Bihar Judiciary Eligibility Criteria 2020-21

The Bihar Public Service Commission has released an advertisement for the 31st Bihar Judicial Services Recruitment of 221 vacancies to the Bihar Civil Judge Junior Division. Only candidates who comply with the BPSC Bihar 31st Judiciary eligibility requirement can register for the Recruitment examination. 

• The Bihar Judicial Services Exam will be conducted in three phases: the Preliminary, Mains, and the Interview Process.
• The BPSC Bihar 31st Judiciary Pre-examination will be a computer-based assessment (CBE) to be held on 7 October 2020 and the mains exam is expected to take place in November.
• Candidates above 35 years of age are not qualified to apply for the examination.
• Candidature of the candidates that do not meet the qualifying criteria laid out by the BPSC will be cancelled.
• Applicants must have an LLB or comparable degree from an institute accredited by the Bar Council of India to fill the Bihar Judiciary Application Form.
• Admit cards for the BPSC Judicial Service Test are issued two weeks before the date of the test.

Bihar Judiciary Eligibility Criteria 2020-21

Candidates can check the BPSC Bihar Judicial Services eligibility criteria as per, Educational Qualifications, Age Limit and, Minimum Qualifications, etc, given below in the article. Aspirants can download the free Bihar Judiciary Question Papers to understand the difficulty level of the exam. 

Bihar Judiciary Eligibility Criteria: Age Limit

Candidates must fulfil the Age Limit criteria set out by Bihar Public Service Commission to be eligible for 31st Bihar Judicial Services Recruitment 2020:

• Candidates above 35 years of age as on 1.08.2018 are not qualified to apply for the examination.
• Candidates below 22 years of age as on 1.08.2019 are not qualified to apply for the examination.

Bihar Judiciary Eligibility Criteria: Age Relaxation 

The BPSC Bihar judiciary 2020 age relaxation differs depending on the Category. Candidates are expected to be over 22 years of age under 35 years of age.

• The age relaxation for the OBC category candidates is 3 years, i.e candidates below 38 years of age as on 1.08.2018 are qualified to apply for the examination.
• The age relaxation for the SC category candidates is 5 years, i.e candidates below 40 years of age as on 1.08.2018 are qualified to apply for the examination.
• The age relaxation for the ST category candidates is 5 years, i.e candidates below 40 years of age as on 1.08.2018 are qualified to apply for the examination.
• The age relaxation for candidates with a disability is 5 years, i.e candidates below 40 years of age as on 1.08.2018 are qualified to apply for the examination.
• The age relaxation for the reserved/unreversed woman candidates is 5 years, i.e candidates below 40 years of age as on 1.08.2018 are qualified to apply for the examination.

Bihar Judiciary Eligibility Criteria: Educational Qualification

Candidates must fulfill the Educational Qualification criteria set out by Bihar Public Service Commission to be eligible for 31st Bihar Judicial Services Recruitment 2020.

• A candidate must be a holder of a degree in Law from a University/Institute recognized by the Bar Council of India. 
• In respect of degrees issued by various colleges/institutes/universities for educational qualification, the candidates will be required to give a certificate signed by the head of the college / Principal of the college/institute, or the competent authority of the university, that the said college/institute/university in the prevalent teaching session Is accredited with the Bar Council of India, New Delhi. 
• In the absence of, above said certificate the application form will be rejected.
• A candidate must have a good character in order to be eligible for the Civil Judge post

Bihar Judiciary Eligibility Criteria: Nationality

As per the notification, candidates who are not a citizen of India are not eligible to apply for the 31st Bihar Judicial Services Recruitment 2020.

Bihar Judiciary Eligibility Criteria: Pre and Mains Examination

• For the Preliminary Examination, the minimum qualifying marks will be 45% for the general category candidates and 40% for the reserved category candidates.
• For the Mains Examination, the qualifying marks for the reserved category candidates including women and partially disabled candidates will be 5% less for each principal subject from general category candidates.

Bihar Judiciary Eligibility Criteria: Reservation

• Candidates will not get the benefit of reservation if they do not claim reservation in the column indicated of the online application form.
• On the basis of caste, the benefit of reservation will be given only to those candidates whose permanent residence is in the state of Bihar i.e. those who are native of Bihar. The benefit of reservation will not be applicable to the candidate’s resident outside the state of Bihar. 
• Only the permanent address given in the application will be used for reservation purposes. 
• It will be mandatory for SC and ST candidates to submit their Caste certificate and Permanent residence / Domicile certificate.
• For the backward caste and most backward caste candidates, it will be mandatory to submit their Caste certificate, Domicile certificate, and Non-creamy layer certificate
• In the case of backward class and extremely backward class, Non-creamy layer certificate, caste certificate, and permanent residence certificate should be issued by the zonal officer notified by the state government of his permanent domicile zone.
• The caste / Non-creamy layer certificate of married women claiming reservation should be issued from the name and permanent address of their father and not in the name of their husband. 
• Reservation will not be applicable if all the certificates related to the above reservation are not presented originally at the time of the interview.
• For candidates having a disability, it is necessary to attach a copy of the Disability Certificate issued in the prescribed form by the competent authority, otherwise, the benefit of reservation is not applicable on the basis of disability.
• The reservation category cannot be modified/changed between the ongoing process of appointment.

Bihar Judiciary Application Form 2020

Bihar High Court has released the Bihar Judiciary application form 2020 on the official website for the appointment of qualified LLB candidates for vacancies in the Civil Judge Junior Division from the second week of March 2020 in online mode. All the candidates are advised to fill the online form on or before the last date.

• Before proceeding with the application form, read all the instructions carefully. Fields marked with * are mandatory to be filled by the candidates.
• The Bihar Judicial Services application Form involves registration, filling in details, uploading scanned images, and finally paying the application fee.
• Make sure to meet the Bihar Judiciary Exam Eligibility Criteria before proceeding with the online application form.

Bihar Judiciary Vacancy 2020

This year, a total of 221 vacancies have been released to recruit eligible candidates for the post of Civil Judge in the Bihar High Court.