Bihar Judiciary Syllabus 2020-21 PDF Download Here

The Bihar Public Services Commission has rescheduled the 31st Bihar Judicial Services Prelims 2020 exam for 06th December 2020. As there is an ample amount of time, aspirants can go through the brief Bihar Judiciary Syllabus 2020 PDF here and enhance their preparation. 

Bihar Judiciary Syllabus 2020

The Bihar Civil Judge Syllabus 2020 PDF is available on its official website in Hindi as well as in the English language. Solving Bihar Judiciary Question Papers is one of the best-suggested methods by experts to understand the difficulty level of the exam. 

• Through this recruitment, a total of 221 Civil Judge vacancies will be filled.
• There are three stages involved in the selection process i.e., Preliminary exam, Main Exam, and Interview.
• The Bihar Judiciary Exam will be conducted in a pen-paper mode that includes the objective type of MCQ based paper.

Bihar Judiciary Syllabus for Prelims 2020

In the prelims exam of Bihar Judiciary 2020, the subjects included are as listed below. Follow expert-designed Bihar Judiciary Preparation Tips to know subject-wise preparation strategies. 

1. General Knowledge including current affairs
2. Elementary General Science
3. Law of Evidence and Procedure
4. Constitutional and Administrative Law of India 
5. Hindu Law and Muhammadan Law
6. Law of Transfer of Property and Principles of Equity
7. Law of Trusts and Specific Relief
8. Law of Contracts and Torts
9. Commercial Law

Bihar PCS J Mains Syllabus 2020

BPSC Civil Judge Syllabus includes 5 compulsory and three optional papers. To be perfect in all these topics studying from the best Judiciary Exam Books is best preparation method.

Compulsory Paper

Detailed Bihar Judiciary syllabus of compulsory subjects is mentioned below:

General Hindi

There will be no level of this paper, which is meant for the candidates who have studied Hindi continuously from fourth grade in the secondary examination of the Bihar Vidyalaya Examination Committee. This test will examine 

1. The general ability of the candidates to express their expressions clearly and accurately in simple Hindi
2. The intuitive understanding of simple Hindi on familiar subjects.

The distribution of marks will be as follows

GENERAL ENGLISH

Questions will be set to test the understanding of and the power to write English. A passage or passages will usually be set for summary or precis. Questions will include letter writing on a given subject.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

General Knowledge:- (including knowledge of current events) - The paper will also include questions of Indian History, Culture and Geography of a nature, which candidates should be able to answer without special study.

ELEMENTARY GENERAL SCIENCE

Elementary General Science:- A paper of questions to test such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspects as may be expected of an educated person who has not made a special study of any scientific subject. 

Law of Evidence and Procedure

Law of Evidence and Procedure, Indian Evidence Act (1 of 1872), Civil Procedure Code (5 of 1908), Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996), Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(2 of 1974), Provincial Small Cause Courts Act), 1887 IN

Optional Paper

Out of five Subjects listed below, Candidates need to prepare the Bihar Judiciary Syllabus of any three subjects and he/she is required to appear in three optional papers only.

Constitutional and Administrative Law of India

1. Constitution of India - Article 1 to 395 and Schedules
2. Administrative Law of India
3. Delegated Legislation
4. Control of Delegated Legislation - Judicial & Legislative
5. Fair Hearing; Rules of Natural Justice: Rule Against Bias; Audi Alteram Partem
6. Tribunals and Quasi-Judicial Authorities; Judicial Control over them
7. Regulatory Authorities
8. Judicial Review of Administrative Action
9. Writ Jurisdiction and Statutory Judicial Remedies, Scope, Extent & Distinction
10. Public Interest Litigation
11. Tortious Liability of State and Compensation
12. Promissory Estoppel, Legitimate Expectation & Doctrine of Proportionality
13. Government Contracts
14. Ombudsman

Hindu Law and Muhammadan Law

1. Hindu Law 

Format of Sources - Various Branches (Schools), Marriage, Paternity, Adoption, Joint Family and Joint Property, Impartible Estate, Debt, Transfer, Division, Succession, Female Wealth, Widow's Estate, Will, Donation, Religious and endowment.

2. Muhammadan Law

Sources of Muslim law, origin and development of various branches, the extent of its application in India, Sharia Act (Sharia Act), 1937, the effect of converting to Islam, succession and administration, Wills, Hewa, Hebabil Abaj, Waqf-maintenance, Legitimacy and Acknowledgement, Guardianship.

Law of Transfer of Property and Principles of Equity

Law of Transfer of Property and Principles of Equity including Law of Trust and Specific Relief.

1. Property transfer law - act no. 4 of 1882 (Transfer of Property Act). 
2. The principle of Equity which also includes the Law of Trust and Specific Relief.

• History of Court of Equity, maxims, the origin of use in practice Development of Trust.
• Definition of justice, formality in trust formation. Classification of justice, Express, Employed, Resulting. constructive, private and public, Benami transactions.
• Principle of Advancement. Khairati Trust. Rights and duties of Trustees (Trustees) compared to Devotar. Determination of Trust. Remedies for Breach of Trust.
• Specific Relief Act, 1963 (No - 47, 1963), Specific Relief Act, 1963 (Ac147 of 1963) Indian Trust Act (2 of 1882).

Law of Contracts and Torts

Law of Contracts

1. Act no Indian Contract Act 9 of 1872.
2. Law of Torts - The nature of tort. General Principles of Liabilities. Party, Remedies, Nuisance, Injuries to Persons.

Death, Assault, False Imprisonment, Injuries to Domestic and Contractual Relations, Wrongful Dismissal, Defamation, Neglect Negligence). Responsibility for dangerous assets, The Rule in Rylands Vs. Fletcher Deceit, Conspiracy. Malicious Prosecution.

COMMERCIAL LAW

Commercial Law:- The main principles of law relating to

1. Sale of Goods
2. Negotiable Instruments
3. Company Law
4. Partnership.

Bihar Judicial Services Syllabus 2020 in Hindi

As per the official notification, the syllabus has been released in both English and Hindi. There are many candidates preparing or studying for the exam in the Hindi language. For their reference, we have provided the Bihar PCS J Syllabus in Hindi as well. Click on the link below to download the free BPSC Civil Judge Syllabus PDF in Hindi. 

Bihar Judiciary Exam Syllabus PDF in Hindi

Bihar Judicial Service Exam Pattern 2020

Along with the Bihar Judiciary Syllabus, candidates must go through the question paper pattern. The three tiers of the recruitment process of the Bihar PCS J exam will be conducted on the basis of the following exam pattern:

Bihar Civil Judge Prelims Exam Pattern 2020

The Prelims exam consists of two papers, the first paper will contain questions regarding General Studies and the second paper will contain questions regarding Law. Both papers will be an objective type, Multiple Choice Questions based exams.

Bihar Judiciary Mains Exam Pattern 2020

Bihar higher Judiciary exam Mains consists of two parts: Compulsory Paper and Optional Paper.

Subjects along with weightage of the Compulsory exam is given below:

Note: General English and General Hindi are qualifying papers. Marks of these two papers will not add-up for the Final Merit List. But the candidates must secure at least 30 marks in these papers to qualify the Mains exam.

Topics for optional Paper are listed below. Candidate needs to choose any three subjects out of the following subjects:

Bihar Judiciary Interview Pattern 2020:

Personality Test or Personal Interview will be of 100 marks. Candidates need to score a minimum of 35 marks to qualify for the post of Civil Judge.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates after the declaration of Mains Merit list, will be called for this round.

Bihar Judiciary Exam Preparation Tips 2020

Candidates preparing for the Bihar Judicial Services Exam 2020, are advised to follow certain tips and tricks to score more marks. 

• Going through the complete Bihar Judicial Services syllabus is the first important strategy. This helps in knowing which are the topics to be studied.
• In the mains exam, always select the optional subjects in which you are strong and can score more marks.
• In the preliminary exam, focus on the geography and history of India as well as Bihar. This is because maximum marks are allotted to these sections.
• Read Daily Current Affairs to know about the ongoing events and past across the globe. This helps in cracking this section easily.
• Candidates should focus on developing a deep knowledge of various legislative acts and standards. Go through the analysis of laws and legislation as questions are often tricky.
• Develop knowledge of the application of laws in the latest case laws as this leads to better prospects of scoring higher marks in the main exam.

Bihar Judiciary Exam Books 2020

For enhanced preparation, referring to the right books is very important. The below table explains the preparation books that are as per the latest Bihar Judiciary Syllabus 2020.