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K. VINOD CHANDRAN, PARTHA SARTHY
Bihar Staff Selection Commission – Appellant
Versus
Anil Kumar Sharma – Respondent
K. Vinod Chandran, CJ. – The impugned judgment directed uploading of key answers on the website of the respondent-Bihar Staff Selection Commission (for brevity ‘the Commission’), invitation of objections from the candidates with respect to the questions and answers, placing of it before a body of experts and revision of results of the preliminary examination, if any deletion or alteration is made in the questions or answers. It was also directed that again the model key answers after scrutiny by the expert body would be put in the website, in accordance with which the results would be reviewed and if no alteration or modification is required the results already declared of the preliminary test would be given effect to. There was a further direction to supply the marks obtained by the petitioners in the preliminary test.
2. The learned Single Judge, while issuing the said directions, emphasized the aspect of fairness and transparency in the process of selection based on the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Kanpur University and Others vs. Samir Gupta and Others; (1983) 4 SCC 309 and the consistent dismal track record of the Bihar Staff Selection Commission in its conduct of M
Point of Law : Practice of calling for answer scripts/answer sheets and thereafter to order re-evaluation and that too in absence of any specific provision in relevant rules for re-evaluation and tha....
Judicial review of examination answer keys is limited; courts should not interfere unless errors are clear and demonstrable.
Judicial review of examination answer keys is limited; courts should not interfere unless a demonstrable error is shown, respecting the expertise of academic authorities.
Judicial review of examination answer keys is limited to exceptional cases where the key is demonstrably wrong, and the burden of proof lies with the candidates to show such error without inferential....
Judicial review of answer keys is limited; courts should not substitute their judgment for that of experts unless errors are clearly demonstrable.
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