RTI Not A Tool To Obtain Others’ Exam Answer Sheets: Karnataka High Court Rejects Activist’s Plea For KPSC Answer Script Disclosure

Courts have ruled that third-party RTI activists lack the legal standing to demand answer scripts of successful examinees, reinforcing that such information is personal rather than public data. This decision clarifies the boundaries of transparency, ensuring that individual academic records remain protected from unauthorized scrutiny by non-involved parties. This ruling is crucial for open data frameworks, as it delineates which dataset components are eligible for publication. By confirming that successful candidates’ scripts are not public records, it prevents the indiscriminate release of sensitive personal information. Consequently, organizations handling educational data must strictly exclude such private artifacts to maintain legal compliance and ethical standards in their open data initiatives.

Source: livelaw.in
Published on 2025-11-30

RTI Not A Tool To Obtain Others’ Exam Answer Sheets: Karnataka High Court Rejects Activist’s Plea For KPSC Answer Script Disclosure

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