Delhi Judicial Service (DJS) study plan

Map the Civil Law syllabus into a one-page checklist covering the Transfer of Property Act, Indian Contract Act, Specific Relief Act, CPC and Law of Evidence, and mark every topic as known, weak or unread

Draft a personal outline of the Limitation Act scheme (schedules, condonation, exclusion of time) and test it against ten self-written fact patterns

List the core Criminal Law statutes and doctrines (IPC general exceptions, BNS transition notes, CrPC/BNSS investigation and bail provisions) and write a 300-word summary of each from memory

Solve 30 mixed Civil and Criminal objective questions under timed conditions and log every wrong answer with the rule that was missed

Memorise and reproduce from memory the essential elements of the major civil causes of action (specific performance, injunction, declaration, partition, possession) in structured element lists

Write full-length answers to four civil law problem questions using the issue-rule-application-conclusion format within 25 minutes each

Distinguish the general exceptions and common intention provisions of the penal code by constructing a comparison table with one illustration per row

Explain the difference between cognizable and non-cognizable offences, summons and warrant cases, and bailable and non-bailable offences with statutory references

Complete 40 timed objective questions across both domains and re-attempt every previously logged error

Summarise the law of evidence on relevancy, admissions, confessions, dying declaration and burden of proof into a condensed revision sheet of no more than four pages

Draft two criminal law answers on offences against the body and against property, citing section numbers accurately

Work through the CPC stages from plaint to execution and produce a flow diagram with the limitation period attached to each stage

Identify and correct the ten most frequent drafting errors in your own previous answers (citation form, missing ingredients, conclusory reasoning)

Take a full-length simulated paper for domains 1 and 2 under exam timing and self-evaluate against a marking rubric

Reduce the error log to a one-page list of recurring mistakes and write a corrective rule for each

Recite from memory the leading constitutional and procedural safeguards relevant to criminal trial fairness and note where they intersect with evidence law

Build a vocabulary and idiom log of 150 entries drawn from previous question patterns, using each in an original sentence

Practise comprehension and cloze passages at the rate of one set per sitting, recording accuracy and time per set

Draft two precis passages of about 150 words each and verify word count and retention of the central argument

Compile a one-page fact sheet on the constitutional framework, fundamental rights and key amendments, and quiz yourself on it twice

Write two short essays of 250 words each on current legal-policy themes within 30 minutes per essay, then edit for structure and grammar

Revise common grammar traps (subject-verb agreement, modifiers, parallelism, tense sequence) and correct 50 faulty sentences

Assemble a general knowledge revision sheet covering Indian polity, geography, economy basics and science, capped at five pages

Attempt 50 general knowledge objective questions and classify each error as factual gap or careless reading

Compile a rolling current affairs digest of the past six months organised by theme (judiciary, legislation, economy, international, awards and appointments)

Convert the digest into 100 self-written one-line question-answer pairs and test recall twice

Practise one full English section under timing and analyse which question type consumed the most time

Link at least ten current affairs items to underlying legal or constitutional concepts and note the connection

Take two full-length mixed simulations under exam conditions and record section-wise scores and time allocation

Revisit every item on the recurring-error sheet and confirm each corrective rule is now automatic

Condense all five domains into a final one-page-per-domain revision pack for the last 48 hours

Rehearse exam-day logistics: question order, time checkpoints and strategy for uncertain questions