Supreme Court Junior Court Attendant Recruitment 2026: 130 Posts, Class 10 to Class 12 Only, Apply 4 to 25 November

Supreme Court Junior Court Attendant Recruitment 2026 opens today, 4 November 2026, and closes on 25 November 2026 at 11:55 pm. The Supreme Court of India advertised 130 tentative vacancies for Junior Court Attendant, a Group C non-clerical post, under Advertisement No. F.3/2026-SC (RC) dated 15 October 2026. Pay sits in Level 3 of the pay matrix, Rs 21,700 to Rs 69,100, with initial basic pay of Rs 21,700 plus allowances. Applications go through the link on sci.gov.in only.

That short version of the Supreme Court JCA notice hides the one line that decides most applications. Read it before you pay anything, because the fee here is steep and, once you pay, that money does not come back.

Class 10 is the floor, Class 12 is the ceiling

The advertisement sets a minimum and a maximum qualification, both counted as on 1 October 2026. Minimum: Class X examination from a board or institute recognised by the Government. Maximum: Class XII or 10+2 examination from a board or institute recognised by the Government.

Most government job posts set a floor and stop there. This one sets a ceiling too, and that ceiling is the whole story for a large share of readers.

Age works the same way, counted as on 1 October 2026. You must be at least 18 and not above 27. The advertisement allows the usual age relaxation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer), physically challenged candidates and ex-servicemen, as per the Government of India rules.

Dependants of freedom fighters get relaxation up to five years above the limit. Widows, divorced women and women judicially separated from their husbands who have not remarried can apply up to 35 years, 38 years for OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) and 40 years for SC and ST candidates. Departmental candidates of the Registry of the Supreme Court of India face no upper age limit. Candidates working in other government departments, public sector undertakings, statutory bodies or nationalised banks get no age relaxation at all.

Two more facts from the same advertisement deserve a plain reading. The 130 vacancies are tentative and may change with administrative needs or the requirement of the Registry. Reservation follows Rule 4A of the Supreme Court Officers and Servants (Conditions of Service and Conduct) Rules, 1961, and the advertisement prints no category wise split for the 130 posts. If another site shows you a neat category table for this post, that table came from somewhere other than this advertisement.

How the Supreme Court Junior Court Attendant Recruitment 2026 test works

Selection runs in two stages. Stage one is an objective type test of 100 multiple choice questions in one and a half hours, worth 100 marks, with 50 marks as the minimum qualifying score. The 100 questions split evenly: 25 on General Intelligence and Reasoning, 25 on Numerical Aptitude, 25 on General English and 25 on General Awareness. Each question carries one mark, and each wrong answer costs 0.25 marks.

Stage two is an interview worth 25 marks, with 13 marks as the minimum qualifying score. The interview happens online or in person in Delhi, as the competent authority directs.

One clause matters if the test draws a big crowd. If a large number of candidates qualify by scoring 50 or more, the Registry calls candidates for interview in the ratio of 1:3 against the tentative vacancies, in order of merit. Clearing the test, in other words, does not by itself put you in front of the interview panel.

Dates after the form closes are tentative, and the advertisement says so itself. The advertisement fixes the objective type test tentatively for 26 December 2026. Answer keys go up on 28 December 2026, and objections stay open from 28 December to 29 December 2026 till 11:55 pm, online only, at Rs 100 per objection. The objection fee comes back to you if your objection is found valid. The Registry pays no travel allowance or daily allowance for the test or the interview, so budget the Delhi trip for the interview stage in advance if you reach it.

The fee, and the no refund rule

General and unreserved candidates pay Rs 1,500. Candidates from Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer), ex-servicemen and physically challenged candidates pay Rs 750, plus bank charges. Payment runs online only, through the payment gateway provided by UCO Bank. No postal application form is accepted.

The advertisement states the point in plain terms: once paid, the fee will not be refunded under any circumstances or in any eventuality. At Rs 1,500 for a general candidate, that makes the order of work obvious. Check the Class 12 ceiling and the 1 October 2026 age date first, pay second.

Before you press submit

Keep your documents ready before you open the form. The advertisement asks for a scanned copy of your recent photograph, your signature, your Class X and Class XII certificates, your caste or community certificate if you claim reservation, and your disability certificate if it applies, uploaded as per the instructions on the application link.

Your name, your father's name, your mother's name and your date of birth must match your Class X certificate. A name change needs support from a Gazette Notification, and the documents get verified at document verification. Admission at both stages stays provisional until that verification, so a form that sails through today can still fall later if a document does not match.

Then slow down at the last screen. Preview the filled form and take a printout for your records, since you need not send the printout to the Registry. Once you submit it, you cannot withdraw or modify the application, and no request for change of category will be entertained. If you submit more than one form, only the last submitted form counts.

Keep your application number safe: you need it to generate your admit card from the Supreme Court website, since no admit cards go out by post. Keep a valid personal email ID and mobile number active through the whole process, because the interview date reaches you through sci.gov.in and through SMS and email. Use the JCA apply online link on sci.gov.in itself, not a link forwarded on social media.

One last practical point. You pick test cities in order of preference from the cities in Annexure A of the advertisement, but the Registry can shift you to another city for administrative reasons, and no request for change of city, test centre or date will be entertained. Pick your preferences with that in mind, not with the idea that you can fix them later.

Sources & verification: Supreme Court of India Advertisement No. F.3/2026-SC (RC) dated 15 October 2026, for 130 tentative Junior Court Attendant vacancies, read 4 November 2026. Apply only through the Recruitment link on sci.gov.in. Every figure in this article comes from that advertisement. The advertisement gives no category wise vacancy split and no fixed interview date, and both points are stated as such above.