In Brief
The U.P. Public Service Commission challenged a High Court judgment that had overruled the Commission's answer key in three questions of a preliminary examination for the Upper Subordinate Services. The Supreme Court held that when examination authorities have constituted expert committees to moderate and review key answers, courts must defer to expert judgment in academic matters. Candidates must prove a key answer is patently wrong without inferential reasoning. The Court found the High Court exceeded its jurisdiction by substituting its opinion for that of experts. The Court allowed the Commission's appeal and set aside the High Court's directions, dismissing the candidates' appeals, establishing that judicial review of examination answers must be exercised with great restraint."
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