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Andhra Pradesh Judiciary Syllabus
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EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
The applicant must be a citizen of India.
Applicants must possess a Bachelor's Degree in Law awarded by any University established by Law in India.
AGE LIMIT
(i) To be eligible, the applicant, who is applying under direct recruitment shall not complete thirty five (35) years of age as on first day of the month (February), 2025 (as on 01.02.2025) in which month the notification inviting applications for such appointment is published in the news papers.
Provided that the upper age limit of 35 (thirty five) years is relaxable by five years in respect of the persons under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes and Economically Weaker Sections(EWS).
Provided further that the upper age limit of 35 years is relaxable by 10 years in respect of Persons with Benchmark Disabilities.
SCHEMES OF EXAMINATION
Preliminary Examination: Objective And Multiple Choice Type.
Mains Examination: Descriptive Type (written conventional type).
Interview: Viva-Voce( personality Test)
SYLLABUS FOR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
It will consist of 100 questions which will be 100 marks.
The duaration for Examination will be 2 hours.
CIVIL LAWS:
2) The Indian Contract Act, 1872
3) The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
4) The Hindu Succession Act, 1956
5) The Indian Easements Act, 1882
6) The Specific Relief Act, 1963
7) The Limitation Act, 1963
8) The Transfer of Property Act, 1882
9) The Civil Rules of Practice
10) The Registration: Act, 1908, and the Indian Stamp Act, 1899
11) The A.P. Land Encroachment Act, 1905
12) The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
CRIMINAL LAWS:
1) The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/ BNSS, 2003
2) The Indian Penal Code, 1860/ BNS,2023
3) The Indian Evidence Act, 1872/ BSA,2023
4) The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
5) The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
6) The Criminal Rules of Practice
7) The A.P. Excise Act, 1968
8) The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
9) The A.P. Gaming Act, 1974
MAINS EXAMINATION
The applicants, who secure 40% and above marks in the screening test will be short-listed in the ratio of 1:10 of the available vacancies, for written examination.
Written Examination consists the under mentioned (3) papers.
Each paper will carry 100 marks.
The duration of each paper is three (3) hours.
Paper -I- Civil Laws,
Paper- II- Criminal Laws and
Paper- III -English Translation test for 25 marks and Essay Writing test for 75 marks on legal subject. (Translation Test is from English to Telugu and Telugu to English only).
INTERVIEW: VIVA-VOCE
Viva Voce Test will carry 50 marks.
The Candidates under Open Competition /Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category must secure not less than 55% of marks in Paper-I and Paper-II, and not less than 60% of marks in aggregate, in the written examination.
The Candidates under Backward Class category must secure not less than 50% marks in Paper-I and Paper-II, and not less than 55% of marks in aggregate, in the written examination.
The Candidates under SC, ST and Persons with Benchmark Disabilities category must secure not less than 45% marks in Paper-I and Paper-II, and not less than 50% of marks in aggregate, in the written examination.