Supreme Court Junior Court Assistant Syllabus, Exam Pattern

Each stage gates the next:

1. Qualify the objective test and the Computer Knowledge Test to be called for typing and the descriptive test.
2. Qualify those to be interviewed, where you need minimum qualifying marks. No more than three candidates per vacancy (1:3) are called.
3. Clear everything and you're empanelled in order of merit.

The 3 per cent typing allowance counts against the words in the passage, not the words you manage. Differently abled candidates get the same concessions as SSC or UPSC allow in written and typing tests.

The advertisement names components, not a topic list.

Descriptive Test in English, 2 hours

• Comprehension: answering on a passage, in writing.
• Precis: condensing a passage faithfully to a set length. Most candidates meet it for the first time here.
• Essay: sustained argument in English.

English is tested twice, objectively and in writing. In most clerical recruitment it's a quarter of the paper or less.

Essential qualifications, all three

1. A bachelor's degree from a recognised university, any stream
2. English typing on a computer at 35 w.p.m. or more
3. Knowledge of computer operation

Typing is an eligibility condition as well as a test, so you need the speed before you apply.

Age

18 to 30 on the closing date (8 March 2025 in the 2025 cycle). Usual relaxation for SC, ST, OBC, differently abled, ex-servicemen and dependents of freedom fighters under Government rules; the advertisement doesn't print a table.

• No upper age limit for the Supreme Court Registry's own staff.
• No relaxation for staff of other Government departments.

Reservation

SC, ST and differently abled reservation follows Government of India rules for the pay scale, subject to any variation the Chief Justice specifies. Freedom fighters' dependents follow the Chief Justice's orders.

Things that cancel a candidature

• Your category can't be changed after you apply, and a General or OBC candidate paying the reserved fee isn't considered.
• Name and date of birth must match your Class 10 certificate; a name change needs a gazette notification and the form in the new name.
• Admission is provisional at every stage and documents are checked at the interview. Failing any condition, at any time, cancels you without notice.
• Staff of State or Central Government departments, banks or PSUs need an employer's No Objection Certificate at interview.
• Impersonation, false documents or suppressing information can bring criminal prosecution.

1. Objective written test (100 questions) and Computer Knowledge Test (25).
2. Typing test and descriptive test, for those who qualify both.
3. Interview, capped at 1:3, with minimum qualifying marks.
4. Panel in order of merit, with a select list and a wait list.

A place on the panel doesn't give a right to appointment. Vacancies are tentative, and the Registry can shortlist in any manner it thinks fit and cancel, restrict, enlarge or change the process without notice.

How 2025 ran

About eight months, five separately scheduled stages. No TA or DA is paid for any of them, and disputes go to Delhi courts.

That gross moves with DA. It's before NPS and health scheme deductions, and the HRA is Delhi's, since the post is at the Supreme Court in New Delhi. There's no state cadre or allocation.

For scale: Level 6 is the same level as a central Junior Engineer (₹35,400), and two above a Delhi Police Head Constable (Level 4, ₹25,500). That's a strong start for a degree plus 35 w.p.m., which is why the field for 241 posts is national.

Apply online only through the link on sci.gov.in/recruitments. No postal applications.

Fee

Plus bank charges, online only through the UCO Bank gateway, and never refunded, even if you paid for two forms.

• Submit more than one form and only the last counts. Forms that don't follow the instructions are rejected.
• Upload a recent photo, signature and the documents asked for. You don't send the printout.
• Keep your Application Number; it unlocks every admit card.
• Keep your email and mobile working for the whole process. Dates come by SMS and email as well as on the website.

One employer: the Supreme Court of India, recruiting to its own establishment through the Registry (Recruitment Cell). The advertisement is issued by the Registrar (Recruitment). Government of India rules are the baseline, but the Chief Justice can vary them for this establishment.

Don't confuse it with these

The Registry also publishes a model yearly calendar for direct recruitment, the best warning of the next cycle.

128 centres across 28 states and union territories, listed in Annexure-A of each advertisement. In 2025 they included:

Each stage gets its own city notice and admit card. In 2025 the typing test city notice came on 21 May and the admit card with the centre on 1 June, for a test on 4 June 2025. Interviews are in Delhi, and no travel allowance is paid.

A new Junior Court Assistant advertisement went up on 30 September 2026: detailed advertisement (PDF). Take this cycle's dates, vacancies and fee from it. The 2025 cycle, for reference:

There's no correction window. Objections were invited three days after the test and the changed key came six days after that.

Nothing is posted. Download each admit card from the Recruitments page with your Application Number. There are four: written test (after a city notice and a mock link), typing test, descriptive test, and an interview schedule that can be revised, so check the site, not an old download.

At the interview bring your degree and mark sheets, your Class 10 certificate (and any gazette notification for a name change), your category certificate, and an employer's NOC if you work in government, a bank or a PSU.

Every stage has its own dated notice on the Recruitments page, and results also come by SMS and email. The Registry publishes a score card after the written test, not just a pass list.

The 2025 cycle ended on 10 October 2025 with the interview result, a select list and a wait list. Being on either is still not an appointment.

The Registry doesn't publish cut-off marks for this post, and the advertisement doesn't print minimum qualifying percentages. What it does publish is each candidate's score: the score card notice for the 2025 written test came on 9 May 2025, about four weeks after the paper, followed by stage-wise results on the Recruitments page.

The one fixed ratio is the 1:3 interview cap: with 241 vacancies, about 723 candidates at most.

1. Give English more than half your time. It's 50 of 100 objective questions and the whole descriptive paper.
2. Practise precis. Keep the proportions and argument of the original, use your own words, hit the word count. Work on editorial-length prose.
3. Type comfortably above 35 w.p.m. Failing typing ends the attempt after you've cleared the written test, and 3 per cent of the passage is a tight error budget. Practise ten-minute passages.
4. Treat Computer Knowledge as a subject: office applications, files, internet and email, basic hardware and operating systems.
5. Bias General Knowledge towards the Constitution, the courts and current affairs.
6. Use the mock link; in 2025 it came six days before the test.
7. Use the answer key objection window. The 2025 key was changed after objections, and one question matters with a 1:3 interview cap.
8. Get documents straight early: Class 10 name and date of birth, category, NOC.
9. Budget for travel; no TA or DA is paid.

No previous question papers are published for Junior Court Assistant. (The Court does host past papers for its Law Clerk exam, six years of them, but not for this post.)

In 2025 the Registry posted the answer key for objections, a revised key and a mock test link on the Recruitments page, including the Change of Answer Key of Computer Based Objective Type Written Test (MCQ) held on 13.04.2025, published 22 April 2025. The key is a study document in its own right.

• Supreme Court of India, Recruitments: every notice, result and application link
• Detailed advertisement, 30 September 2026
• Detailed advertisement No. F.6/2025-SC(RC), 4 February 2025, with Annexure-A centres
• Model yearly calendar for direct recruitment
• 2025 notices: change of answer key, score card, select list, wait list
• Fee: UCO Bank payment gateway, linked from the application form

Who conducts this recruitment?

The Supreme Court of India's Registry (Recruitment Cell). Notices are on sci.gov.in under Recruitments.

What qualification do I need?

Any bachelor's degree, 35 w.p.m. English typing on a computer, and computer knowledge.

What is the age limit?

18 to 30 on the closing date, with usual relaxations. No limit for the Registry's own staff; no relaxation for other government staff.

What does it pay?

Level 6, basic ₹35,400, gross about ₹72,040 a month by the Registry's own estimate.

What is in the objective paper?

50 English, 25 Aptitude, 25 General Knowledge, plus a separate 25-question computer test.

How many are interviewed?

No more than three per vacancy.

What is the fee?

₹1,000 for General and OBC, ₹250 for SC, ST, ex-servicemen, differently abled and freedom fighter candidates. Non-refundable.

Can I change my category later?

No. Applications can't be modified either; only your last submission counts.

Does being on the panel mean I get the job?

No. The panel gives no right to appointment.

Is there a 2026 recruitment?

Yes. A new advertisement was posted on 30 September 2026 on the Recruitments page.