Civil judge recruitment in every state ends with a viva-voce before a board of High Court judges, who test the law applied to facts, judicial temperament and integrity.
What a mock looks like in the room, step by step. The panel, its order, the form and the qualities are the real viva-voce's; the words and numbers are illustrative.
The board of High Court judges reads your application: your law school, your practice, your interests. Expect a fact pattern within minutes.
In the order the real one moves: opening, then criminal law, then civil law, then judicial conduct. Follow-ups come from what you just said.
Speak as you would in the room, or type. Your pace, long pauses and filler words are measured as you go — and, if your camera is on, how often you look toward it.
Scored on the 6 qualities this viva-voce is assessed on, member by member, with every line of your Application form marked as held up, shaky or not yet asked. A practice estimate, never a forecast.
Scaled to the real 50 marks from the board's 6 qualities. For finding what to fix, not for predicting a result.
Nothing to buy first. Pick the round, fill in your Application form, and the board is ready. Your recording, if you ask for one, never leaves your device.
Face this board yourselfA board of sitting High Court judges, with a presiding judge.
The viva-voce tests fitness for judicial office: command of the law as applied to facts, judicial temperament and integrity — the qualities a litigant needs in the person on the bench.
Modelled on the Madhya Pradesh Civil Judge viva-voce: 50 marks, with 20 needed to be selected regardless of the Mains.
A senior High Court judge. Measured and exact; opens, asks why the judiciary, and closes.
A judge from the criminal side. Short fact patterns under the BNS, BNSS and BSA; asks for the section and the next procedural step.
A judge from the civil side. CPC, the Contract Act, the Specific Relief Act, property law — applied to a small fact pattern.
States the governing provision by section and applies it to the facts given.
Knows what a court actually does next — the order, the stage, the remedy.
Patient, balanced, neither harsh nor swayed — the demeanour of a presiding officer.
Clear on independence, propriety and what a judge must refuse.
Answers the way an order should read: issue, law, reasoning, conclusion.
Knows the recent changes in the law and the leading judgments behind them.
Not published as a rubric — these are the areas judicial boards consistently test.
The board of High Court judges reads your application: your law school, your practice, your interests. Expect a fact pattern within minutes.
Every sitting — AI, real or peer — is scored on the same 6 qualities, so you can see a line move instead of weighing one opinion against another.
How it works, step by step: the mock interview guide.
The board reads your Application form, asks in the real order and scores you on what the real one assesses. Free, and ready now.
