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SC says students can see exam answer sheets
BIMAL GAUTAM
KATHMANDU, May 19: Upholding a recent decision of the National Information Commission (NIC), the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday ruled that every student who wishes to see his or her exam answer sheets has the right to do so.
The apex court has ordered Tribhuwan University to show students their answer sheets if they so demand, but it has also set some conditions.
The division bench of SC Justices Balaram KC and Abadesh Kumar Yadav said that showing students their answer sheets won t be troublesome for TU as claimed by the latter.
Responding to a writ petition filed by TU Registrar Bhim Raj Adhikary on behalf of TU, the bench issued a verdict in favor of disgruntled students who had earlier filed an application at NIC demanding that they should have access to their answer sheets.
The apex court has, however, set five conditions for showing students the answer sheets.
First, TU...
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SC replies to TU´s question about answer sheets
Directs varsity to formulate policy and procedure to ensure students´ right to access information
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court (SC) today directed Tribhuvan University to ensure students’ right to access their answer sheets.
A division bench of Justices Bala Ram KC and Abadhesh Kumar Yadav issued the final verdict directing country’s oldest university to comply with five-year-old Right to Information Act, 2007, to satisfy the students.
“Provide certified copies of answer sheets to students, as they have the right to get information as per Article 27 of the interim constitution and Section 3 (3) (E) of Right to Information Act 2007,” stated the bench that upheld the two-year-old decision of National Information Commission to allow students to look into their answer sheets.
The apex court was responding to a writ petition filed by Registrar of TU and Chairman of Central Examination Committee Prof Bhim Raj Adhikary, who had challenged NIC decision claiming that it violated secrecy and...
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'Let students see their answer sheets'
KATHMANDU, MAY 18 - In a first landmark judicial decision over the issue of right to information in the country, Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday issued an order in the name of Tribhuvan University (TU) to allow its students to see their answer sheets after the publication of the results, if they are not satisfied with their marks.
The division bench of Justice Balaram KC and Abadhesh Kumar Yadav decided to scrap the writ petition filed by TU against the order of National Information Commission (NIC) that directed TU to let students see their answer papers. The verdict was made based on the provision of Article 27 of Interim Constitution 2007 and Right to Information Act 2007. With the decision, any student who is not satisfied with their examination marks can have a look the copy of their answer sheet by paying certain amount. This, experts say is the first of its kind in the country. However, SC has put forth some conditions. For instance, the name of the...
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Decision of National Information Commission on Examination Answer Paper
National Information Commission
Summary of Decision
14 September 2009
On the appeal to the National Information Commission made by Mr. Bijaya Aryal, a student of Shankardev Campus, after denial of his request by Information Officer and Chief of the Office of Examination Controller, Tribhuvan University, for the copy of answer-sheet of examination of Business Statistics and English appeared by him in 2064 B.S., NIC finds that the information sought by the applicant doesn’t fall under the information which may not be released under Right to Information Act 2064 and Right to Information Regulation 2065. However, we cannot issue order to provide copy of answer-sheet as we received the information that the answer-sheets were already destroyed according to the Rule 235 of Tribhuvan University Organization and Educational Administration Regulation 2050 B.S, which stipulates that the answer-sheets to be destroyed after 6 months...
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