Post Details
Post Name:– Legal Assistants
No of Post:- 20
Job Type:- Contract Basis
Salary Breakup: Rs. 20000/- Per Month
Qualification/ Experience
Degree in Law from any University in India or any Institution recognized by the University Grants Commission. Candidates studying in the Fifth Year of a Five Year Law Course, can also apply for the said Post, and their final selection would be subject to their passing of the Fifth Year examination of LL.B., prior to their Appointment.
Age Limit
18 to 35 years as on 8th November 2019
Selection Process
Selection will be on the basis of Written Test and Viva Voce Test.
Application fee
All Candidates:- Rs. 300/-
Payment Mode: Online or Offline
How to Apply
Interested and eligible who wish to apply for Legal Assistants posts in Gujarat High Court, they are required to apply through online mode by filling online application on Gujarat High Court official website at www.gujarathighcourt.nic.in from 21st October 2019 and before 8th November 2019.
Important Dates:
Starting date to apply online:- 21st October 2019
Closing date to apply online:- 8th November 2019
Date of Written Test:- 8th December 2019
Viva-voce Test Date:- Month of January/February – 2020
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Other Conditions:
- Appointment as Legal Assistant is a full time assignment and during the period of appointment the Legal Assistant shall not be entitled to practice as a lawyer or to take up any employment, engagement of whatsoever nature either on full-time or on part-time basis.
- The headquarters of Legal Assistant shall be the High Court which he / she shall not leave during working hours of the High Court without permission of the Judge to whom he / she is assigned.
- Legal Assistant may be required by the Judge to whom he/she is assigned to assist on public or weekly holidays and offered equal number of alternative holidays later on.
- Legal Assistant shall be entitled to 11 days of casual leave of absence with pay in a year and shall not be entitled to any other leave of absence with pay except during Court Vacations when leave of absence with pay may be granted with the permission of the Judge to whom he / she is assigned.
- If Legal Assistant is required to leave headquarters as part of duty on official work, he / she may be paid daily allowance in addition to actual fare paid for the travel as stipulated in the Government Resolution, Legal Department No.HCT/102004/4015/D dated 3.5.2007, as may be amended from time to time.
- Legal Assistant attached to a particular Hon’ble Judge shall not be entitled to appear before the Hon’ble Judge with whom he/she was attached for a period of one year from the date of termination of the appointment.
- Legal Assistant shall not be entitled to appear in any case handled by the Hon’ble Judge to whom he / she was attached, if the Legal Assistant had worked on that case.
- Legal Assistant shall perform his / her duties with due diligence and discipline maintaining confidentiality about all matters and information that he / she may come across during the discharge of his / her duties.
- The assignment as Legal Assistant shall not confer any right of any employment under the High Court or the State Government.
- Legal Assistant shall abide by such other Rules and Conditions of Service, as may be prescribed by the Honourable the Chief Justice.
- Legal Assistant shall, upon acceptance of his/her appointment as such, undertake in writing to abide by the Rules and shall, in particular, undertake that he / she shall perform his / her duties with due diligence and discipline maintaining confidentiality about all the matters and information that he / she may come across during the discharge of his / her duties.