New Delhi, Apr 30 Students who fail in Chartered Accountant exams can find out their mistakes by going through their answer sheet as the Delhi High Court today directed the ICAI to provide a certified copy of the paper to students under the Right to Information Act.
Justice S Ravinder Bhat said the answersheet cannot be excluded from the purview of Right to Information Act and the examination authority cannot deny the same to students under the Act.
Observing that the Act confers positive power to citizens which should not be hindered by authorities, the court dismissed the plea of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India challenging CIC&aposs order to provide certified copy of the answer sheet to a student who could not clear the exam.
" ICAI is an institute. You should apply pragmatism and make example to others. You should start by yourself. Many institutes do that and allow students to inspect their copies," Justice Bhat said.
The court also rejected ICAI&aposargument that students have no right to seek disclosure of their answer sheet and it does not come under the purview of the RTI Act. The Additional Solicitor General of India Parag Tripathi, appearing for ICAI, submitted that the Supreme court in its order of 2007 has rejected the candidates&aposright to demand answer sheets.
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