Allahabad High Court on Friday ruled that a student cannot ask for his or her examination answer scripts under the Right to Information Act. The order was passed by Justice Rakesh Tiwari while dismissing a writ petition filed by one Mahraj Khan, who had appeared for her HSC examination last year. The court was of the view that providing photocopies of Board examinations to a student "would open a way for the students for self-assessment".
However, the Court observed "right of a person under the Right to Information Act cannot be protected beyond the provisions of law. The petitioner can only seek information or may be provided copies of the documents which are permissible to be provided under the law or have not been weeded out as in the present case".
The order was passed by Justice Rakesh Tiwari while dismissing a writ petition filed by one Mahraj Khan, who had appeared for her HSC examination last year. The court was of the view that providing photocopies of Board examinations to a student "would open a way for the students for self-assessment".However, the Court observed "right of a person under the Right to Information Act cannot be protected beyond the provisions of law. The petitioner can only seek information or may be provided copies of the documents which are permissible to be provided under the law or have not been weeded out as in the present case".
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