EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

A candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Law from a recognized University or Institution.

The degree should be recognized by the Government of India.

A candidate must have at least 3 years of practice as an advocate.

AGE LIMIT

The candidate must be between 23 to 42 years of age.

Age relaxation may be applicable for candidates belonging to reserved categories as per government norms.

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

Preliminary Examination : Objective and Multiple Choice Type 

Mains Examination : Descriptive Exam (Written Conventional Type)

Interview : Viva-voce (Personality Test).

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

There are a total of 100 questions in the Preliminary Exam.

The exam is conducted for a total of 100 marks.

For each correct answer the candidate is awarded 1 mark.

For every wrong answer 1/4th marks are deducted.

The duration of the exam is 1 hour 30 minutes.

The candidates belonging to SC/ST category must score a minimum of 35% marks and candidates from other categories must score 40% marks to qualify for the next round of the selection process.

Syllabus for Preliminary Examination

The Constitution of India

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and BNSS, 2023

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 and BSA, 2023

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 and BNS, 2023

The Limitation Act

The Transfer of Property Act

The Contract of law 

The Law of Succession (Indian Succession Act and Hindu Succession Act)

The Specific Relief Act.

 The protection of women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, and any other relevant topics in law(s), as the High Court of Odisha may specify from time to time.

MAINS EXAMINATION

The Odisha Judicial Services Exam has 2 compulsory papers and 3 optional papers. The exam patterns for both the papers are given below:

Compulsory Examination. This paper will be of 300 marks.

Paper-1 and Paper-2 of the Compulsory paper are conducted for 150 marks each.

The duration of each exam is 2 hours 30 minutes.

In the translation section, the sentences must be translated from English to Odia and vice versa.

Paper -1 - General English  - (150 marks)   2 hours 30 minutes

Translation and retranslation of ten lines.

A short essay of about 150 words.

Precis writing with 300 words.

1 (one) passage of about 500 words with 5 questions.

Paper-2- Procedural Laws  - 150 marks     2 hours 30 minutes

The code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and BNSS, 2023

The code of Civil Procedure, 1908

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 and BSA, 2023

The Optional Papers

The candidates can pick any 3 subjects from the subjects given in the table below.

Each subject carries 150 marks and must be attempted within a duration of 3 hours.

The candidates having 45% aggregate marks and minimum 33% marks in each paper will be qualified for the next round, i.e. interview.

1.Law of criminal & Law of torts          150 marks 3 hours

2.Personal Law                                  150 marks 3 hours

   Hindu Law

   Mohammedan Law

3.Law of Property                               150 marks 3 hours

   The Transfer of Property, 1882

   The Specific Relief Act, 1963

   The Indian Limitation Act. 1963

4.Law of Contract                               150 marks 3 hours

  The Indian Contract Act, 1872

  The Sales of goods Act, 1930

  The Partnership Act, 1932

  The Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881

5.Jurisprudence and Constitution of India  150 marks  3 hours

The Commission shall call the candidates, from amongst those who have secured not less than 45 (forty-five) per centum of marks in aggregate and a minimum of 33 (thirty three) percentage of marks in each paper in the Main Written Examination, for interview.

INTERVIEW: VIVA VOCE

 The candidates must qualify both the Preliminary Exam and the Mains Exam to qualify for the Interview Round.

This round is conducted for 100 marks.

In this round, questions regarding the National and International Issues are covered. Questions from the field of Arts and Science will also be asked.

Candidates who score a minimum of 40% of marks in the Interview round will be included in the merit list.