In Brief
Unsuccessful candidates in the 2010 Civil Services Preliminary Examination sought disclosure of their raw and scaled marks under the Right to Information Act. The Delhi High Court ordered UPSC to provide this information. The Supreme Court reversed this decision, holding that while the RTI Act grants broad rights to information, it must be balanced against other public interests like examination integrity, examiner confidentiality, and system credibility. Raw marks disclosure would harm the exam system and examiner quality. The Court ruled that information about exam marks cannot be mechanically disclosed; release requires proof that public interest specifically demands it in that case.
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