possible by comparing with the key answers notified on the website. Notified key answers may be challenged within 10 days from the date of notification ... students who had challenged some of the key answers are not happy with the modified key answers arrived at by an expert committee after referring
examine the challenges to the key answers. Before venturing to test the correctness of the key answers under challenge, let us, at the outset, consider ... answer keys (hereinafter referred to as first answer key) through the Internet. There were several objections in respect of the number of key answers. Therefore
key answer on the objections of candidates and final key answer was displayed on 08.05.2020. With the display of the final answer key, another ... answer of none of the questions under challenge can either be said to be incorrect or doubtful. The challenge to the final answer key displayed
question with a
multiple choice type answers. Key Answers were published
by the Commission. Objections to the key answers were
submitted. The Expert Committee considered ... answer key is a correct answer, no
modification in the answer key is made.
16. The NTA has further submitted that the final answer keys
each. The tentative key answers were published by the Board and there
were also objections regarding some of the key answers in various subjects ... correct answers written by the students had not been considered, because such
answers did not tally with the wrong key answers. When the challenges were
answer key were incorrect.
21. The Supreme Court, thereafter, reiterates that, had there been
any possibility of doubt, the answer suggested in the answer key ... impugned key answers. The CBSE opined that 10 of
the key answers were incorrect. The High Court, in the judgment
under challenge before the Supreme
turned out the answer keys were ultimately published on 26th
September 2019 and immediately upon noticing the answer keys to some of
the questions ... According to the answer key, the correct answer is (1) above, whereas
according to the Petitioners, the correct answer is (2) above.
45. Counsel
answer
key. The final answer keys for the 'Question Paper Booklet Series A-
D' - the subject matter of challenge in these cases ... committee of Judges of this Court) before the answer key
(including the impugned answer keys) was published. There is no
allegation of any malice
with initially published answer key. However,
none of the said three objections were against "answer key
of the numerical answer type questions ... provisional answer key
along with their petition. However, the final answer key has been prepared and
released after due consideration to all challenges properly received
court is satisfied that the answer provided in the
impugned answer key is obviously incorrect, so that allowing the answer to
remain would result ... publication of the provisional answer key. This
lacunae/default propels this Court to not interfere in the final answer key as
declared by the respondent
