Last Date:31 January,2021
Uttarakhand High Court
Uttarakhand
High Court Uttarakhand Law Clerk Notification 2021 is open (Advt. No : 01/Law Clerks (Trainee)/2021) and inviting application for the post of 10 Law Clerks (Trainee) Vacancy For LLB candidates interested in sarkari result High Court Uttarakhand Law Clerk application can apply before 31 January 2021. Please go through this article and follow each tables for full vacancy details, educational qualification, eligibility criteria, pay scale, salary and How to apply High Court Uttarakhand Law Clerk job opening at official website www.highcourtofuttarakhand.gov.in
Employment Notification 10 Law Clerks (Trainee) Vacancy – Uttarakhand High Court
JOB DETAILS:
Name of the post – Law Clerks (Trainee)
No of post – 10
Pay Scale – 35000/- Per Month
Educational Qualification:
Three year Professional/Five Years Integrated Degree in Law from a reputed Law College or recognized University.
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General Information:
- Applications are invited from all eligible candidates for the post of ‘Law Clerks (Trainee)’ on contractual basis in the establishment of High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital carrying a fixed honorarium of Rs.35,000/- per month with no Dearness and/or any other allowance 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, if the incumbent is found lacking.
- Three year Professional/Five Years Integrated Degree in Law from a reputed Law 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 will have to surrender their license to the Bar Council before joining, if selected. Those candidates who have appeared in LL.B. (Final Examination) in 2020-21 and are awaiting results may also apply. They will be required to submit their final mark sheet of LL.B. Examination before the joining. - Computer knowledge i.e., Data Entry, Word Processing and Computer Operations.
- 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 31/ 01/2021.
- 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 the Hon’ble High Court of Uttarakhand.
- The successful candidates will be attached with Hon’ble Judge(s) and shall discharge duties under the 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(s) with whom he/she remains attached. He/she shall assist the Hon’ble Judge in searching out case laws, articles, papers and other relevant
material as required by the Hon’ble Judge(s) in discharge of their judicial work and any other works as assigned by the Hon’ble Judge(s). The Law Clerk (Trainee) may also be asked to be present in the Court during hearing of the arguments, take down or prepare notes in cases. The research work assigned to the Law Clerk may include performing legal research, drafting memorandums and opinion, comment on statutes, regulations
or such scholarly commentary relevant to questions of law, text books and other materials. They may also be assigned the task of drafting memorandum on particular subject/subjects including issues involved in the case or on any other topic. Assistance from the Law Clerk may also be taken in proper maintenance of case files. Assistance in preparation of research of academic papers, maintaining record of judgments, points of
Law decided in various judgments by a Judge, maintenance of records and the like. - 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 the procedure and substantive law to assist the Hon’ble Judge in discharging their judicial and administrative functions. The Law Clerk (Trainee) will also be provided the schedule of training and the details of 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The engagement shall be for a fixed tenure of one year, which may be terminated without notice at any time. However, the tenure may be terminated at any time, if the incumbent is found lacking in any manner.
- A candidate having more than one spouse or married to such a person who already has a living legally wedded wife/husband, will not be eligible for the above post.
- A candidate involved in any kind of criminal case whether convicted or charge-sheeted shall be barred from applying for the above post.
- Those candidates who have already worked as Law Clerk (Trainee) will not be eligible to apply.
How to Apply:
Vacancy Notice 10 Law Clerks (Trainee) Vacancy – Uttarakhand High Court
- The application form can be downloaded from the web site of the High Court of Uttarakhand at www.highcourtofuttarakhand.gov.in and may be
sent along with a fee of Rs. 150/- through postal order or bank draft in favour of Registrar General, High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital. - The application form along with one self attested copy of High School mark sheet, High School Certificate in proof of age/date of birth, Intermediate Mark Sheets, Intermediate Certificate, Law Graduation/Post Graduation Mark Sheet and Certificates and testimonials regarding extracurricular 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.
About Us:
- 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.
- The Uttarakhand High Court is the High Court of the state of Uttarakhand in India. The Uttarakhand State was carved out from the State of Uttar Pradesh on 9 November 2000 under the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000. At the time of the creation of the State, the High Court of Uttarakhand was also established on the same day at Nainital.
- The sanctioned judge strength at the time of creation in 2000 was 7; this was increased to 9 in 2003. Justice Ashok Desai was the inaugural holder of the office. Former Chief Justices of Uttarakhand Sarosh Homi Kapadia and Jagdish Singh Khehar later went on to become Chief Justice of India. Raghvendra Singh Chauhan is the current Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court. He assumed office on 7 January 2021.
- There are currently eight sitting judges including the Chief Justice, with three posts of judges lying vacant.Following is the list of the current serving judges of the Uttarakhand High Court, ordered by seniority.
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