and Conciliation
Act, 1996; (13) The personal Laws (Hindu, Muslim and Christian); and (14) Indian
Penal Code.
(b) In the Main (Written) Examination, there may be as many papers with marks for
each paper, as may be decided by the High Court, for the said examination on
(1) The Constitution of India; (2) The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; (3) The
Limitation Act, 1963; (4) The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; (5) The Indian
Evidence Act, 1872; (6) The Indian Contract Act, 1872; (7) The Sale of Goods Act,
1930; (8) The Indian Partnership Act, 1932; (9) The Specific Relief Act, 1963; (10)
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The Transfer of Property Act, 1882; (11) The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881;
(12) The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996; (13) The Personal Laws (Hindu,
Muslim and Christian); (14) The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988; (15) The Family Courts
Act, 1984; (16) The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; (17) The Scheduled
Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989; and (18)
(c) The ratio of marks of theory papers and viva voce will be 80% and 20%.
(d) A candidate will be called for viva voce provided he secures atleast 45% in each
theory paper
(e) A candidate will qualify for appointment if the candidate secures atleast 45%
marks in each theory paper and 50% in aggregate, in written test (theory papers)
(f) The minimum qualifying marks in the preliminary test would be relaxed for
candidates.
7. Candidates selected for appointment shall draw pay in the time scale sanctioned
for District Judge (Entry Level) with all other admissible allowances.
year. The period of probation shall continue even after the expiry of such period
until and unless such service is expressly confirmed. They will not be confirmed
unless they are found suitable in every respect for substantive appointment to
the Bihar Superior Judicial Service. After confirmation in the service, the period
spent on probation shall be counted towards leave, pension and increment in the
time scale of the service. Their services may be terminated any time during the
9. It is hereby made clear that all further or other steps in relation to such
examination and recruitment, including holding Screening test, written test and
Court.
10. Candidates should satisfy themselves about their eligibility before applying for
the post without prejudice to the powers of the High Court to further scrutinize