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Allowing greater transparency in the evaluation system, the Calcutta High Court on 5th Feb.’09 rules that a student has the right to see his exam answer sheets, and educational institutions, no matter how big, should allow it.
The landmark judgment came on an appeal by Calcutta University against a single bench order asking it to show a maths answer sheet to a Presidency College student who had sought re-evaluation.
The division bench of Chief Justice S.S.Nijjar and Justice Dipankar Datta upheld a single bench order and directed authorities to act on all such pending applications and show answer sheets to aggrieved students within a month.
In the single-judge order, Justice Sanjib Banerjee had held that a student has the right to see his answer sheet under Article 19 of the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of expression. “The student might make a mistake while writing answers hurriedly and should be allowed to see the script so that he can rectify himself,” he had observed.
(Will this be implemented in respect of Govt.Departmental examination also? We shall try= G.S)
The landmark judgment came on an appeal by Calcutta University against a single bench order asking it to show a maths answer sheet to a Presidency College student who had sought re-evaluation.
The division bench of Chief Justice S.S.Nijjar and Justice Dipankar Datta upheld a single bench order and directed authorities to act on all such pending applications and show answer sheets to aggrieved students within a month.
In the single-judge order, Justice Sanjib Banerjee had held that a student has the right to see his answer sheet under Article 19 of the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of expression. “The student might make a mistake while writing answers hurriedly and should be allowed to see the script so that he can rectify himself,” he had observed.
(Will this be implemented in respect of Govt.Departmental examination also? We shall try= G.S)
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