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.
Supreme Court on 9th August 2011 has announced that any Student aggrieved by the marks awarded to him/her in the Exams can now make an application and have a look at how the marks have been awarded.
University Of Calcutta & Ors vs Pritam Rooj on 5 February, 2009
http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/514738/
The case reached the Supreme court from high court which by its March 28, 2008, judgment permitted a student, Pritam Rooj, to inspect his answer sheets. Rooj was a student of mathematics in the Presidency College.
In 2006, when he sat for the first part of degree examination he secured 52 percent marks. In the second year he got 208 out of 400 marks and got just 28 marks out of 100 in fifth papers. Upon seeking re-evaluation, his marks increased by four in the fifth paper.
He contended that his poor marks stood in the way of his getting admission in post-graduation course and applied to inspect his mark sheet under the RTI law which was rejected. The university said that the answer sheets of an examinee cannot be shared.
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