IBPS Law Officer Notification 2026 Out (125 Posts), Check Eligibility & Salary

IBPS SO Law Officer Recruitment 2026 — Latest Updates

Here are the quick updates related to the IBPS SO Law Officer recruitment drive:

• The online registration deadline has been extended to July 26, 2026.
• IBPS has increased the Law Officer (Scale I) vacancy from 105 to 125 through the latest revised SO vacancy notification.
• The online application window will remain active from July 29 to 30, 2026.

IBPS Law Officer Recruitment 2026 Out

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has invited applications from eligible candidates for the Specialist Officers (SO) Law Officer (Scale I) posts. The last date to apply online for IBPS Law Officer recruitment was extended till July 26, 2026. 

The selection for this role will be based on their performance in the prelims, mains, and interview rounds.  As per the IBPS exam calendar, the IBPS SO Law Officer Exam Date 2026 for prelims is August 29. Learn more about the IBPS SO Law Officer Recruitment 2026 on this page.

IBPS Law Officer Notification 2026 PDF

The IBPS SO Law Officer notification 2026 PDF has been released on the official website. It contains all the relevant recruitment details such as vacancy, eligibility, application dates, selection process, exam pattern, syllabus, and more. Candidates should read the notification carefully to avoid any last-minute confusion. Get the direct download link below:

IBPS SO Law Officer Notification 2026 PDF (Out)

IBPS Law Officer Recruitment 2026 Overview

A total of 11 banks are participating in the IBPS Law Officer recruitment drive. Here is a quick review of this recruitment process for reference purposes.

Particulars	Details
Exam Conducting Body	Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)
Post Name	Law Officer (Scale I)
Vacancies	125
Eligibility	Bachelor's Degree in Law (LL.B.) and are enrolled as advocates with the Bar Council
Registration Dates	July 1 to 26, 2026
Selection Process	Prelims, Mains, Interview
Application Fees	₹850 (₹175 for SC/ST/PwBD)
Number of Participating Banks	11
Participating Banks	Bank of Baroda Bank of India Bank of Maharashtra Canara Bank Central Bank of India Indian Bank Indian Overseas Bank Punjab National Bank Punjab & Sind Bank UCO Bank Union Bank of India
Pay Scale	₹48,480-2000/7-62,480-2,340/2-67,160-2680/7-85,920
Official Website	https://www.ibps.in/

IBPS Law Officer Recruitment 2026 Dates

Check the IBPS Law Officer 2026 important dates in the table below:

Event	Dates
IBPS SO Law Officer Notification	June 30, 2026
Online Registration	July 1 to 26, 2026
Closure for editing application details	July 26, 2026
Last date for printing application form	August 10, 2026
Online Fee Payment	July 1 to 26, 2026
Prelims Admit Card	August 2026
IBPS SO Law Officer Prelims Exam	August 29, 2026
Prelims Result	September/October 2026
Mains Admit Card	October 2026
IBPS SO Law Officer Mains Exam	November 1, 2026
Mains Result	November 2026
IBPS SO Law Officer Interview	November/December 2026
Provisional Allotment	January 2027

IBPS Law Officer Eligibility Criteria 2026

Candidates must be law graduates enrolled as advocates with the Bar Council to be eligible for this role. Check the detailed eligibility criteria explained below.

Age Limit

Candidates must be at least 20 years old to be eligible for the IBPS SO Law Officer role. As per the official notification, a candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.07.1996 and not later than 01.07.2006 (both dates inclusive). Check the minimum and maximum age limit shared below:

Particulars	Details
Minimum Age Limit	20 years
Maximum Age Limit	30 years

Age Relaxation

There shall be relaxation in the upper age limit for reserved category candidates. It includes OBC, SC, ST, Persons With Benchmark Disability, etc. Check the IBPS SO Law Officer age limit relaxation below:

Category	Age relaxation
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe	5 years
Other Backward Classes (Non- creamy layer)	3 years
Persons With Benchmark Disability as defined under “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016”.	10 years
Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned Officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered at least 5 years military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from the last date of receipt of application i.e., 20.07.2027) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or physical disability attributable to military service or invalidment, subject to ceiling as per Government guidelines	5 years

Educational Qualification

A candidate must have completed a Bachelor's Degree in Law (LL.B.) and enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council when applying for the Law Officer (Scale I) post.

Nationality

A candidate must be either - 

(i) a Citizen of India or 

(ii) a subject of Nepal or 

(iii) a subject of Bhutan or 

(iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or 

(v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India,

IBPS SO Law Officer Vacancy 2026 Details

A total of 125 vacancies have been released for the IBPS SO Law Officer Recruitment 2026. Check the breakdown of the vacancies offered by different banks in the table below:

SR. NO.	BANK	SC	ST	OBC (NCL)	EWS	UR	TOTAL
1	Bank of Baroda	1	0	2	1	6	10
2	Bank of India	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Bank of Maharashtra	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Canara Bank	4	2	8	3	13	30
5	Central Bank of India	4	2	8	3	13	30
6	Indian Bank	2	1	6	1	10	20
7	Indian Overseas Bank	1	0	2	1	6	10
8	Punjab National Bank	4	2	6	2	11	25
9	Punjab & Sind Bank	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	UCO Bank	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
11	Union Bank of India	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Total	—	16	7	32	11	59	125

IBPS Law Officer Apply Online 2026

The IBPS SO Law Officer Apply Online link is closed now. It was active from July 1 to 26, 2026, at ibps.in. Candidates who submit the application form with accurate details will be shortlisted for the next stage.

How to Apply for IBPS SO Law Officer Vacancy 2026

The IBPS Law Officer application process involves multiple stages, such as registration, login, form filling, document uploading, fee payment, and final submission. Here is the step-by-step guide to complete the application without hassles.

• Go to the official IBPS website, i.e. www.ibps.in 
• On the homepage, click the “CRP SPL-XVI” link.
• Next, click the “CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE FOR CRP- SPECIALIST OFFICERS (CRP SPL-XVI)” link.
• Now, select the “Click Here for New Registration” link.
• Enter all required details such as name, mobile number, Email ID and other details to register successfully.
• After that, you will see the provisional registration number and password on the screen.
• Log in with your newly generated credentials to complete the application form.
• Fill out the IBPS SO Law Officer application form with all the required details.
• Upload documents such as a photograph,  signature,  left thumb impression, handwritten declaration, SSC/ SSLC/ 10th standard, etc., in the prescribed format.
• Once the application is filled in completely, the candidate should submit the data. 
• Proceed to payment of fees and complete the process.
• Upon completing the transaction, an e-receipt will be generated.
• Take a printout of the e-receipt and online form containing the fee payment details.

IBPS Law Officer Application Fees 2026

You should pay the application fees to complete the IBPS SO Law Officer application process. The payment can be made by using Debit Cards (RuPay/Visa/MasterCard/Maestro), Credit Cards, Internet Banking, IMPS, Cash Cards/ Mobile Wallets/ UPI. 

Category	Application Fees
SC/ST/PwBD	₹175 (inclusive of GST)
Others	₹850 (inclusive of GST)

IBPS SO Law Officer Selection Process

The IBPS Law Officer selection process is divided into three stages: prelims, mains, and interview. Check the complete details below:

• Preliminary Exam: Candidates whose applications are found correct and valid will be called to appear in the preliminary exam. The preliminary exam comprises 100 questions carrying 125 marks.
• Mains Exam: All the prelims-qualified candidates will be called to appear in the IBPS SO Mains exam. The maximum marks shall be 225.
• Interview: The total marks for the interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks in the interview will not be less than 40% (35% for SC/ST/OBC/PwBD candidates.

IBPS Law Officer Exam Pattern 2026

You should understand the IBPS SO Law Officer exam pattern and marking scheme. Both the prelims and mains exams are computer-based tests. There will also be negative marking of one-fourth or 0.25 marks for every wrong answer in the Objective Tests. The combined final score shall be determined by the total scores from the Main Exam and the Interview. Check the detailed exam pattern for both stages below:

IBPS SO Law Officer Prelims Exam Pattern

The IBPS Law Officer prelims exam comprises 100 questions. The maximum marks shall be 125, and the overall exam duration shall be 80 minutes. Check the detailed exam pattern below.

Sr. No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
1	English Language	25	25	English	20 minutes
2	Reasoning	25	25	English and Hindi	20 minutes
3	General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry	25	25	English and Hindi	20 minutes
4	Professional Knowledge	25	50	English and Hindi	20 minutes
Total		100	125		80 minutes

IBPS SO Law Officer Mains Exam Pattern

The IBPS Law Officer Main exam comprises 152 questions. The maximum marks shall be 225, and the overall exam duration shall be 155 minutes. Check the detailed exam pattern below.

Sr. No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
1	English Language	30	30	English	25 minutes
2	Reasoning	40	40	English and Hindi	35 minutes
3	General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry	30	30	English and Hindi	20 minutes
4	Professional Knowledge (Objective)	50	100	English and Hindi	45 minutes
Total		150	200		125 minutes
5	Descriptive Paper (English)	2	25	English	30 minutes
Total			225		155 minutes

IBPS SO Law Officer Syllabus 2026 (Expected)

The IBPS SO Law Officer prelims syllabus is divided into 4 subjects: English Language, Reasoning, General Awareness, and Professional Knowledge. IBPS Law Officer syllabus is not released officially by IBPS. However, we have shared some common topics for each subject below, based on past trends.

Subject	Important Topics (Expected)
English Language	Reading Comprehension Cloze Test Fill in the Blanks Sentence Completion Grammar Rules Error Spotting Parajumbles Tenses Word Association Vocabulary Sentence Improvement Paragraph Completion Error Spotting, etc
Reasoning	Seating Arrangement Data Sufficiency Directions Blood Relations Alphabet Test Ranking and Order Coding-Decoding Tabulation Alphanumeric Series Coded Inequalities Puzzles Input-Output Logical Reasoning Syllogism, etc
General Awareness	Current Affairs General Knowledge Financial Awareness Static Awareness Banking Awareness Banking Terminologies,etc

IBPS SO Law Officer Salary 2026

The starting basic pay of the IBPS SO Law Officer will be ₹48,480 per month. You will also receive various allowances & perquisites as per the rules of the Participating Bank in force from time to time. Here is the detailed IBPS Law Officer salary structure given below:

Post Name	Specialist Officers- Law Officer (Scale I)
Basic Pay	₹48,480
Pay Scale	₹48,480-2,000/7-62,480-2,340/2-67,160-2,680/7-85,920

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