Judiciary — explained
Guides and explainers on judiciary recruitment. For the vacancies themselves, see the live listing.
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How to Become a Judge in India: The Judicial Services Pathway
A guide to the two routes into the judiciary — the Civil Judge (Junior Division) entry through a state judicial services exam, which now requires a minimum period of practice as an advocate, and the District Judge direct entry that needs several years of practice — covering the law degree, bar enrolment, the exam stages and the career ladder from junior judge to the higher judiciary.
AIBE Explained: The All India Bar Exam and the Certificate of Practice
A guide to the All India Bar Exam conducted by the Bar Council of India — what it is, why a law graduate must pass it to get the Certificate of Practice and appear in court, how the open-book qualifying format works, how it fits with enrolment at a State Bar Council, and why it is a licence rather than a job exam.
Public Prosecutor Job Profile: Role, Recruitment and Career
A guide to the public prosecutor's role in government — representing the State in criminal cases — covering the Assistant Public Prosecutor, Public Prosecutor and Additional PP posts, how each is recruited (state PSC exam for APP, appointment under the criminal procedure law for PP), the law-degree and practice eligibility, and the work and career it offers a law graduate.
Government Jobs After LLB: Marks, Enrolment, Practice and Routes
What an LLB opens in government depends on three things the notices check — your marks, whether you are enrolled as an advocate, and how many years you have practised. This guide sorts current government law jobs by those conditions, explains enrolment and the AIBE, and shows what LLB posts are live on the site today.
Government Law Jobs in India: Judiciary, Prosecution, Legal Officers
A law degree leads to seven distinct kinds of government job — judge, public prosecutor, legal adviser or law officer in a ministry, legislative counsel, Army JAG officer, bank law officer and PSU legal officer. This guide sets out who recruits each, the experience at the Bar each needs, how selection works and the pay, from current official notices.
Judicial Services Exam: Civil Judge Eligibility, Stages and Pay
Each state's judicial services exam recruits Civil Judges (Junior Division), and the Supreme Court changed who may apply twice in fifteen months — a three-year practice rule in May 2025, then a transitional scheme in August 2026. This guide explains the current rule, the exam's stages, pay under the Second National Judicial Pay Commission, and two current notices.