Recently, Tripura High Court issued a recruitment notification Dated: August 8 2024 for the recruitment of fourteen vacancies in Judicial Service Grade III.
Surprisingly, the syllabus omitted the new three criminal procedure codes like Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Indian Evidence act in the written test syllabus for merit selection which has created controversy.
According to the recruitment exam notification, the examination will be conducted on the old IPC, CrPC and Indian Evidence Act, other than the English and others law subjects and general knowledge etc. It is not known whether the omission was deliberate or was done by mistake.
Notably, from 1st July 2024, IPC, CrPC and Indian Evidence Act were replaced by Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bhartiya Sakhshya Adhiniyam.
In this peculiar situation, the question arises how can the recruitment test of Judicial Service Grade III be conducted according to the old law syllabus, this question has been raised by aspirants lawyers and law students who will be sitting for the exam.
Reportedly, Tripura high court issued the recruitment advertisement No. 01/2024 (For recruitment in Grade-III of Tripura Judicial Service) on August 8 2024. Online applications was invited from the eligible candidates who have not completed 35 years of age (in case of General candidates) and 38 years of age (in case of Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes candidates) as on the last date fixed for the receipt of online applications for filling up of 14 (fourteen) vacancies in Grade-III of Tripura Judicial Service in accordance with the provisions of the Tripura Judicial Service Rules, 2003 (as amended from time to time) in the scale of pay of Rs.77840-136520/- (Revised) plus other allowances as admissible under the Rules in force.
The candidates shall have to appear in a Preliminary Written Examination (Screening test) of objective questions of 100 marks which will cover General Knowledge, Aptitude, English, Constitution of India, Code of Civil Procedure, Code of Criminal Procedure, Transfer of Property Act, Indian Contract Act, Indian Penal Code, Indian Evidence Act, Law of Torts & local laws of Tripura. General category candidates who obtain 60% or more marks and the candidates of reserved categories who obtain 50% or more marks in the Preliminary Examination shall be eligible for appearing in the Final Written Examination.
Successful candidates in the Final Written Examination shall be called for Interview/Viva Voce.