Supreme Court JCA Cut Off: Previous Year Marks and Target Score for 2026
The Supreme Court JCA cut off is the minimum score the Supreme Court of India uses to move candidates from one stage of Junior Court Assistant recruitment to the next. Each stage has a fixed qualifying mark in the advertisement, but when many candidates clear it, the Registry shortlists on merit, so the score that actually takes you forward is often higher.
This page sets out the cut-offs the Registry published in the 2025 cycle, how the 2026 qualifying marks compare, and how to set a realistic target. Cut-offs change every year with difficulty, vacancies and the number of applicants. Treat last year's figures as a benchmark only, and aim for a clear margin above them rather than a bare pass.
Supreme Court JCA Cut Off 2025
Stage (2025 cycle) | Candidates | Cut-off published |
|---|---|---|
Objective written test (13 April 2025) | Not stated in the official notice | Score cards released; no cut-off table in the official notice |
Typing speed test (4 June 2025) | 10,281 called | 43.18 marks or more out of 50 |
Descriptive test (1 August 2025) | 2,547 called | 55 marks or more out of 100 (1:3 ratio for interview) |
Interview and final selection | 241 selected | Category-wise final marks not published |
The final select list of 10 October 2025 empanelled 241 candidates: 187 Unreserved, 36 SC and 18 ST. Figures in this table come from the Registry's result notices for that cycle. The 2025 cycle used a different objective test pattern from 2026, so the objective-stage numbers are not directly comparable.
Qualifying Marks for 2026
Stage | Maximum marks | Minimum qualifying marks |
|---|---|---|
Objective type test | 100 | 50 |
Typing speed test | 50 | 25 |
Descriptive test | 100 | 50 |
Interview | 25 | 13 |
These are minimums from the 2026 advertisement, not expected cut-offs. If many candidates qualify, the Registry can limit the typing and descriptive stages to about 10 times the vacancies and the interview to about 3 times, on merit. With 250 tentative posts, that works out to roughly 2,500 and 750 candidates, which is our calculation rather than an official figure.
Trend
In 2025 the typing test cut-off of 43.18 out of 50 was far above the advertised minimum, and the descriptive cut-off of 55 was above the 50-mark pass line. Both show that merit shortlisting, not the qualifying mark, decided who moved on. Only one cycle of published stage cut-offs is available, so there is no reliable multi-year trend yet.
What Affects the Supreme Court JCA Cut Off
Vacancies: More posts mean larger shortlists at each stage and usually a lower cut-off.
Applicants: The 2025 typing test alone had over 10,000 candidates, so competition is heavy.
Paper difficulty: A tougher objective test, especially in the new law sections, lowers scores across the board.
Negative marking: The 0.25 deduction in 2026 will pull raw scores down compared with a no-penalty paper.
How to Set Your Target
Objective test: Treat 50 as the floor. Aim for a consistent mock score well above it, with no section left near zero.
Typing test: The 2025 cut-off suggests you need close to full marks. Build to 40 to 45 wpm with errors well under 3%.
Descriptive test: Aim for 60 or more out of 100 to stay clear of a merit cut-off like the 55 seen in 2025.
Official results are posted on the Supreme Court of India recruitment page.
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