Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 557 · Decided 9 August 2011
Central Board of Secondary Education & ANR. v. Aditya Bandopadhyay & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 557 · [2011] 11 S.C.R. 1028
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6454/2011
- Decided
- 9 August 2011
- Bench
- R.V. RAVEENDRAN, A.K. PATNAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- RTI Act Section 8(1)(e), 2(f), 2(i), 2(j), 3, 24, 9
Headnote
Right to Information Act, 2005: ss. 8 (1)(e), 2 (f), 2(i), 2(j), 3, 24 and 9 - Public examination - Examinee's right to inspect his evaluated answer books in a public examination or taking certified copies - Scope of - Held: Every examinee has the right to D access his inspecting them or take certified copies thereof, . unless the evaluated answer­ books are found to be exempted u/s. 8(1)(e) - Answer-book is a document or record in terms of s. 2(i) and as such the evaluated answer-book is also an 'information' under the Act - Under s. 3, the citizens have
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