Punjab PCS-J case studies

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The Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) is the state recruiting body whose portal publishes announcements for its competitive examinations, including the Punjab State Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination (PSCSCCE). Candidates preparing for judicial service in Punjab should understand one critical distinction before planning: the exam branded "PCS-J" (Civil Judge, Junior Division) is not the same recruitment as PSCSCCE, and the PPSC portal page captured here does not publish a PCS-J syllabus, question count, duration, passing marks, fee, or subject weights. The Punjab PCS-J case studies are 5 cases and about 4,684 words.

The Section 80 Notice That Arrived Thirty-Eight Days Before the Suit

On 12 January 2025 a retaining wall of the PWD (B&R) sub-division along Ferozepur Road, Ludhiana, collapsed onto the shop of Amarjit Kaur, damaging the structure and stock; she estimates her loss at Rs 8,00,000. Through her advocate she served a notice under Section 80 CPC on the Executive Engineer on 20 January 2025, and the department received it on 24 January 2025.

979 words, about 5 min 2

Cancellation Report, Protest Petition and the Demand for a Fresh FIR

77, dated 12 April 2025) is registered at Police Station Kotwali, Patiala, under Sections 318(4) and 61(2) BNS on the complaint of Gurpreet Singh, who alleges that Harish Kumar induced him to pay Rs 12,00,000 for a plot and thereafter sold the same plot to a third party. After investigation the SHO files a cancellation report before the JMIC on 20 July 2025, stating that the dispute is civil in nature and that the payments were business advances.

920 words, about 5 min 3

Fourteen Pages of WhatsApp Chats and a Certificate Signed by the Complainant

In a sessions trial for cheating and forgery before the Additional Sessions Judge, Jalandhar, the prosecution alleges that the accused, a commission agent, induced the complainant to part with Rs 15,00,000 for 4 kanal of agricultural land by sending WhatsApp messages from a mobile number ending 4321. The prosecution files: (i) fourteen pages of chat printouts downloaded from the complainant's handset; (ii) a certificate under Section 63(4) BSA signed by the complainant himself; (iii) the customer application form and call detail records of the accused's number, obtained from the service provider along with a certificate from its nodal officer; and (iv) a pen drive said to contain the chat export.

954 words, about 5 min 4

The Pronote for Five Lakhs and the Expert Application at Final Arguments

Ram Lal files a suit on 2 February 2025 in the Court of Civil Judge (Junior Division), Bathinda, against Balwinder Singh for recovery of Rs 5,00,000 on the basis of a pronote dated 10 January 2022 and a receipt of the same date. The defendant admits his signatures on both documents but pleads that he had borrowed only Rs 1,00,000 in 2019 and signed blank stamped papers as security; that in any event he paid Rs 40,000 in cash in March 2023, which the plaintiff has not accounted for; and that the pronote is under-stamped.

954 words, about 5 min 5

Board of Sixty-One Items and a Widow Without Counsel

You are Civil Judge (Junior Division), Moga. Your board for the day lists 61 items.

877 words, about 4 min