Kerala Judicial Services Exam 2023 Notification Out. The High Court of Kerala has released the official notification regarding the Kerala Judicial Service for Munsiff Magistrate post. A total of 69 vacancies have been released for the exam.

• The Notification is released against NCA and Regular Vacancies.
• Selection of the candidates is based on the performance in the Prelims, Mains and Interview. 
• The candidates who will successfully make it will be entitled to a pay scale of Rs. 77840 - 128680 per month. 

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Kerala Judicial Service Exam Vacancy 2023

A total of 69 vacancies have been offered for the Kerala Judicial Service Exam 2023. This is a combined number for NCA vacancies as well as those for regular vacancies. Check the category-wise vacancy details below.

Kerala Judicial Service Apply Online

The application process consists of two phases i.e. Step 1 and Step 2. The candidates can apply using the following procedure.

Direct Link To Apply Online for Kerala Judicial Service Exam

Step 1: Click on the link given above and proceed by clicking on "New Applicant"

Step 2: Click on the "Munsiff Magistrate" link in order to start the step1 application process.

Step 3: On completion, the candidate will receive an Application Number through SMS/e-Mail.

Step 4: Proceed towards the Step2 phase of the application and upload the photograph and signature.

Step 5: Enter all the relevant personal and educational details.

Step 6: Verify all the entered details and click on Final Submission.

Step 7: Pay the requisite application fees if applicable.

Step 8: Take a print of the application form for future reference.

Prerequisites Online Kerala Judicial Service Application Process

A candidate will be required to have a scanned image of his/her photograph and signature which is a digital copy of his/her photograph and signature before applying online. The digital image should be as per the specification of the official notification, which is given below and the dimension of the digital image should be exact in size. 

Candidates are supposed to upload good quality photographs and a decent photograph. The photograph should be of good quality that the candidate should be easily identifiable. The candidate will not be allowed to write the examination if the photograph of the candidate is not identifiable with the printed admission ticket.

Kerala Judicial Service Exam Application Fee

The application fee can be paid through both online and offline means of transaction. An online transaction can be done through net banking and debit/credit card. The offline payment can be done through cash payment at SBI bank using system generated challan. The application fee will be non-refundable.

Kerala Judicial Service Eligibility

Before applying, the candidates must go through the following Eligibility details:

A. Direct Recruitment

The candidates must be eligible on the grounds of nationality, age, and education.

• The candidate who applies for the post should be of good character.
• Should have sound health and have no bodily infirmities which declare him unfit for the appointment.

B. Recruitment By Transfer

1. Unless he/she is a holder of a degree in Law which is recognized by the Bar Council of India. No officer shall be eligible who is in the service for the appointment as Munsiff-Magistrate by transfer.
2. The degree is recognized by the Bar Council Of India for the purpose of enrolment as an advocate and is an approved probationer in one or more from any categories of the Feeder enumerated as SI.Nos (1) to (8) below.
3. The candidate must not have completed 54 years of age as of the last date to complete stage II of application.
4. A person who is qualified otherwise for the transfer appointment, but isn’t holding any of the enumerated posts below at the time of his/her application for the appointment of the transfer,  will be eligible for the appointment. Only if the candidate has held any one or more posts at the same time.
5. The held post should be for the prescribed period of years and holding a post in a higher scale of pay in any of the future appointed offices is to be made.

The feeder categories of officers for Recruitment by Transfer are as given below:

• Assistant Public Prosecutor Grade I & II
• Assistant Registrars, Personal Assistant to the Chief Justice, Additional Personal Assistant to the Chief Justice,  LIbrarian, Court Officers, Filing Scrutiny Officers, Section Officers & Under Secretaries in the Advocate General’s Office.
• InI the advocate General’s office which is under Secretaries, Section Officers and Librarians.
• Librarian, Section Officers in the Law Department, Government Secretariat. 
• Assistant Registrars and other officers of the High Court in the same salary of Assistant Registrar to the High Court Judge of Kerala.
• Sheristadars of Special Courts/ District Courts/ Sub Courts/ Additional District Courts/Family court/ Chief Judicial, office of the Motor Accident claims Tribunals, The office of the Transport Appellate Tribunal and Wakf Tribunal, Senior Superintendents of the District Courts and Selection Grade Confidential Assistants in the Subordinate Civil Courts. 
• Selection Grade Confidential Assistants and Sheristadars of Chief Judicial  Magistrate’s Courts in the Subordinate Criminal Courts.
• Assistant Professors of Government law Colleges (Full time)
• Principal Counsellor of the  Family Courts (Kerala State)

Reservation of Appointment For Regular Vacancies

• The rules and regulations which are related to reservation of appointments for the Candidate who belongs to SC, ST, OBC classes are contained in the Part-2 of the state (Kerala) and Subordinate Service Rules from 14 to 17 of 1958 shall be applied to appointment by the direct recruitment. 
• As per the Kerala Judicial Services Rules of 1991, and according to the rule 5 (3) shall apply to the appointment by the transfer.
• The person with disabilities having Locomotor disability-moderate gets one percent of the total reservation.
• The disabled person provided that the Medical Board constituted for assessment certifies that the candidate will be able to perform the duties of Judicial Officer with the aid of Assistive Technologies.
• These candidates qualified for selection in terms of the Kerala Judicial Service rules of 1991.

Kerala Judicial Service Selection Process

A preliminary exam will be held to screen the candidates for the mains exam. The candidates declared successful in the exams will be as per the ratio 1:10 as per the number of vacancies. The mains exam will consist of 4 different papers. The candidates equal to 3 times the number of vacancies will be called for viva-voce or the interview. Hence, the overview of the selection process is as follows:

1. Preliminary Exam
2. Main Exam
3. Viva Voce

Kerala Judicial Service Exam Pattern & Syllabus

The exam will be a staged process. The first will be the preliminary exam. The marks scored prelims will not be considered for the final merit list.

A. Kerala Judicial Service Prelims Exam

The prelims will consist of one single paper. This paper will cover three parts. All the questions will be objective type multiple-choice questions. Each question will carry 2 marks. There will be a penalty for wrong answers i.e. deduction of 1 mark for every incorrect answer. The detailed exam pattern and syllabus are as follows:

B. Kerala Judicial Service Mains Exam

The mains exam will consist of 4 different papers. These will be written papers carrying 100 marks. Hence the total marks for the mains exam will be 400. The duration of each paper will be 3 hours. The details of the mains exam are as follows:

Information About Viva-voce

The candidates are not supposed to get their call letter through the post. The right way to get the call letter is to download it from the official website. The eligible candidate should login themselves to their profile from the official website www.hckrercuitment.nic.in. 

The announcement of the call letters will be done through a press release and through emails/ SMS. The call letters of the eligible candidates will be ready for download two weeks prior to the date of viva-voce. It is advisable for the eligible candidates to visit the official website of the High Court to know the schedule about viva-voce. 

Kerala Judicial Service Pre- Examination Training

The pre-exam training is given to the candidates who belong to the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Castes. This is conducted by the Kerala Judicial Service which is a short duration training before the Examination, who qualified the preliminary examination and for the candidate belonging from the caste mentioned above. 

This training is given by the board only when there is an ample number of candidates who qualified for the preliminary examination. This is free training given to the candidate and no fees will be charged for the training and also the candidate is not eligible for any stipend or allowance for attending the training. The candidates are supposed to bear the expenses of boarding and lodging that won't be taken care of by the High Court.

Kerala Judicial Service Exam Admit Card

The admission ticket has been released for the mains exam three weeks before the exam. The candidates can download it using the following steps.

Step1: Click on the above given direct link. (link to be active)

Step2: The candidates need to submit their login credentials.

Step3: Admit card will be ready for download.

Step4: Print the downloaded admit card on plain and white paper.

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If you are preparing for the exam then you can download Kerala Judicial Services Exam previous year paper here!

Kerala Judicial Service Exam Answer Key

The Kerala High Court has released the answer key for the preliminary exam. The candidates can check the Answer Key section of the official website to check it. The answer key will be released in two stages i.e. provisionally answer key and final answer key. The direct link to download the preliminary final answer key is given below.

Direct Link to Download Kerala Judicial Service Prelims Final Answer Key

Kerala Judicial Service Exam Cut Off

The candidates who will score marks above the decided cut off marks will be considered for the advanced stages of selection or the final merit list. The candidates who will score the minimum qualifying marks will be considered for the final merit list. The cut-off marks will be is 40% (general category) for each paper of the mains exam and overall cut-off marks will be 45%. For SC/ST candidates the cut-off will be 35% and 40% respectively.

Kerala Judicial Service Exam Result

The Kerala Judicial Services prelims result is out. The candidates can check the merit list using the following steps.

Step1: The candidates need to click on the given result link. (link to be active)

Step2: Candidates will find the list of roll numbers of the selected candidates.

Step3: Search for your name/number using CTRL+F.

Step4: If the name/number appears, you have made it.

Hopefully, this article on the Kerala Judicial Services Exam was informative for all the eligible candidates. The candidates are advised to note the Application Number and Key Number securely as these numbers will be required for login purposes in the future. For detailed information regarding such government job exams, the readers can download the Testbook App.

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