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1 - 2 of 2 (0.20 seconds)Ran Vijay Singh vs State Of U.P. . on 11 December, 2017
11. It is a settled law that if Rules provide for re-evaluation of an answer
sheet, then the authority conducting the examination may permit the same.
However, where the Rules do not so provide but at the same time there is
no prohibition, Court may permit re-evaluation if it is demonstrated very
clearly that there is a material error. This error should, however, be visible
without any inferential process of reasoning or by process of rationalisation
and Court's interference must be only in rare or exceptional cases. At the
same time, the Supreme Court in Ran Vijay (supra), has also held that
Court should not re-evaluate or scrutinise the answer sheets of a candidate
as it has no expertise in the matter and academic matters are best left to
academicians. In the event of doubt, benefit should go to the examination
authority rather than to the candidate. It is also held that sympathy or
compassion does not play any role in matter of directing or not directing re-
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