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However, Honble Supreme Court dismissed all these contentions. The bench clarified that the evaluated answer-sheet is covered under the definition of information. It also clarified that it is the duty of the Public Authority to allow maximum disclosure as envisaged by the RTI Act. Dealing with the issue of fiduciary relationship, the apex Court has explained the same in detail and held that the examination conducting bodies cannot retain the evaluated answer-sheets under any fiduciary capacity. Hence, the Court held that the exemption under section 8(1)(e) will not apply to the disclosure of answer-sheets. The Court also dismissed the contention that the entire system will collapse once disclosure is allowed under the RTI Act. As a matter of fact, it was argued on behalf of the MKSS and JOSH that some universities allow disclosure of answer-sheets under the RTI Act and they do not face any difficulty in the process and their system has not collapsed. As this judgement has dealt with various examination conducting bodies including the Public Service Commissions, universities, CBSE and other boards, professional bodies like ICAI, the directive will apply to every examination conducted by any institution in India. For further details contact: Mr Saurabh Shama, JOSH: +91-9811872752 (saurabhinvincible@gmail.com) Ms Aheli Chowdhury, JOSH: +91-9811765959 (aheli.chowdhury@gmail.com) Mr Divya Jyoti Jaipuriar, Adv., HRLN: +91-9868002365 (litigation.delhi@hrln.org)