Student can inspect evaluated answer sheet - Apex court

New Delhi: In a land mark judgment The  Supreme Court on Tuesday held that students have the right to inspect as well as photocopy their answer sheets after their evaluation under the Right To Information (RTI) Act.

The apex court bench of Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik allowed the disclosure of the answer sheets of the examination conducted by boards, universities, institutions and public service commissions, when it upheld the Calcutta High Court judgment that permitted the students to inspect their answer sheets.