How to prepare for Judicial examinations with smart strategy.

Hello Everyone!

In this blog, I will share the conceptual points regarding how to start the preparation for judicial services exams with some amazing tricks. This article should provide the required information to begin your preparation for becoming a judge.

Identification of states in which you are intending to give a judicial exam! 

You can prepare for 3 or 4 states Judiciary exams of your choice at the same time but not more than that.

The strategy should be to i

• Pair1: Uttar Pradesh  and Uttarakhand
• Pair2: Bihar and Jharkhand
• Pair3: Delhi and Haryana 
• Pair4: Rajasthan and MP etc

This way you can focus on any 2 pairs and be ready to cover 4 states!

Tips for PRE: 

As we all know that the syllabus plays an important role to clear any exam or for selection in any exam so the same thing also applies here! 

You should identify the syllabus of the respective judicial services exam in which you are intending to get success! Here are some important pointers to keep you focused on the syllabus:

1. Each and Every topic (sections)  should be studied of the Act which is mentioned in the syllabus.
2. Definition clauses should be read carefully.
3. You should make a comprehensive study, for eg filtration of important sections (what is important and what is not).
4. You should read the newspaper daily either Indian Express or The Hindu or any other newspaper of your choice and cover the General Knowledge (GK) portion from the book "Lucent" or any other book of your choice.
5. After completion of syllabus of a subject (one or more) or any particular subject from the syllabus, you should start the practice of previous years question papers of that state or from any good objective questions book like O P Tripathi or Singhal Law Publications

Note: I am assuming you all know that Pre contains objective type questions.

Tips for the MAINS: 

As always start with the syllabus. You should study important topics in detail and must be familiar with the leading and recent cases of Hon'ble SC of India on the relevant topic. You should always use authentic and good reference books for the preparation of the judicial exam. Here are some pointers for the preparation for MAINS:

1. Break the section into the essential ingredient and should focus on each of the ingredients. 
2. Practice answer writing only from the previous year's papers of the respective judicial services exam.
3. You should Focus on language paper and local laws paper as well. I think these two papers play an important role in the final selection. 

Important major laws: 

• Indian penal code 
• CRPC 
• Evidence 
• CPC 
• Constitutional law 
• Contract Act 
• Family laws 
• Specific Relief Act 
• Law of torts 
• Transfer of Property Act etc 

How to start: 

I think you should start with two major laws of your choice or in which you have more interest. For eg (in pairs): 

• IPC with CRPC
• CONTRACT with LAW OF TORTS 
• FAMILY LAW with EVIDENCE 
• CONSTITUTIONAL LAW with SRA
• CPC with PROPERTY ACT ETC.

List of Suggested Books (refer to latest editions only

• IPC: P.S.A Pillai
• CRPC: R.V Kelkar
• Evidence: Justice M. Monir Or Batuk Lal
• CPC: C.K Takwani
• Constitution: J.N Pandey* or M.P. Jain Or V.N. Shukla
• Contract: Avtar Singh
• Law Of Torts: R.K Bhangia
• Transfer Of Property Law: Poonam Pradhan Saxena* Or Avtar Singh
• Family Law: Paras Diwan (For First Part), Poonam Pradhan Saxena (For Second Part)

* preferred

Best Regards

Law student

Faculty of Law, University of Delhi

@The Indian Lawyer