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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Open-evaluation regime post-Aditya Bandopadhyay — CIC directives,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §2,RTI §7,RTI §8,answer scripts,CIC,CBSE,UPSC,examinations,§7(1))&metatag-description=(CIC repeatedly directs examination bodies to disclose answer scripts within RTI timelines following Aditya Bandopadhyay.)}}
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 +====== Open-evaluation regime post-Aditya Bandopadhyay — CIC directives ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2012-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//Post-Aditya Bandopadhyay, answer-script disclosure is the rule; CIC enforces §7(1) timelines strictly.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2012-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | various examinees |
 +^ Respondent | CBSE / UPSC / State Boards |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(e) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +CIC repeatedly directs examination bodies to disclose answer scripts within RTI timelines following Aditya Bandopadhyay.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Following the Supreme Court's Aditya Bandopadhyay ruling, the CIC has repeatedly directed CBSE, UPSC, State PSCs and State Boards to provide access to evaluated answer scripts within standard §7(1) timelines, subject only to reasonable photocopy fees.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +answer scripts, CIC, CBSE, UPSC, examinations, §7(1)
 +
 +===== This case cites =====
 +
 +  * [[/important-decisions/cbse-and-anr-vs-aditya-bandopadhyay|CBSE v. Aditya Bandopadhyay]] (SC 2011)
 +
 +===== Similar cases in the corpus =====
 +
 +//These rulings have the closest editorial ratio to this case — computed by tf-idf cosine similarity over ratio, keywords and Act sections. Useful starting points if you are researching the same point of law.//
 +
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-union-board-examinations-2019|Board-examination records — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2019)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/cbse-and-anr-vs-aditya-bandopadhyay|CBSE v. Aditya Bandopadhyay]] (SC 2011)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-recruitment-answer-keys-2020|Answer keys of recruitment exams — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/upsc-v-angesh-kumar-2018-sc|UPSC v. Angesh Kumar]] (SC 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/central-board-secondary-education-v-central-information-commission-2011-delhi-hc|CBSE v. Central Information Commission]] (HC-DEL 2011)
 +
 +===== Related =====
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 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=7|All RTI cases turning on §7]]
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 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +
 +<WRAP center round alert 95%>
 +**Editorial summary, not a certified report.** The ratio here is an editorial compression. Before citing this ruling in a PIO order, FAA speaking order, or any appellate filing, **verify against the full reported decision**. RTI Wiki is not a legal service.
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +
 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-cic section-2 section-7 section-8}}