Delhi Judicial Services · cleared on first attempt
Priyanka Sharma
Civil Judge (Junior Division), Delhi · 2025
“The Mains answer-writing loop was the part that changed me. Three evaluated answers a week, returned within 48 hours — you watch your own prose sharpen over forty weeks.”
- Attempt
- First
- Mains answers drafted
- 94
- Viva mocks
- 4
The starting point
Priyanka came in two years out of NLUO, having practised briefly at a litigation chamber in Delhi. Her substantive-law recall was strong; her Mains answer-writing was average; her viva, untested.
The diagnostic was brutal and clarifying. The faculty panel gave her a 6/10 on a full-length Mains answer and a mixed viva score. She used both as a plan.
The forty-week middle
Three evaluated Mains answers per week became the backbone. She printed every returned script, underlined the examiner remarks in red, and kept them in a binder she still has.
The six-week viva rehearsal in Delhi made the difference at panel. Retired District & Sessions Judges on the panel, recording on, debrief after. It rewires the nervous system.
In service
Priyanka joined Delhi Judicial Services in mid-2025 and now posts at Tis Hazari. She mentors the current Judiciary cohort's Mains-writing group on weekends.
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