Delhi HC Dismisses Students' Plea Requiring GGSIP University To Provide Certified Copies Of Answer Scripts As Per Fee Prescribed Under RTI Rules
2 years, 10 months ago

Delhi HC Dismisses Students' Plea Requiring GGSIP University To Provide Certified Copies Of Answer Scripts As Per Fee Prescribed Under RTI Rules

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The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea filed by two final year law students seeking directions on Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University for providing certified copies of answer-scripts to students as per the fee prescribed under the RTI Rules, 2012 at candidate's request.A division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Sachin Datta however clarified that. The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea filed by two final year law students seeking directions on Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University for providing certified copies of answer-scripts to students as per the fee prescribed under the RTI Rules, 2012 at candidate's request. However, according to the petitioner, the Rules framed under the Right to Information Act would prevail over the Rules framed by the respondent University for providing copies of answer scripts to students for which they have also prescribed the fees. The Court was of the view that in the light of the latter judgment of the Supreme Court in the case titled as Chief Information Commissioner, the petitioner cannot claim the right to seek the copies of the answer scripts by relying upon the Rules framed under the Right to Information Act, 2005, and the fee structure.

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