Supreme Court of India Recruitment 2025 | Law Clerk cum-Research Associates Posts

Online applications are invited in terms of “Scheme of Engaging Law Clerkcum-Research Associates on Short-Term Contractual Assignment in the Supreme
Court of India- January 2024” for preparation of a panel of approximately 90
candidates for engagement as Law Clerk-cum-Research Associates in the Supreme
Court of India purely on contractual assignment initially on a consolidated
remuneration of ₹80,000/- per month for the assignment term 2025-2026.

The selection will be made subject to fulfillment of the following essential
qualifications and other eligibility conditions. It is made clear that the
engagement as Law Clerk-cum-Research Associate is a full time assignment,
purely contractual in nature. It will not confer any right on the selected
candidates to claim regular appointment/continuance in service in the
Supreme Court of India. Further, such engagement may be terminated by the
Registry at any point of time with prescribed notice. A Law Clerk will not accept
any other assignment during their assignment term as Law Clerk. They shall
not practise as an Advocate in any Court of Law during the course of their
assignment term as Law Clerks

Essential Qualifications: –
(i) The candidate must be a Law Graduate (before taking up the assignment as
Law Clerk) having a Bachelor Degree in Law (including Integrated Degree
Course in Law) from any School/College/University/Institution established
by law in India and recognized by the Bar Council of India for enrolment as
an Advocate.
(ii) The candidate studying in the fifth year of the Five-Year Integrated Law
Course or the third year of the Three-Year Law Course after graduation in
any stream will also be eligible to apply, subject to furnishing proof of
acquiring Law qualification before taking up the assignment as Law Clerkcum-Research Associate.
(iii) The candidate must have research and analytical skills, writing abilities, and
knowledge of computers, including retrieval of desired information from
various search engines/processes such as e-SCR, Manupatra, SCC Online,
LexisNexis, Westlaw etc

Age Limit: –
The candidate must not be below the age of 20 years and above 32 years as
on 07.02.2025.
Method of selection: –
The selection process shall be conducted in three phases: Part I- Multiple
Choice Based Questions, testing the candidates’ ability to understand and apply
the law, and comprehension skills; Part II- Subjective Written Examination,
covering writing and analytical skills; Part III- Interview. Details of the Pattern of
Examination, Minimum Qualifying Standards, Terms and Conditions of
contractual assignment are given in the “Scheme of Engaging Law Clerk-cumResearch Associates on Short-Term Contractual Assignment in the Supreme Court
of India-January 2024” available on the website of the Supreme Court of India,
i.e. www.sci.gov.in.
Choice of Test Centre: –
Part I and Part II shall be conducted on the same day in two sessions at
twenty-three (23) cities across India i.e. Ahmedabad, Ambala, Bengaluru, Bhopal,
Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Dehradun, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jodhpur,
Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Srinagar,
Thiruvananthapuram and Visakhapatnam. A break shall be provided to candidates
between the conducting of Parts I and II. The number of test centers may be
increased or decreased, subject to the number of applications received and as per
directions of Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India or the Committee of Hon’ble
Judges on Law Clerks.

Date of Examination: –
Written Examination in connection with engagement as Law Clerk-cumResearch Associate to be held on 09.03.2025. Part I- Examination will be conducted
in online mode and Question paper for Part-II- Examination will be visible on
Computer Screen and candidates(s) have to write answers in pen-paper mode.

Model Answer Keys will be uploaded on the website at 12:00 Noon on
10.03.2025 and will be available till 11:59 p.m. on 11.03.2025, for inviting online
objections, if any, from the candidates relating to Part-I Multiple Choice Based
Questions subject to payment of charges @ ₹100/- per question which will be
refunded to the candidate if the objection is found to be valid.
Registration of application and payment of fee: –
Eligible candidates are required to apply online for which the link will be
provided through Supreme Court website, www.sci.gov.in. The application will be
accepted through online registration only which is to start from 14.01.2025.
Candidates will be required to pay Application/Test Fee of ₹500/- plus bank
charges, if applicable, through online mode only. Fee shall not be accepted in any
other form. No postal application shall be accepted. The fee shall be paid online
through Payment Gateway provided by UCO Bank.
Closing Date for online applications: –
The starting date for online registration of application is 14.01.2025 and last
date thereof is 07.02.2025 at 23:55 Hours

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