OPSC Judicial Services Preliminary Exam Date 

22nd June 2024

OPSC Judicial Services Mains Exam Date 

TBA

OPSC Judicial Services Interview/ DV Exam Date 

TBA

Indian Penal Code

100 questions

100 marks

1 hour 30 minutes

Evidence Act

Code of Criminal Procedure

Code of Civil Procedure

Constitution of India

Limitation Act

Transfer of Property Act

Contract Act

Law of Succession (Indian Succession Act and Hindu Succession Act)

Specific Relief Act

Paper -1

General English 

1. Translation and retranslation of ten lines
2. A short essay
3. Precis writing with 300 words
4. Passage with questions

150 marks

2 hours 30 minutes

Paper-2

Procedural Laws

1. The code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
2. The code of Civil Procedure, 1908
3. The Indian Evidence Act

150 marks

2 hours 30 minutes

Total

300 

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1

Law of criminal & Law of torts

150 marks

3 hours

2

Persona Law

1. Hindu Law
2. Mohammedan Law

150 marks

3 hours

3

Law of Property

1. Transfer of Property, 1982
2. Specific Relief Act, 1963
3. Indian Limitation Act. 1963

150 marks

3 hours

4

Law of Contract

1. Indian Contract Act, 1872
2. Sales of goods Act, 1930
3. Partnership Act, 1932
4. Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881

150 marks

3 hours

5

Jurisprudence and Constitution of India

150 marks

3 hours

Constitution of India

• Constitution’ meaning of the term, Indian Constitution
• Union Government and its Administration
• State Government and its Administration
• Local Administration
• Election Commission

Code of Civil Procedure

• Suits in General
• Suits
• Trial of suits and Execution of Decrees
• Appeals, Reference, Review and Revision
• Special suits
• The Limitation Act, 1963

Code of Criminal Procedure

• Arrest
• Search and Seizure
• Investigation
• Bail
• Charge
• Trials
• Appeal, Reference, Revision and Transfer
• Maintenance of wives, children and Parents

Evidence Act

• Plea of alibi
• Other relevant fact (Section 7, 8,9,12, 13, 14, 15, 16,34, 42,43 and 44)
• Admission
• Confessions 28-31
• Doctrine of res gestae
• Conspiracy
• Dying Declaration
• Expert Testimony
• Opinion of third person
• Character when relevant

Indian Penal Code

• Essential Elements of Crime – Actus Reus & Mens Rea and Stages of Crime
• Defamation
• Attempt to Commit Offences
• General Explanations
• Abetment
• Punishments
• General Exceptions
• Hurt & Grievous Hurt
• Wrongful Restraint & Confinement
• Theft, Extortion, Robbery, Dacoity
• Crime against Women
• Criminal Intimidation
• Insulting Modesty of Woman

Limitation Act

• Definition – Decree, decree holder, judgment, judgment debtor, legal representative, mesne profit, order and pleader, Cause of action.
• Jurisdiction of the Courts (Subject matter, territorial and pecuniary)
• Res subjudice
• Res judicata
• Foreign Judgment
• Parties to Suits.
• Framing of Suits.
• Pleadings generally (Order VI).
• Plaint – Order VII.
• Written Statement- Order VIII (Set-off & Counter-claim).
• Appearances – Exparte Decree, dismiss for default.
• Costs and Interest
• Filing a Caveat
• Summons-Issue and Service of Summons.
• Summoning and Attendance of witnesses.
• Withdrawal and adjustment of Suits.
• Examination of parties by the court.
• Temporary & permanent injunction and Interlocutory Orders.
• Arrest and Attachment before Judgment.
• Execution of Decrees – Executing Court, Modes of Execution etc.
• General provisions relating to appeals
• First Appeal
• Second Appeal
• Appeals to the Supreme Court
• Appealable Orders
• Reference
• Review
• Revision
• Inherent Powers of Court
• Suits by/against minors and persons of unsound mind, indigent people, Government etc.

Transfer of Property Act

• Movable & Immovable Property
• Instrument
• Attestation
• Registration
• Attached to earth
• Actionable claim
• Notice
• Movable and Immovable property
• Transfer of property- meaning and elements
• What kinds of property can be transferred
• Restrictions on alienation of property
• Restrictions on enjoyment of property
• Transfer to unborn person
• Rule against perpetuity
• Vested and contingent interests
• Conditional transfers
• Ulterior transfer
• Doctrine of election
• Rule relating to apportionment
• Doctrine of holding out
• Feeding the grant by estoppel
• Doctrine of priority
• Transfer lis pendens
• Doctrine of part performance
• Meaning, essentials and kinds of mortgage
• Right to redeem
• Right to foreclosure or sale
• doctrine of priority
• Doctrine of marshalling and contribution
• Doctrine of subrogation
• Charges

Contract Act

• Contract: Meaning, Nature and Types
• Historical Background of Indian Contract Laws
• Indian Contract Act, 1872
• Major Definitions under Indian Contract Act, 1872
• Formation of an Agreement
• Intention to Create Legal Relationship
• Proposal and Acceptance- Their various forms, Essential Elements
• Communication
• Revocation- Mode of Revocation of Offer
• What agreements are Contracts
• Legal Disability to Enter into Contract
• Minors, Persons of Unsound Mind
• Effects of Minors Agreement
• Persons disqualified by Law
• Liability for Necessaries Supplied to the Minor
• Indian Contract Act, 1872, (Ss. 10 – 12, 64, 65, 68); Specific Relief Act, 1963, (S.33); Indian Majority Act, 1875.
• Consent – Definition
• Free Consent and Vitiating Elements
• Coercion
• Undue Influence
• Misrepresentation
• Mistake
• Effect on Contracts influenced by any factor Vitiating Free Consent
• Meaning and Nature of Consideration – NudumPactum
• Doctrine of Privity of Contract and of Consideration- Its Exceptions
• Exceptions of consideration
• Adequacy of Consideration: Present, Past and Adequate Consideration
• Unlawful Consideration and its Effect.
• Indian Contract Act, 1872: Sections 2(d), 2(f), 23 and 25
• Legality of Object
• Void and Voidable Agreements
• Agreements against Public Policy
• Agreements with Unlawful Consideration
• Agreements without Consideration
• Agreements in Restraint of Marriage, Trade & Legal Proceedings
• Ambiguous and Uncertain Agreements
• Wagering Agreements – Its exceptions
• Contingent Contracts
• By Performance
• Performance by Joint Promisors
• Discharge by Novation – Remission
• Accord and Satisfaction
• Appropriation of Payments
• Discharge by Impossibility of Performance – Doctrine of Frustration
• Discharge by Breach – Anticipatory Breach – Actual breach
• Recovering possession of property (Sec.- 5 to 8)
• Specific Performance: Ss. 9 – 24 of Specific Relief Act, 1965
• Injunctions: Ss. 36 – 41 of Specific Relief Act, 1965
• Declaratory Decrees (Sec.- 34 to 35)
• Preventive Relief (Sec.- 36 to 43)

Law of Succession (Indian Succession Act and Hindu Succession Act)

Specific Relief Act

Paper-1 General English

• Translation and Retranslation of ten lines each
• A short essay of about 150 words
• Precis Writing consisting of 300 words
• One passage of about 500 words with 5 questions

Paper-2 Procedural Laws

• The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
• The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
• The Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Paper-1 (Law of Crime and Law of Torts)

Law of Crime and Law of Torts

Paper-2 (Personal Law)

• Hindu Law
• Mohammedan Law

Paper-3 (Law of Property)

• Transfer of Property Act, 1882
• Specific Relief Act, 1963
• Indian Limitation Act, 1963

Paper-4 (Law of Contract)

• Indian Contract Act, 1972
• Sales of Goods Act, 1930
• Partnership Act, 1932
• Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881

Paper-5 (Jurisprudence and Constitution of India)

Jurisprudence and Constitution of India