Odisha Judicial Service Exam 2020 – The call letter for Odisha Judicial Service Exam 2020 Mains Exam is nw available. Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) has rescheduled the main exam date of OJSE 2020 for Civil Judges in Odisha Judicial Service. The main written examination of Civil Judge Recruitment 2020 is scheduled to conducted from November 03 to 06, 2020. Odisha Judicial Service Examination 2020 consists of three parts viz. Preliminary Written Examination, Main Written Examination, and Interview. Candidates can get all the information related to Odisha Judicial Service Exam 2020 on this page.
Latest: OPSC has released the admit card for Odisha Judicial Service Exam 2020 main examination. Click here to download.
Odisha Judicial Service Exam 2020 for Civil Judge Recruitment
Odisha Direct Recruitment for Civil Judge shall be made by the OPSC through competitive examination commonly know as Odisha Judicial Service Examination 2020 as per the schedule has given above.
Schedule for Odisha Judicial Service 2020 is given below.
| Events | Dates |
| Online Application Form | 19 Nov 2019 |
| Last date for payment of application fee | 18 Dec 2019 |
| Release of Admit Card | 20 Jan 2020 |
| Preliminary Written Examination | 02 Feb 2020 |
| Result of Prelims Exam | 20 Feb 2020 |
| Release of main admit card | 27 Oct 2020 |
| Main Written Examination | 03 – 06 Nov 2020 |
| Result of Main Examination | to be notified |
| Intimation Letter for Interview available from | to be notified |
| Interview | to be notified |
| Final Result | to be notified |
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Odisha Judicial Service Mains Exam 2020 Rescheduled!
Odisha Public Service Commission has rescheduled the date of the OJS (Main) written examination at the official website, opsc.gov.in. The main exam date of OJSE 2020 for the recruitment to the post of Civil Judges is scheduled to be held from November 03 to 06, 2020. The detailed program of venue and time will be informed later on the official website. Check the official notice below.
Odisha Judicial Service Admit Card 2020
Odisha Judicial Service Admit Card 2020 for preliminary written exam is generated for candidates who will have applied for the exam by the due date. OJSE Admit Card for further rounds is released only for qualified candidates. Admit card is an essential document which contains Candidates Name, Roll Number, Exam venue etc. and that is why candidates must carry their admit card to the examination centre to appear for the examination.
OJSE Examination Pattern 2020
Refer to the scheme of examination below to prepare for the examination.
The preliminary written examination
The preliminary written examination shall be of one paper carrying 100 marks with duration of one and half hours with objective type questions of multiple choice (i.e. 100 questions of one mark each with negative marks of twenty-five percent of the marks allotted to a question for every wrong answer) on the following subjects and the OMR answer sheets will be scrutinized by computer
Topics
- Constitution of India
- Code of Civil Procedure
- Code of Criminal Procedure
- Evidence Act
- Indian Penal Code
- Limitation Act
- Transfer of Property Act
- Contact Act
- Law of Succession
- Specific Relief Act.
The Commission shall call the eligible candidates for main written examination who have secured not less than 35 (thirty-five) per-centum of marks·in case of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates and 40 (forty) per-cent of marks in case of others in the preliminary written examination.
The main written examination
The main written examination shall be on the two compulsory papers and three optional papers that are mentioned below. Each of the compulsory subjects shall carry 150 marks with a duration of two and half hours and each of the optional subjects shall carry 150 marks with a duration of three hours.
Compulsory Papers
Paper 1 – General English
- Translation and re translation of ten lines each
- A short essay of about 150 words
- Precis writing consisting of 300 words
- 1 (one) passage of about 500 words with 5 questions
Paper 2 – Procedural Laws
- The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
- The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Optional Papers
A candidate may choose any of the three subjects among the following –
- Law of Crime & Law of Torts
- Personal Law: Hindu Law; Mohammedan Law
- Law of Property: Transfer of property Act, 1882; Specific Relief Act, 1963; Indian Limitation Act, 1963
- Law of Contract: Indian Contract Act, 1872; Sales of Goods Act, 1930; Partnership Act, 1932; Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881
- Jurisprudence and Constitution of India
The Interview
Odisha Judicial Service Interview shall carry 100 marks. Questions to be asked in the interview may not ordinarily be outside the syllabus prescribed for the main written examination. In OJSE Interview questions covering broad National and International issues and matters of common interest in the field of Arts and Science may also be asked.
Odisha Judicial Service Result 2020
Result of Odisha Judicial Service Exam 2020 is announced by the Odisha Public Service Commission after a preliminary exam, main written exam and interview. After main written examination, the commission shall call the candidates for interview who have secured not less than 45% of marks in aggregate and a minimum of 33% of marks in each paper in the main written examination.
Odisha Judicial Service Exam 2020 Details
No of Post – 110
Pay Scale of 27,700-770-33,090- 920-40,450-1080-44,770/-, with usual dearness allowance and other allowances as sanctioned by the Government of Odisha from time to time as admissible
Odisha Judicial Service Application Form 2020 for Main Exam
The candidates who have qualified in the OJS (Prelims) Written Exam 2020 are required to submit printout / hardcopy of their online application mentioning legibly their roll numbers at the right corner of first page of the application along with self attested copies of the certificate/documents by registered Post/Speed Post only to Special Secretary, Odisha Public Services Commission, 19, Dr, P.K. Parija Road, Buxi Bazar, Cuttak-753001, failing which their candidature for such recruitment shall not be considered and shall be treated as cancelled.
Application Fee for Prelims: 300/- (Rupees three hundred) only. Application Fees is non-refundable and non-adjustable. Candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe of Odisha and persons with disability (O.H.) whose disability is not less than 40% are exempted from payment of this fee.
Odisha Judicial Service Eligibility Criteria 2020
Before candidates begin with the application procedure of OPSC OJS exam, candidates must check the eligibility criteria.
Qualification: A candidate must be a graduate in Law of a University or Institution recognized by the Government.
Age: 23 – 35 years of age on the 1st August. The upper age limit prescribed above shall be relaxed as per government rules & regulations.
Candidate must be able to speak, read and write Odia fluently and must have passed an examination in Odia Language equivalent to that of middle English school standard.
About OPSC
Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) is a state level government recruitment body that works to conduct state level examination of Odisha. The OPSC was established on April 01, 1948. The commission conducts various recruitment examination and interview to recruitment eligible candidates for several government departments and services.
Is there any percentage required to face the interview examination?