Haryana Civil Judge (Jr Div) study plan

Map the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 into a one-page skeleton covering suits, pleadings, appearance, framing of issues, trial, judgment, decree, execution, appeal, reference, review and revision, noting the corresponding Order and Section for each stage.

Read Sections 1 to 35A and Orders I to XII with the bare Act open, and write a short note explaining jurisdiction (pecuniary, territorial, subject-matter), res judicata, and the bar under Section 10 in your own words.

Draft a plaint and a written statement on a supplied fact pattern, ensuring the pleadings rules under Orders VI and VIII are visibly applied.

Read Sections 154 to 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 alongside the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita provisions on investigation, and tabulate at least eight points of change in a two-column table.

Solve 30 objective questions on CPC jurisdiction and pleadings and log every wrong answer with the correct rule.

Work through execution (Order XXI) and appeals, reference, review and revision, and summarise the limitation and deposit rules in a decision-tree diagram.

Tabulate the powers of the criminal courts under Sections 26 to 35 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and the corresponding provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, including the new emphasis on electronic records and time limits.

Draft a bail application and an application for cancellation of bail, each supported by three statutory provisions and two case-law principles you can cite from memory.

Complete 40 mixed objective questions across CPC and criminal procedure and re-attempt every question you previously got wrong.

Recite from memory the periods fixed for filing a written statement, for framing of charges and for completing investigation, and test yourself with a blank-page recall drill.

Build a chapter-wise index of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 covering offences against the body, property, public tranquillity and public servants, and match each to the corresponding provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

Explain the mental elements under Sections 299 to 304A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and distinguish murder, culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and causing death by negligence using a three-column comparison chart.

Read the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 provisions on relevancy, admissions, confessions and dying declarations, and write a one-page note on the evidentiary value of a retracted confession.

Compare the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam with the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 on electronic evidence, and prepare a checklist for proving a digital document in court.

Answer 25 objective questions on offences against property and 25 on confessions and dying declarations, then write out the correct rule for each error.

Master the law on burden of proof, presumption, expert opinion and the examination of witnesses, and draft a short note on hostile witnesses and the procedure for declaring one.

Prepare a chart of the general exceptions under the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and the corresponding Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions, stating the burden each places on the accused.

Practice two answer-writing exercises of 250 words each on a criminal law problem, applying the issue, rule, application and conclusion format.

Complete a timed 60-question mock covering criminal law and evidence, and record the score against a target of 60 percent.

Revise every wrong answer from weeks 1 to 4 and consolidate the corrections into a single revision notebook.

Summarise Hindu law on marriage, adoption, maintenance and succession, and Muslim law on marriage, dower, divorce and maintenance, in a side-by-side table of at least 15 rows.

Distinguish the Dayabhaga and Mitakshara schools on coparcenary and partition, and state the position of daughters as coparceners after the 2005 amendment in your own words.

Read the Indian Contract Act, 1872 provisions on offer, acceptance, consideration, free consent and void agreements, and prepare a one-page flowchart for testing validity of a contract.

Read the Specific Relief Act, 1963 provisions on recovery of possession, specific performance and injunctions, and draft a short note on when specific performance may be refused.

Answer 40 objective questions across personal law and contract law and write corrections for each error.

Outline the law of torts on negligence, nuisance, strict and absolute liability, vicarious liability and defences, and write a note distinguishing tort from contract and from crime.

Summarise the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 on the definition of consumer, unfair trade practice, the three-tier redressal commissions and product liability, in a one-page note.

Read the fundamental rights and the directive principles in the Constitution of India, and prepare a chart of the writs with the conditions for each.

Work through the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 provisions on transfer, sale, mortgage, lease, gift and actionable claims, and summarise the rules on part performance and lis pendens.

Answer 40 objective questions spanning torts, consumer protection and constitutional law, and log the corrections.

Explain the law of easements under the Indian Easements Act, 1882 covering acquisition, prescription, disturbance and extinguishment, and prepare a five-line summary of each doctrine.

Read the Punjab and Haryana High Court Rules and Orders and the professional ethics material on the Advocates Act, 1961, and write a note on duties of an advocate to the court, the client and the opponent.

Prepare a short note on contempt of court and on the conduct expected of a judicial officer, drawing on principles rather than any specific decided case you cannot verify.

List the Haryana-specific statutes notified for this examination and summarise the scope of each in two sentences, marking any entry you cannot confirm for later verification.

Answer 30 objective questions on professional ethics and High Court practice, and correct every error in writing.

Revise the entire syllabus through a spaced-repetition cycle, spending the largest share on civil procedure and criminal law where the marks weight is highest.

Complete two full-length timed mock papers and analyse each within the same week, recording the reason for every error as a knowledge gap, a reading error or a time-management error.

Practice English composition by writing one precis, one letter and one short essay of 250 words under timed conditions.

Revise current affairs and general knowledge from the past six months using your own consolidated notes, and test recall with 50 objective questions.

Re-read the correction notebook from weeks 1 to 7 and confirm that no correction remains unexplained.