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Supreme Court Rules that Answer Sheets and Interview Marks Sheets can be Disclosed, but not Examiner Names

Reiterating its earlier stand, the Supreme Court held that citizens have a right to access their evaluated answer sheets and interview marks sheets. But the Court also made it clear that the identity of the examiners cannot be disclosed and that such disclosure will lead to confusion and public unrest.

 In CBSE Vs Aditya Bandopadhyay case, the Supreme Court (SC) had in 2011 made it clear that every examinee (candidate) will have the right to access his evaluated answer-books, by either inspecting them or taking certified copies. The Supreme Court once reiterated that every candidate has the right to get a copy of his answer sheet and interview marks sheet. While disposing an appeal filed by the Kerala Public Service Commission, the Supreme Court also made it clear that the names of the examiners cannot be disclosed.

The Supreme Court was reviewing a decision of the Kerala High Court & Allahabad High Court where in the high courts ruled that candidates are entitled not only to get their scanned copies of the  answer sheet and interview marks but also the names of the examiners who have evaluated the answer sheet. The SC made it clear that the public authority does not keep the answer sheets and interview evaluation sheets in a fiduciary capacity. The SC said that disclosing the marks and the answer sheets to the candidates will ensure that the candidates have been given marks according to their performance in the exam. The SC went on to say that such practice of disclosing answer sheets and interview evaluation sheets will ensure a fair play in this competitive environment, where candidate puts his time in preparing for the competitive exams.

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