Great relief to ca students

CA. Ashish Kumar (CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT) (62 Points)

10 August 2011  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the disclosure, under the Right to Information Act, of answer sheets of students of any examination conducted by any agency in India. A Bench of Justices R.V. Raveendran and A.K. Patnaik gave this ruling, upholding a Calcutta High Court order permitting students to inspect and photocopy their answer sheets in any educational or professional examination.

The exemption under Section 8 (1) of the RTI Act would not apply to disclosure of answer sheets.

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