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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | All sub-judges in Punjab, Haryana flunk exam for superior judiciary by Raghav Ohri

All sub-judges in Punjab, Haryana flunk exam for superior judiciary by Raghav Ohri

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published Published on Dec 8, 2011   modified Modified on Dec 8, 2011
-The Indian Express
 
As indictments of the lower judiciary go, this one is pretty damning. Each and every sub-judge from Punjab and Haryana who sat for the qualifying exam for superior judicial service two months ago has flunked.

Only two — one each from the general category and OBC — of 148 lawyers who appeared for the exam passed.

All candidates — lawyers and sub-judges — were cleared in a preliminary test of objective-type questions to appear for the main written exam for appointment as additional district and sessions judges (ADJ).

The exams were held in Haryana on October 21 and in Punjab on November 4. Results were declared this week. For the first time, Punjab and Haryana High Court had set the main paper entirely on questions of law, requiring only long-form, analytical answers.

Thirty-eight sub-judges from Haryana and 26 from Punjab appeared — and failed. The Haryana topper among sub-judges scored 269 out of 600 marks, or 45%. The next highest scores were 180 (30%) and 167 (28%).

The sub-judge who topped in Punjab scored 282 (47%), and was followed by candidates who scored 281 and 266 out of 600.

Among the lawyers — who wrote a slightly different, 750-mark test — 146 failed. There were 20 law officers among them, including additional district attorneys and district attorneys, officers who appear for the state in lower courts.

Several judges blamed their “busy schedules” that had apparently kept them from preparing; others complained that the marking was “too strict”.

One candidate conceded, “The questions were not difficult or out of syllabus. They were based on latest laws.” No candidate was willing to come on record.

Over two dozen posts of ADJs are vacant in Punjab and Haryana. “A fresh examination will have to be conducted. It was not expected that nobody will be able to clear the examination,” said a senior official of the high court.


The Indian Express, 9 December, 2011, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/all-subjudges-in-punjab-haryana-flunk-exam-for-superior-judiciary/885794/


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