The Directorate of Air Veterans offers an exciting opportunity to aspiring Legal Professionals to associate with the Litigation Work of the Indian Air Force on varied subjects of service and administrative law, to work closely with the men and women in uniform and gain experience in all-round litigation work.

Number and Place of Vacancies

Total 12 vacancies distributed across the following locations: -

• Legal Cell DAV Subroto Park, New Delhi - 08 Positions                       

• Legal Cell Lucknow - 04 Positions

Essential Qualifications

• The engagement is open only to citizens of India.

• A graduate degree in Law with a minimum aggregate of 55% marks from any University/ Institution, recognised by the Bar Council of India.

• Minimum experience of 2 years as an Advocate/ Research Associate/ Legal Assistant in a Court of Law or any Government Office or reputed Law Firm or in an office of a reputed Advocate; and

• Should have passed the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) / related qualifying examination (as applicable).

Desirable Qualifications

• Post-graduate degree in law.

• Research and analytical skills, writing abilities, including retrieval of desired information from various search engines/processes such as eSCR, Manupatra, sec Online, LexisNexis, Westlaw, etc.

• Must have good knowledge of operations of computers and skills of using common software, like MS Office, MS Excel, etc.

Disqualifications

• Must not be engaged or appointed elsewhere on honorarium, whether on a full or part-time payment basis or otherwise;

• Should not have been involved in any criminal case, whether convicted or under trial, against whom a criminal investigation is ongoing or named as an accused in an FIR

• Must not have been convicted for or under prosecution for contempt of court by any court in India.

• Must not be facing any disciplinary proceeding before the Bar Council of India, Bar Council of the State or Institutes or any other authority, or punished by the Bar Council for any misconduct.

Age Limit

Should not have completed the age of 40 years as on the last date for submission of the application.

However, age relaxation of 10 years shall be applicable to Ex-Servicemen.

Remuneration

• An Amount of ₹50,000/- per month shall be paid towards the services rendered as Legal Assistant.

• No TA/DA, accommodation or other allowance shall be admissible.

• The remuneration will be subject to applicable taxation laws.

• Further, no PF or ESI is applicable during the period of engagement.

Application Procedure 

Candidates desirous of working as Legal Assistants may forward the scanned copy of a duly filled application form annexed to this advertisement via email to achiever.30@gov.in (R) achiever.30@gov.in along with a scanned copy of all educational certificates from matriculation onward and a verification certificate issued by the local police station of residence.

Certificate of experience of two years along with two Draft Writ Petitions on any subject pertaining to service matters also needs to be attached as a separate attachment via email, with the subject APPLICATION FOR LEGAL ASSISTANTS AT (Name of Place)" latest by 04 July 2025.

Incomplete applications or applications received in illegible format without relevant annexures and applications received after 04 Jul 25 shall be rejected summarily without any consideration or communication and no correspondence to this effect shall be entertained at any stage.

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