Current Vacancy - government jobs - Bombay High Court

Current Vacancy - government jobs - Bombay High Court


Designation: Associates

Job Description:

High Court of Bombay invites applications for the post of Associates

Qualification : The Staff members of the High Court of Bombay and subordinate judiciary must possess University degree in Law from recognised University (3) possess Computer Certificate about proficiency in operation of word processor, M.S.Office, M.S.Word, Wordstar7 or Linux.

Preference will be given to the candidate: (a) who have minimum speed of 80 w.p.m. to Shorthand and 35 w.p.m.in typing; ( b ) who is able to read, write and speak Marathi.

Additional Qualification: (a) Stenography, Computer and Law Degree in First Class will be considered as an additional qualification.

Number of posts : Select List of 6 candidates and Wait List of 6 candidates

Pay Scale : Rs.15600-39100/- + G.P.6600

Application Fee : The candidate should enclose a self addressed duly stamped envelope along with the application. The Postal Order of Rs.50/-drawn in the name of “The Registrar (O.S.)/Prothonotary and Senior Master, High Court, Bombay,” be also sent along with the application form for the aforesaid posts to meet the expenses of processing the application.

Company Profile:

The Legal  history of Bombay may be said to have begun in 1661, when it became a British possession. The Town and Island of Bombay was received by the British as  a  part of the dowry of the Portuguese Princess Catherine of Braganza, sister of Alphonso VI, the then Portuguese Monarch, when she married King Charles II . Bombay then was little more than a small fishing village consisting of a few straggling huts of Kolis, its indigenous inhabitants; and its harbour, destined in the course of years to develop into the greatest and most important commercial seaport in the East, sheltered only a few fishing boats.  Charles II transferred it to the East India  Company in 1668 for an insignificant annual rent of 10 Pounds

The remote ancestry of the High Court, though interesting is not quite inspiring, until we come to the Recorder's Court established under the Charter of 1798.  Confining ourselves to the British period- for there is no conceivable connection between our High Court today and such Courts of  law as existed in the Portuguese, and still earlier Muslim eras- the judicial history of Bombay commences with the Charter of 1668 accompanying the transfer of Bombay from the Crown to the East India Company. In 1670, the administration of Justice was in the hands of Justices who held their sittings in the Custom Houses of Bombay and Mahim. The system of 1670 was very elementary and suffered from several drawbacks and the judicial system was too much identified with the executive government of the Island.

The main architect of the Judicial system during this period was Gerald Aungier, the Governor of Surat Factory. He has been described as the "true founder" of Bombay. He was a man with liberal ideas and believed in a impartial administration of justice without fear or favor. But he was conscious of these defects and he was himself dissatisfied with the  judicial machinery. Aungier was advised by the Company to select someone knowing something of law from amongst the Company's servants in India. Aungier  chose George Wilcox as the Judge and the First British Court of Justice was inaugurated in Bombay in 1672 with due pomp and ceremony. Fawcett quotes a detailed description of the opening ceremony on 8th August 1672.

Desired Profile:

How to Apply: The candidates should send the applications in prescribed format on plain paper affixing a recent passport size photograph signed across the same in such a manner that part of the signature should come on photograph and remaining on portion of application form. The application form should be neatly filled in or got typed. The application for the above post should be addressed to “The Registrar (O.S.)/ Prothonotary and Senior Master, R.No.23, First Floor, High Court Main Building, High Court, Fort, Bombay – 400 032” and be sent only by “R.P.A.D./Speed Post” in an envelope duly superscribed with the words “ Application for the post of Associate” so as to reach this Office on or before 31st July 2011. The candidate should enclose a self addressed duly stamped envelope along with the application.

Last Date: 31 July 2011

Education: LLB

Location  : Mumbai


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