For Practicing Advocates/Pleaders and Assistant Public Prosecutors minimum age is 25 years, and the maximum is 35 years. In the case of the reserved category, the age must not cross 40 years. For fresh Law Graduates of all categories, the minimum age is 22 years and must not exceed 27 years.
What is the eligibility for appearing in Tamil Nadu Judicial Services Examination?
Candidate must possess adequate knowledge to read, write and speak in English and Tamil.
Applicants who do not possess adequate knowledge in Tamil may apply. If selected, they must pass the Second-Class Language Test in Tamil within the period of probation.
There are three stages to the exam. These are Prelims, Mains, and Interview.
It is a 3 hours exam of 100 marks. 40 are minimum passing marks for a category other than reserved. For reserved categories, it is 30 and 35.
There is a negative marking of 0.25 for every incorrect answer.
Tamil Nadu Judicial Services Syllabus for Preliminary Examination