How to prepare and plan for Rajasthan Judicial Service Exam-2016

The time is running and the PT exam is to be held on 10th July 2016
Everyone must have developed a strategy to cover such a vast syllabus of RJS, if one has not, I wish to share one strategy with you. [Disclaimer :- I have the privileged of giving the RJS-2014 interview in my very first attempt, though i am not selected till date.]  Before writing about the strategy. For PT any judicial aspirant can go for the.  Rajasthan Judicial Services Examination SOLVED PAPERS (RJS SERIES) by Anand Prakash Solanki (Author) for detail you can click here (mind it that i am not saying you must buy it and even if you wish to buy this book, one should buy it from the local market as the book is costly on the amazon website)

The Syllabus for the PT and the Mains for law paper is the same which is as follows:-

Law Paper (I)/ CIVIL LAW- 

1. The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, 
2. Code of Civil Procedure,1908, 
3. The Constitution of India, 
4. Evidence Act, 1872, 
5. Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956, 
6. Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, 
7. Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956, 
8. Hindu Succession Act, 1956, 
9. Indian Partnership Act, 1932, 
10. Indian Contract Act, 1872, 
11. Indian Easements Act, 1882, 
12. The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, 
13. The Limitation Act, 1963, 
14. The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Chapter X, XI & XII and The Second Schedule), 
15. Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 (Chapter II, III, IV, VI, IX, XII and XIII), 
16. The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, 
17. The Sale of Goods Act, 1930, 
18. The Specific Relief Act, 1963, 
19. The Transfer of Property Act, 1882, 
20. Interpretation of Statues, 
21. Law of Torts, 
22. Legal Maxims, 
23. Muslim Law, 
24. The Rajasthan Agricultural Credit Operations (Removal of Difficulties) Act, 1974, 
25. The Rajasthan Court Fees & Suits Valuation Act, 1961, 
26. The Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956, 
27. The Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009 (Chapter I, IV, VII, X, XI, XII and XIII), 
28. The Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, 
29. The Rajasthan Rent Control Act, 2001, 
30. The Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998, 
31. The Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955, 
32. The Registration Act, 1908, 
33. General Rules (Civil), 1986 and Judgment Writing. 

Law Paper (II)/CRIMINAL LAW-

1. The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973,
2. The Electricity Act, 2003 (Chapter XIV),
3. The Indian Evidence Act, 1872,
4. The Indian Penal Code, 1860,
5. The Information Technology Act, 2000,
6. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, [now read JJ Act, 2015]
7. The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985,
8. The Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 (Chapter XVII),
9. The Probation of Offenders Act, 1958,
10. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012,
11. Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005,
12. The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989,
13. General Rules (Criminal), 1980 and Judgment Writing.

Almost 46 subjects/areas to be covered by any candidate.

One question which generally comes in the mind of any candidate as to how to cover such a vast syllabus is not new, even I was facing the very same problem. To lessen up the burden I have framed strategy to deal with this problem. I am  sharing the same with you, you can also share your thoughts on that by commenting below and by sharing it with other candidates. 

Firstly, one should try to cover the criminal law paper as it contains less number of bare Acts in comparison with the civil law paper i.e. almost 20 bare act/subject less than the criminal law paper, as both the paper have equal marks in the exam be it PT or Mains. This will be a big psychological relief to the candidate as one will feel that at least he/she covered half of the syllabus. 

Secondly, one should then devote his/her time in covering all those subjects in the civil law paper, which are a central legislation as compared to the State legislation. This is advisable to all the candidates who do not belong to Rajasthan. This is because of the fact that even if you could not cover the whole syllabus at least you will be covering the central laws which, sometimes, will help a candidate in other judicial service also. 

Thirdly, if one is done with the above two things then the candidate may start with the Rajasthan specific state legislation. For Rajasthan specific law, one may start with the Rent law and then one can cover according to the thinness of the bare Act, that one can do by looking into as to how many sections one has to read in one bare Act.

Fourthly, even if one is not able to cover all the syllabus till the PT date, one should not worry about it as PT is more about clearing the cut off rather than scoring highest marks in PT.

I hope this information will help. if you wish to have more insight on it you can ask here. One can also follow this blog.