Highcourt of Uttarakhand Recruitment 2013-For Law Clerk Post: The Uttarakhand State was carved out from erstwhile State of Uttar Pradesh on 09/11/2000. At the time of the creation of the State, the High Court of Uttarakhand was also established on the same day at Nainital. Since that day the High Court is functioning in an old building situated in Mallital Nainital which was known as old Secretariat. The building of the High Court is a very magnificent and was constructed in 1900 A.D. There is a park in front of the building and Naina Peak, the highest peak in Nainital, in the background, which makes the building more picturesque. In the beginning five Court rooms were constructed but later on more Court rooms have been added. A huge Chief Justice Court Block and a Block of Lawyers’ chambers have also been built up in the year 2007.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ashok A. Desai was the founder Chief Justice of the High Court who was transferred from High Court of Allahabad along with Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.C.Verma, the Senior Judge and Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.C.Jain.
The sanctioned strength of Judges at the time of creation was 7 which has been increased to 9 in 2003. Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.H. Kapadia, Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.S. Sirpurkar and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Cyriac Joseph who have adorned the office of Chief Justice in this High Court, have been elevated to Hon’ble Supreme Court of India.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.C. Verma, the Senior Judge has been transferred to High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Irshad Hussain, Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.M. Ghildiyal and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Tandon have retired.
Eligible candidates may send their applications or apply online on or before 10-09-2013.
More details like age limit, qualification, selection process are given below…
Highcourt of Uttarakhand Recruitment Details:
Name of the Posts: Law Clerk
Eligibility:LLb
Job Type : Full Time
Pay Scale/Salary(in Rs.):Rs.20000/-
Total No. of Post: 04-Post
Job Location:Uttarakhand
Hiring Process : Written-Test and Face to Face Interview
Last Date :10 Sep 2013
Job Detail:
Qualification/Educational Criteria:Three year Professional/Five Years Integrated Degree in Law from a reputedLaw College or recognized University throughout the country. Applicant should be a Law Graduate who has not started practice as an advocate or engaged in any other profession or vocation/service. Advocates up to 05 years of practice can also apply, but they have to surrender their license to the Bar Council before joining, if selected. Those who have appeared in LL.B.(Final) in 2012-13 Examination and are awaiting results may also apply. They be required to submit their final mark sheet of LL.B. Examination before the joining.
Desire Skill:Computer knowledge I.e., Data Entry, Word Processing and Computer Operations.
Age Limit(in yrs): The candidate must have attained the minimum age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of more than 26 years as on 10.09.2013
Age Relaxation:Upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years for SC/ST with respect to posts reserved for them.
Pay Scale: Selected candidates would be eligible to get the pay scale of around Rs.20000/-.
Selection Procedure:For making selection, competence would be judged on the basis of the interview only, which will be held at Nainital. No T.A. will be payable for attending the interview. Date & time of the said interview will be uploaded in the official website of theHon’ble High Court of Uttarakhand.
Restriction of Practice:Judge’s Law Clerk (Trainee) from the date of termination of his/her engagement as Law Clerk (Trainee) shall not appear or practice before the Hon’ble Judge(s)
with whom he/she remained attached for a minimum period of one year. Further, he/she shall not appear in any case handled by the Hon’ble Judge{s) with whom he/she remained attached, irrespective whether he/she had or not worked on the case during the period of his/her engagement. The candidates shall furnish an undertaking to the above effect.
Other Conditions of Engagement:The Law Clerk (Trainee) shall be governed by such rules of attendance, leave and other related matters as might be prescribed from time to time by Hon’ble the Chief Justice, High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital.
Period of Emgagement:The engagement shall be for a fixed term of one year, which may be
terminated with out notice at any time.
Application Fees:Fee of Rs. 150/- through postal order or bank draft in favour of Registrar General, High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital.
How To Apply:Application form can be downloaded from and may be sent along with a fee of Rs. 150, one duly attested copy of High School mark sheet, High School Certificate in proof of age/date of birth, Intermediate Mark Sheets, Intermediate Pass Certificate, Graduation/Post Graduation Mark Sheet and Certificates and testimonials regarding extra curricular activities & Computer Knowledge along with two self addressed envelope (size 5″x 10″) each bearing postal stamps worth Rs. 22/- should be sent to the Registrar General, High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital either by Speed Post, Registered Post with A.D. or through Courier.Last Date 10.09.2013.
Important Date :
Last date for submission of forms is Sep 10, 2013.
For more details regarding age limit, qualification, selection process, pay scale, how to apply are available in the following link…
