Alerts and Updates for Delhi High Court

The Delhi Higher Judicial Service 2026 preliminary exam for 27 vacancies (24 existing plus 3 anticipated) was held July 26, 2026, and its result was declared August 14, 2026; the High Court has not yet announced dates for the Mains exam and viva-voce that follow.

Applications for Delhi Higher Judicial Service 2026 ran July 1-15, open to advocates and judicial officers with at least seven years' practice as of July 15, 2026; selection runs through a three-stage Preliminary, Mains and Viva-Voce process, with posts carrying pay scale J-5 (Rs 1,44,840-1,94,660).

Delhi High Court's Junior Judicial Assistant recruitment for 152 posts cleared its Stage-1 CBT (held March 22, 2026) and Stage-1 result (2,343 candidates shortlisted, declared April 25, 2026), but the Stage-2 descriptive Mains exam originally set for May 24, 2026 was cancelled by the court, and a revised date has not been announced as of late August 2026.

The Delhi Higher Judicial Service Examination 2026 notice was published on 1 July 2026 on the High Court's job openings page, with the online application link active. This is the live recruitment right now for advocates targeting direct recruitment to the Delhi Higher Judicial Service.

DHJS 2026 covers 27 vacancies, 24 existing and 3 anticipated. Online applications run from 1 July to 15 July 2026 and the Preliminary Examination is scheduled for 26 July 2026. Selection is in three stages: Preliminary, Mains and Viva-Voce.

Eligibility for DHJS 2026: Indian citizen, aged 35 to 45 years, with at least seven years of practice as an advocate or the judicial service experience prescribed in the notification. Apply before the 15 July 2026 deadline; the prelims follow just eleven days later.

For Junior Judicial Assistant and Restorer, 152 posts, the Stage-I preliminary CBT was held on 22 March 2026 and its result was published on 25 April 2026, shortlisting a reported 2,343 candidates for the next stage.

The JJA and Restorer Stage-II descriptive Mains examination, of 100 marks, was conducted on 24 May 2026 in Delhi-NCR centres. As of 11 July 2026 the Stage-II result had not been posted on the High Court's recruitment results page; candidates should keep watching delhihighcourt.nic.in.