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Supreme Court of India Law Clerk

Supreme Court of India Law Clerk Exam 2024: Recruitment, Syllabus, Eligibility

Supreme Court of India Law Clerk

The Supreme Court of India Law Clerk examination takes place every year to choose to serve as the law guides to the Hon'ble Judges of the Supreme Court of India. It is no less than the most prestigious test for law students of the country. The test checks the applicants on their knowledge of the constitutional law, civil law, criminal law, and other branches of the legal law system. Candidates have to be undergoing a written test with two or three types of questions including multiple choice single and long questions. Those who pass the preliminary stage, then, go for an interview by the Judges of the Supreme Court.

Ultimately, the candidates are chosen as Law Clerks who are assigned to help the Judges in research projects, case analysis, and briefs development in addition to other legal tasks. If to become a Law Clerk candidate, one can expect to work for 1 year and to be able to stay there for about 2 years. According to the latest information obtained today, the Supreme Court of India is expected to come up with the next notification for the selection of law clerks in the middle of the year 2023. The written exam is scheduled to be held in 2024 in mid-year. The final list of selected candidates that will be published in March-April of 2025 is estimated to be released after the conclusion of all phases of the recruitment process. The number of law clerks to be hired will also be notified along with the call letters in the year of the next undergraduate batch.

Supreme Court of India Law Clerk Exam Highlights 2024

Feature Details
Exam Name Supreme Court of India Law Clerk Examination
Exam Dates June-July 2024
Exam Conducting Authority Registry of the Supreme Court of India
Eligibility Law Degree (LL.B.) from a recognized University
Application Process Offline (submission of physical application form)
Exam Pattern Written Examination and Interview

Supreme Court of India Law Clerk Exam Dates 2024

Stage Expected Dates
Notification Release March 2024
Application Starts March 2024
Application Ends April 2024
Written Examination June 2024
Interview July-August 2024
Result Declaration August-September 2024

Supreme Court of India Law Clerk Application Fee 2024

Category Expected Application Fee
General/Other Backward Class (OBC) INR 500
Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Persons with Disability (PwD) INR 250

Supreme Court of India Law Clerk Exam Pattern 2024

Stage Description Number of Questions Marks Duration
Stage 1: Written Examination Objective type, multiple choice questions 100 100 2 hours
Law of Evidence 25 25 30 minutes
Code of Civil Procedure 25 25 30 minutes
Code of Criminal Procedure 25 25 30 minutes
Constitutional Law 25 25 30 minutes
Stage 2: Interview Personal interview and evaluation of communication skills, legal knowledge, and suitability for the post N/A N/A N/A

Supreme Court of India Law Clerk Syllabus 2024

Stage 1: Written Examination

Subject Topics
Law of Evidence Indian Evidence Act, 1872, burden of proof, admissibility of evidence, competency of witnesses, documentary evidence, circumstantial evidence, expert evidence
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Jurisdiction of courts, suits and parties, pleadings, discovery and inspection, summonses and notices, interlocutory orders, trials, decrees, appeals, revisions
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Cognizable and non-cognizable offences, investigation, arrest, bail, search and seizure, trial, judgment, appeals and revisions
Constitutional Law Fundamental rights, directive principles, relationship between legislature, executive, and judiciary, federalism, amendments to the Constitution

Stage 2: Interview

  • Assessment of communication skills, legal knowledge, and suitability for the post
  • May involve questions on current legal issues, general knowledge, and personal background

Supreme Court of India Law Clerk Vacancy 2024

The Supreme Court of India is expected to announce vacancies for the post of Law Clerk in various benches across the country in mid-2024. The exact number of vacancies is yet to be announced, but based on previous years' trends, we can expect around 20-30 vacancies.

Details Expected Information
Number of Vacancies 20-30
Vacancy Announcement Date March 2024
Application Start Date April 2024
Application End Date May 2024
Written Examination June 2024
Interview July-August 2024
Result Declaration August-September 2024

Supreme Court of India Law Clerk Important Books 2024

Book Title Author
Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (Bare Act) Government of India
The Law of Evidence in India Ratanlal & Dhirajlal
The Law of Evidence P.N. Bhagwati
Evidence Monir (M. Moniruzzaman)
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