Supreme
Court: In a case
where the question regarding the disclosure of answer sheet and interview marks
was before the Court for consideration, the bench of MY Eqbal and Arun Mishra,
JJ held that the information of answer sheets and details of the interview
marks can be and should be provided to the information seeker. It is not
something which a public authority keeps it under a fiduciary capacity as this
practice will ensure a fair play in this competitive environment, where
candidate puts his time in preparing for the competitive exams.
Regarding
the question that whether the names of the examiners should also be disclosed
to the information seeker, the Court was of the opinion that the request of the
information seeker
about the details of the person who had examined/checked the paper cannot and
shall not be provided to the information seeker as the relationship between the
public authority i.e. Service Commission and the Examiners is totally within
fiduciary relationship. It was pointed out that disclosure of the identity of
Examiners is in the least interest of the general public and also any attempt
to reveal the examiner’s identity will give rise to dire consequences.[Kerala Public Service Commission
v. State Information
Commission, 2016
SCC OnLine SC 107, Decided on 04.02.2016]
Source | www.scconline.com
Regards
Pralhad Jadhav
Senior Manager @ Library
Khaitan & Co
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