Bihar PSC Exam: Single Judge Went Outside Scope Of Judicial Review In Sitting Over Expert Opinion & Directing To Revisit Answer Key, Says Patna HC
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Bihar PSC Exam: Single Judge Went Outside Scope Of Judicial Review In Sitting Over Expert Opinion & Directing To Revisit Answer Key, Says Patna HC

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The Patna High Court on Tuesday set aside an order passed by a Single Bench of the Court and remarked the Judge went outside the purview of judicial review by interfering with the opinion of an expert committee and asking the Bihar Public Service Commission to revisit its answer key for the preliminary selection test. The Division Bench of Justices Shivaji Pandey and Partha Sarthy stated, "we are of the view that the interference by the learned Single in the report of the expert committee and giving direction for constitution of fresh expert committee to revisit the answer sheet and consequential direction is outside the realm of judicial review." It added, "The candidates have invested their time and effort, prepared themselves and declared successful in the preliminary examination and equally the examining body also put their tremendous effort in conducting the examination, that should not go waste and unless there is blatant error in the key answers as well as in the opinion of the expert, it will be unjustified to interfere with the view of experts, otherwise it will be nothing but sitting over the opinion of the expert as an appellate authority, which will be outside the scope of the judicial review." In a case relating to Delhi Higher Judiciary Service Preliminary Examination, the Court stated that there is always a presumption of correctness regarding the answer key and it may be subject to judicial review only when it is "demonstrably wrong" i.e.

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[CLAT 2025] No 'Hands-Off' Approach If Answer Key Is Demonstrably Wrong, Injustice To Candidate Must Be Undone: Delhi HC
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[CLAT 2025] No 'Hands-Off' Approach If Answer Key Is Demonstrably Wrong, Injustice To Candidate Must Be Undone: Delhi HC

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The Delhi High Court has held that the law does not commend a total 'hands off' approach for Courts where the answer key is demonstrably wrong, underscoring that injustice caused to a candidate must be undone. “Therefore, the law does not commend a total 'hands off' approach and in exceptional cases where questions are found to be demonstrably wrong, the …

CLAT 2025 : Delhi High Court Finds Two Answers 'Demonstrably Wrong', Directs To Revise Results Of Petitioner
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CLAT 2025 : Delhi High Court Finds Two Answers 'Demonstrably Wrong', Directs To Revise Results Of Petitioner

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The Delhi High Court has held that the law does not commend a total 'hands off' approach for Courts where the answer key is demonstrably wrong, underscoring that injustice caused to a candidate must be undone. Justice Jyoti Singh observed that there is no absolute proscription against a Court examining a challenge to the answer key in an examination process, …

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" Therefore, it is abundantly made clear that a disputed question-answer shall only be treated as palpably and demonstrably wrong, if it is shown that in order to catch hold of the said error and/or notice the fallaciousness crept therein, one ought not to apply a process of reasoning. The Jaipur bench of the Rajasthan High Court rejected a bunch …

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The Patna High Court on Friday denied relief to the candidates who appeared in the Bihar District Judges Recruitment Exam wherein the Court's indulgence was sought by the candidates in directing the Selection authority to consider their candidature for the mains examination due to erroneous questions.The candidates approached the High Court against the erroneous. The Patna High Court on Friday …

Writ Jurisdiction Can't Be Invoked To Check Correctness Of 'Answer Key', Purely Academic Matter: Kerala High Court
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Writ Jurisdiction Can't Be Invoked To Check Correctness Of 'Answer Key', Purely Academic Matter: Kerala High Court

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The Kerala High Court has held that the correctness of an answer key cannot be considered under the writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Indian Constitution since it is a purely academic matter. Justice T R Ravi stated that the High Court would not sit over in an appeal against the decision of an expert committee that evaluated the …

[RPSC RAS Prelims] Court Can't Determine Correctness Of Answer Key On Its Own, Scope Of Judicial Review Miniscule Only After Obtaining Expert Opinion: Rajasthan HC
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[RPSC RAS Prelims] Court Can't Determine Correctness Of Answer Key On Its Own, Scope Of Judicial Review Miniscule Only After Obtaining Expert Opinion: Rajasthan HC

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The Rajasthan High Court has recently refused to quash the final answer key uploaded by the Rajasthan Public Service Commission in the RAS Preliminary Exam by reasoning that the power of judicial review can be exercised only in 'exceptional circumstances', i.e., only when it is found that the answer keys are shown to be 'palpably and demonstrably erroneous'. The court, …

DHJS Exam 2022 : Supreme Court Sets Aside Delhi HC Order Allowing Re-Evaluation Of Answer Sheet
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DHJS Exam 2022 : Supreme Court Sets Aside Delhi HC Order Allowing Re-Evaluation Of Answer Sheet

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The Supreme Court recently set aside an order of the Delhi High Court that permitted re-evaluation of the answer script of a candidate for the Delhi Higher Judicial Main Examination 2022 on the ground that there was no ‘material error’ warranting interference.The Delhi High Court had allowed re-evaluation of question No.9 of Law Paper-I of the candidate, after his representation …

[NEET-UG 2022] Unless Candidate Shows Answers Are Patently Wrong, Courts Cannot Enter Into Academic Field: Delhi High Court
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Dismissing a plea challenging the final answer key for one of the sets of NEET Examination 2022, the Delhi High Court has observed that courts must exercise great restraint and should be reluctant in entertaining a plea challenging the correctness of an answer key.The exam was conducted on July 17 and the answer key was uploaded on the website of …

DHJS Exam: HC refuses answer sheet re-evaluation of aspirant falling short of one mark
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DHJS Exam: HC refuses answer sheet re-evaluation of aspirant falling short of one mark

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The Delhi High Court has refused to direct re-evaluation of one of the answer sheets of a Delhi Higher Judiciary Services aspirant who was one-mark short of the qualifying threshold for the next round in the competitive test. Calling it “undoubtedly a hard case”, a bench by Justice Vibhu Bakhru noted that the petitioner, a lawyer, scored the “highest amongst …

In Event Of Doubt Over Correctness Of Answer Key, Benefit Must Be Given To Exam Authority & Not Candidate: Tripura High Court
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In Event Of Doubt Over Correctness Of Answer Key, Benefit Must Be Given To Exam Authority & Not Candidate: Tripura High Court

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The Tripura High Court recently allowed an appeal filed by the Controller of Examinations and observed that in the event of doubt over correctness of answer key, the benefit should go to the examination authority rather than to the candidate. must be followed by us where the Apex Court has held that Court should presume the correctness of the key …

Patwari Recruitment: Rajasthan High Court Orders Reconsideration Of Answers To Two Questions, Consequential Changes In Final Answer Key & Result
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Patwari Recruitment: Rajasthan High Court Orders Reconsideration Of Answers To Two Questions, Consequential Changes In Final Answer Key & Result

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The Rajasthan High Court has recently directed the Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board to re-examine certain disputed questions pertaining to recruitment exam for the post of Patwari, from different experts.The Court ordered that based on the conclusion of such experts, the Board shall amend the final answer key and give effect to the marks obtained by the candidates. …

Public Examinations: Supreme Court Deprecates Practice Of Re-evaluation And Scrutiny Of Answer Sheets By Courts
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Public Examinations: Supreme Court Deprecates Practice Of Re-evaluation And Scrutiny Of Answer Sheets By Courts

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The Supreme Court has observed that assessment of the questions and answer key of public examinations by the courts itself is not permissible.The court was considering an appeal filed against a Rajasthan High Court judgment in which it had examined the correctness of the questions and Answer Keys of an examination conducted by Rajasthan Public Service Commission to the post …

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