Supreme Court Junior Court Attendant Recruitment 2026: 130 Posts, Apply from 4 November

On 4 November 2026, the Supreme Court of India opens online applications for 130 Junior Court Attendant posts, giving Class 10 pass candidates with a cooking qualification a route into the country's highest court. The Supreme Court Junior Court Attendant recruitment 2026, advertised as No. F.3/2026-SC (RC) on 15 October 2026, runs from 4 November 2026 to 25 November 2026, closing at 11:55 PM on the last date. The posts are tentative, so the final number can change, and there is no offline or postal form.

Recruiting body	Supreme Court of India, Registry, New Delhi
Post	Junior Court Attendant (Group 'C', non-clerical, cooking)
Total posts	130 (tentative)
Advertisement	No. F.3/2026-SC (RC), 15 October 2026
Application window	4 November 2026 to 25 November 2026, up to 11:55 PM
Pay	Pay Level 3, Rs. 21,700 to Rs. 69,100; starting basic Rs. 21,700 plus allowances
Qualification	Class 10 minimum, Class 12 maximum, plus one-year Cooking/Culinary Arts diploma
Age limit	18 to 27 years as on 1 October 2026, with relaxations
Application fee	Rs. 1,500 General; Rs. 750 reserved categories, ex-servicemen, candidates with disabilities
Selection	Objective test of 100 questions, then an interview of 25 marks
How to apply	Online only, through sci.gov.in
Exam date	Not announced in the roundup summary checked

Supreme Court Junior Court Attendant recruitment 2026: who can apply

The eligibility rules are narrower than the headline "Class 10 pass" suggests, and candidates should read them before paying the fee. The court said candidates must have passed Class 10 from a recognised board or institute, and it also set Class 12 as the maximum qualification. That ceiling matters, so candidates above Class 12 should check the advertisement before applying. Alongside the school qualification, candidates must hold a minimum one-year diploma in Cooking or Culinary Arts from a recognised institute. The post is listed as Junior Court Attendant (Cooking).

All qualifications must be held as on 1 October 2026, the date the court fixed for counting eligibility. The age limit is 18 to 27 years as on the same date, with the usual relaxations for SC, ST and OBC (non-creamy layer) candidates, candidates with disabilities and ex-servicemen. The court's roundup also records a higher ceiling for widows and for divorced or judicially separated women who have not remarried: up to 35 years, rising to 38 years for OBC candidates and 40 years for SC and ST candidates in that group. Category-wise vacancy figures have not been stated in the summaries checked. Admission to every stage is provisional, pending document verification.

Pay, fee and the selection test

The 130 posts sit in Pay Level 3, from Rs. 21,700 to Rs. 69,100, with a starting basic pay of Rs. 21,700 plus allowances. The application fee is Rs. 1,500 for General candidates and Rs. 750 for SC, ST, OBC (non-creamy layer), ex-servicemen and candidates with disabilities, payable online through the UCO Bank gateway. The fee is not refundable, so confirm eligibility before paying.

Selection runs in two stages. First comes a 100-question objective test lasting one and a half hours, with 25 questions each on general intelligence and reasoning, numerical aptitude, general English and general awareness. Candidates must score 50 marks to qualify, and those who qualify move to an interview carrying 25 marks. The court has not announced an exam date in the roundup summary checked, so candidates should watch sci.gov.in for the test schedule. With the qualifying mark fixed at 50, preparation should be spread evenly across all four sections.

Two companion recruitments in the same window

The Junior Court Attendant window opens alongside two other Supreme Court recruitments, and candidates should not confuse them. The court is also recruiting 15 Court Assistant (Technical Assistant-cum-Programmer) posts in Group B, at Pay Level 7 with a starting basic pay of Rs. 44,900, with applications open from 3 November 2026 to 24 November 2026. Growentix already covered that recruitment separately; it needs a computer science degree and software experience, not the cooking diploma. The third recruitment, for 20 Court Master (Shorthand) posts at Pay Level 11 (starting basic Rs. 67,700), closes earlier, on 15 November 2026, and needs a bachelor's degree, shorthand at 120 words per minute and five years as a private secretary or stenographer. Together the three recruitments total 165 posts, each with its own advertisement, and a form for one post does not count for another.

The same distinction applies to the court's earlier Junior Court Assistant recruitment, a different post. This one is a Group C non-clerical cooking post in the Registry, and the cooking diploma is its clearest marker. Earlier applications do not carry over, so candidates must file afresh if they meet its conditions.

How to apply, and what to do next

Apply only through the links on the Supreme Court's recruitment page at sci.gov.in, as set out in the AglaSem roundup of the three advertisements. There is no offline form, so any agent offering one, or asking for payment outside the official gateway, should be treated as a fraud risk. Genuine recruitment never asks candidates to pay an agent; the only payment is the prescribed fee. Keep copies of the submitted form, the fee receipt and advertisement No. F.3/2026-SC (RC).

Before submitting, check four things: your Class 10 certificate and cooking diploma are from recognised institutes and held as on 1 October 2026; your age falls within 18 to 27 years on that date, or within the relaxed ceiling for your category; the maximum-qualification rule does not disqualify you; and you file early, not on 25 November 2026, when server load and payment delays are most likely. A form incomplete or unpaid at 11:55 PM on 25 November 2026 will not be accepted.

Sources: Supreme Court of India advertisements No. F.3/2026-SC (RC) of 15 October 2026, No. F.6/2026/Tech.Post/SC(RC) of 12 October 2026 and No. F.6/11/CM(S)/2026-SC (RC) of 15 October 2026, and the Recruitment Cell notice of 2 November 2026, as reported by AglaSem News on 3 November 2026; qualification summaries from FreeJobAlert and ExamNeed.