HIGH COURT OF
JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
ADVERTISEMENT
ADV. NO.- 01/ Law Clerk (Trainee)/16
LAST DATE: 30.06.2016 Till 5.00 P.M.
Application are invited from all eligible
candidates for the tenure post of ''Law Clerk (Trainee)'' in the
establishment of High Court, Allahabad/Lucknow Bench carrying a fixed
honorarium of Rs. 12500/- with no Dearness and/or any other allowances and also
without any other perquisite such as residential accommodation etc. The
engagement shall be purely contractual for a fixed term of one year. However,
the term may be terminated at any time, without any notice.
Number of Vacancies:
95
Essential
Qualifications:
- Three
Years Professional/Five Years Integrated Degree in Law from any Law
College or recognized University throughout
the country. Applications shall be accepted from such 'Law
Graduates' who have not started practice as an advocate or engaged in any
other profession or vocation/service. Those who have appeared in LL.B.
(Final) in 2015-16 Examination and are awaiting results may also
apply. Law graduates having scored not less than 55% marks in their LL. B
examination are only eligible to apply for Law Clerks (Trainee). They will
be required to submit their final mark sheet of LL.B Examination at the
time of interview, which may be held in the first week of August, 2016.
- Computer
knowledge, i.e., Data Entry, Word Processing and Computer
Operations. Age Limit:
The Candidates must have attained the minimum
age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of more than 26
years as on 01.07.2016.
Selection
Procedure:
For
making selection, competence would be judged on the basis of the interview
only, which will be held only at Allahabad . The candidates for
interview will be called only after screening. No T.A. will be payable for
attending the interview.
Nature of
work:
The
successful candidates will be attached with Hon'ble Judges and shall discharge
duties under directions of Their Lordships. Basically the Law Clerk (Trainee)
will be required to carry out search and research on legal points and
principles as desired by the Hon'ble Judge with whom he/she remains attached.
He/she shall assist the Hon'ble Judge in searching out case law, articles,
papers and other relevant material
required by the Hon'ble
Judges in discharge of judicial as well as administrative work. Besides
attending the Chambers of Hon'ble Judges, the Law Clerk (Trainee) may also be
asked to be present in Court during hearing of the arguments,
take down or prepare notes in Court. The
research work assigned to Law Clerk may include performing legal research,
drafting memorandums and opinion, comments on statutes, relevant to questions
of law. Assistance from the Law Clerk may also be taken in proper maintenance
of the case files. Assistance in administrative functioning of the Judge shall
also be desirable which shall include maintaining of administrative files,
preparation of research of academic papers, maintaining record of judgments,
the points of law decided in various judgments by a Judge, maintenance of
records of administrative correspondence etc.
Apart from the above mentioned duties and
responsibilities enumerated above, the Law Clerk (Trainee) shall perform any
other duty as assigned by the Judge concerned with regard to his judicial and
administrative functions. The nomenclature ''Law Clerk (Trainee)'' makes it abundantly
clear that they shall be imparted training with regard to procedure and
substantive law to assist the Hon'ble Judges in discharging their judicial and
administrative functions. The Law Clerk (Trainee) will also be provided the
schedule of training and the details of the nature of job, which they have to
perform during their year of engagement. Specific assignments shall be given by
the Judge with whom they are attached.
Restriction
on Practice:
Law Clerk (Trainee) from the date of
termination of his engagement as Law Clerk (Trainee) shall not appear in any
case handled by the Hon'ble Judge(s) with whom he or she had remained attached,
irrespective whether he had or not worked on that case during the period of his
engagement. The candidates shall furnish an undertaking to the above effect on
proforma prescribed herein after.
Other
Conditions of Engagement:
The Law Clerks (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
Judicature at Allahabad.
Period of
Engagement:
The engagement shall be for a fixed term of
one year only from the first date fixed for joining, which may be terminated
without notice at any time.
Martial
Status:
A
candidate having more than one spouse or married to such a person who already
had a living legally wedded wife/husband, will not be eligible.
Disqualification:
(1)
A candidate involved in any
kind of criminal case whether convicted or charge-sheeted shall be barred from
applying for the above post.
(2) Those
who have already worked as Law Clerk (Trainee) will not be eligible to apply
again.
How to
Apply ?
1.
The application forms can be
purchased from the counter in the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad and at
it's Lucknow Bench on payment of Rs. 300/- in cash. The application forms are
also available on the web site (www.allahabadhighcourt.in
) and may be downloaded and used subject to payment of
application form of Rs. 300/- to be paid through bank draft drawn in favour of
Registrar General, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad.
2.
The application form along
with one duly attested copy of High School Mark Sheet, High School Certificate
in proof of age/date of birth, Intermediate Mark Sheet, Intermediate Pass
Certificates, Graduation/Post Graduation Mark Sheets and Certificates and
testimonials regarding Extra Curricular Activities and Computer Knowledge along
with two self addressed envelope (size 5''x10'') each bearing postage stamps
worth Rs. 40/- should be sent to the Registrar General, High Court of
Judicature at Allahabad either by Speed Post, Registered Post with AD or
through Courier.
Sd/-
(Dinesh Kumar Singh)
REGISTRAR GENERAL
17.05.2016
