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ROYAL GOVERNMENT OF BHUTAN
ROYAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
POSITION DESCRIPTION
1. JOB IDENTIFICATION:
- (^) Position Title: Bench Clerk I
1.2 Position Level: S
1.3 Major Group: Legal & Judiciary Services Group
1.4 Sub-groups: Judiciary Support Services
1.5 Job Code No. 13.600.
1.6 Job Location: ( Complete as appropriate ) Ministry / Agency Judiciary
- Title of First Level Supervisor: ( Official Title of Supervisor )
Drangpons
2. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: ( Describe the main duties and
responsibilities, indicating what is done and how it is done. Duties should be presented in decreasing order of percentage of time spent on them, or in order of relative importance.
Purpose: Case administration and assist judges in rendering justice.
Duties and Responsibilities % of Time
- Assist the immediate superior in taking the statements and drafting
judgements.
- Draft summon orders, prepare the hearing calendar, conviction order.
- Transcribe depositions and other submissions.
- Recording and transcribing the arguments during opening statement,
rebuttal, witness, Independent testimony, cross examination, Closing
statement, etc.
- Carry out job as and when necessary and instructed.
- Attend all the hearings of the day with the files under their custody.
- Accompany Judges for judicial investigation to sites, Usher in
litigants before Judges in accordance with the schedule of the day.
- Co-ordinate bench clerks in preparing the proceedings of the day and
Inform the judges accordingly
- Drafting Judgments, attend the hearings, reading the petitions, taking
of Deposition, recording of arguments
- Ensure litigants appear before the bench according to their schedule
- Inform stages of hearing to the litigants.
- (^) Carry out job as and when necessary and instructed. 3. KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS REQUIREMENTS: ( Minimum requirement for performance of work described (Level of Knowledge, Skill and Ability).
3.1 Education: Cl. XII with Diploma (National legal Course) / Inservice with
Diploma
3.2 Training:
3.3 Length and type of practical experience required: Minimum of 4 Years
experience as Bench Clerk II OR equivalent experience.
3.4 Knowledge of language(s) and other specialized requirements:
- Should have good command over written and spoken Dzongkha.
- Knowledge of English and other dialects of the country will be considered
as additional advantage.
- Computer operation skills.
- Daily contact with Judges and registrars.
- Interactions with litigants.
- Frequent discussions with bench clerks and assistants. 8. SUPERVISION OVER OTHERS: (Describe responsibility for supervision of other employees, including the nature of supervisory responsibilities and categories and number of sub-ordinates).
- Being Senior, he has supervisory roles over other bench clerks.
- Case supervision. 9. JOB ENVIRONMENT: (Describe physical exertion required, such as walking, standing, lifting heavy objects, etc., and / or any risks or discomforts like exposure to hazards such as exposure to chemicals, infections, radiation, extreme whether and other hostile working conditions).
- (^) Physical exertions during the case proceedings and field investigations
- More mental exertions while drafting judgments.
