Inspection Of Answer Sheets By Examinee Should Be Allowed Under RTI Act: CIC [Read Order ]
The Central Information Commission recently held that an examinee holds the right to inspect his own answer sheets under the Right to Information Act, 2015, relying on the Supreme Court decision in the case of CBSE and Anr. The Supreme Court had, in Aditya Bandhopadhyay's case, ruled that an answer-sheet would fall under the ambit of ‘information’ under Section 2 of the Act, ruling that students have a fundamental and legal right to access their evaluated answer-sheets under the Act. Acknowledging this decision, Information Commissioner Bimal Julka now ruled, "Moreover, the Commission felt that issue under consideration involved Larger Public Interest affecting the fate of all the students who wish to obtain information regarding their answer sheet/ marks obtained by them which would understandably have a bearing on their future career prospects which in turn would ostensibly affect their right to life and livelihood. DU had further submitted that this would make the process cumbersome, as it would have to maintain two separate mechanisms- one for providing hard copies under their own regulations, and another for inspection of answer sheets under the RTI Act.
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