Himachal Pradesh Judiciary Syllabus 2024 - Check prelims & mains exam Syllabus here

Particulars

Details

Exam Name

Himachal Pradesh Judicial Service Competitive Examination

Exam Conducting Body

Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission

HPJS Full form

Himachal Pradesh Judicial Service Exam

Mode of application form

Online mode

Mode of exam

Offline mode

Exam Language

English & Hindi

Number Papers

Prelims - 3

Mains - 5

Papers

Syllabus

Paper 1 (Civil Law-I)

1. Code of Civil Procedure.

2. Indian Evidence Act,

3. Himachal Pradesh Stamp Act,

4. Himachal Pradesh Courts Act,

5. 1976 and Specific Relief Act.

Paper 2 (Civil Law-II)

1. Indian Contract Act,

2. Hindu Law, Indian Limitation Act,

3. Transfer of Property Act and

4. H.P. Urban Rent Control Act.

Paper 3 (Criminal Law)

1. Indian Penal Code,

2. Criminal Procedure Code,

3. Chapter-XVII (Section 138 to 143) of the Negotiable Instruments Act, H.P. Excise Act-2011,

4. Wild Life Protection Act, Indian Forest Act and Module on Judicial Sensitivity to Sexual Offences:-

• Latest guidelines/directions of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India with regard to bail and conditions to be imposed under Sections 437, 438, 439 Cr.P.C.

• What is gender stereotyping and its effects.

• How gender stereotyping undermines women’s access to justice in sexual offence cases and how judicial gender stereotyping is to be avoided.

• Judicial approach towards new species of offensive activities, cybercrimes that are women-centric, such as transmitting of sexually explicit material, blackmailing, defamation/morphing/creating fake profiles etc.

• Role of judge in protecting the victim during judicial process.

• Accountability and standards of conduct while dealing with sexual offence cases.

• Importance and meaning of gender sensitivity and effects of gender conditioning in judicial decisions in sexual offence cases.

• Incorporating gender perspective into judicial decision making and Constitutional and Statutory provisions on gender justice.

• Judicial approach towards child sexual abuse with reference to provisions of the POCSO Act, 2012.

• The credibility of statements of victims in sexual offence cases.

• Sentencing provisions in Sexual offence cases.

Besides the above, the following Acts/Provisions are included to

assess the approach regarding judicial sensitivity to sexual

offences.

• The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.

• The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.

• The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.

• The pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994.

• The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013

• CCS (Conduct) Rules for Prohibition of sexual harassment of women at workplace.

• Discrimination and Harassment of women at workplace and Rights and Dignity of women at workplace- Constitutional Mandate and Guidelines by Hon’ble Supreme Court in Vishaka’s case.

• The Banglore Principal of Judicial Conduct, 2002.

• The Bangkok General Guidelines for Judges on Applying a Gender Perspective in South East Asia.

Papers

Syllabus

Paper 1 (Civil Law-I)

The HP Civil Judge syllabus for papers 1, 2 & 3 of main exam is the same as prelims.

Paper 2 (Civil Law-II)

Paper 3 (Criminal Law)

Paper 4 (English Composition)

English Composition: A Choice from three Essays on General Subjects.

• ESSAY

• Translation of Hindi Passage into English

Paper 5 (Language (Hindi))

Hindi (in Devnagari Script) No Books prescribed. The paper

in Hindi will consist of the following:-

• Translation of English passage into Hindi

• Essay in Hindi on any topic out of three

• Composition (Idioms and Corrections etc.)

Particulars

Details

Number of papers

• Civil Law-I

• Civil Law-II

• Criminal Law

Total marks

• Civil Law-I - 100

• Civil Law-II - 100

• Criminal Law - 100

Marks per question

1 Mark

HPJS Negative marking

No negative mark

Exam duration

1 hour for each paper

Subjects

Maximum Marks

Paper 1 (Civil Law-1)

200

Paper 2 (Civil Law-2)

200

Paper 3 (Criminal Law)

200

Paper 4 (English Composition)

• ESSAY - 100 Marks

• Translation of Hindi Passage into English - 50 Marks

Total 150 Marks

Paper 5 (Language - Hindi)

• Translation of English passage into Hindi - 30 Marks

• Essay in Hindi on any topic out of three - 50 Marks

• Composition (Idioms and Corrections etc.) - 20 Marks

Total 100 Marks