Delhi lower judiciary exam 2015: 10 months on, no whisper of result

Friday, 5 May 2017 By Prachi Shrivastava Bar, Bench & Litigation

New Delhi judgeship remains a very long dream for aspirants again: exam results delayed

The Delhi Judicial Services (DJS) exam result is facing another long delay, this time of at least 10 months, keeping with previous years’ trends. The last DJS exam, which is the first phase to qualify for interviews to join Delhi’s lower judiciary, was held by 10 July 2016.

The DJS, which should be conducted bi-annually according to a 2011 judgement of the Supreme Court, is now barely being held once per year.

The DJS 2011 took 14 months to conclude in a final merit list. The DJS 2014, which also took 14 months to come to a final merit list of recruits, ran into trouble over allegations of unfairness and was embroiled in another 8 month-long exercise of inquiry and re-evaluation before the final merit list could be released in April 2016.

The DJS 2015 had been announced on 3 October 2015, to fill up 100 vacancies in the lower judiciary out of which 65 were vacancies that could not be filled up in previous editions of the exam, according to the Delhi high court’s advertisement.

The exam is conducted in two phases, followed by an interview to select the final recruits.

The preliminary exam for DJS 2015 was conducted on 20 December 2015, and its first list of results was revised and released again before the July 2016 main exam could be conducted.

Comments

Speak Up 7 May 2017, 09:04

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This exam shows just how WEAK the bar associations/ councils are & reveals the tyranny & heavy hand of the HC.

It is a simple exam taken by a limited number of lawyers/ lower court judges. Exam is conducted & supervised by the High Court of Delhi!

Such delay reveals the inefficiency in how the HC administration functions. Dare I say, last exam was under a cloud of suspicion for foul-play and nepotism. The HC has not done enough to keep its reputation (and those involved in conducting this exam) beyond reproach by avoiding a repeat of the same pattern of undue, inexplicable and shocking delay.

The protectors of justice need to do more. This is pathetic.

Guest 8 May 2017, 21:54

+1 -2

Surprised to see no updates on justice karnan latest:

http://www.firstpost.com/india/justice-cs-karnan-sentences-cji-7-other-supreme-court-judges-to-5-years-rigorous-imprisonment-3431724.html

https://barandbench.com/karnan-j-sentences-seven-supreme-court-judges-five-years-imprisonment-scst-act/

Guest 9 May 2017, 13:36

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This is really pathetic.DJS is the only judicial service governed under Govt of India rules.Many sitting judges take this examination.Delay in bringing out the result reflects poorly on Delhi High Court and adversely affecting the dignity of this service.Why Delhi High Court is not involving UPSC,given its proven inefficiency in conducting this exam?If others not have sufficient chambers to accommodate judges,why in the first place it advertised for 100 posts?

Oneoftheaspirant 28 Jul 2017, 20:31

Please highlight the fact that the results were declared after a gap of more than 1 year and the results are shocking like the last time. The cut off is 425. The overall topper of the exam has failed to clear with 493 marks due to sectional cut off in which she failed one exam by 1 mark. This reeks of something amiss. A lot of students have failed due to such markings. Can be a good story to report !

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