SaralnamaSubscribe Now! Get features like The Supreme Court has approved the Union Public Service Commission's (UPSC) proposal to publish provisional answer keys immediately after the Civil Services Preliminary Examination and invite objections from candidates before finalising results a landmark reform that ends decades of resistance and ushers in a new era of transparency in India's most prestigious recruitment process. A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and AS Chandurkar, while disposing of a batch of petitions challenging the UPSC's earlier policy of delayed disclosure, observed that the Commission's new affidavit represented a "conscious and well-considered decision" made after extensive deliberation. The Court stated that the revised mechanism effectively addresses candidates' grievances while aligning the UPSC's functioning with the principles of fairness, accountability, and transparency. The change follows sustained legal efforts by civil services aspirants Vidushi Pandey and Himanshu Kumar, who had… (Updated 15 Oct 2025, 13:27 IST; source: link)
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- A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and AS Chandurkar, while disposing of a batch of petitions challenging the UPSC's earlier policy of delayed disclosure, observed that the Commission's new affidavit represented a "conscious and well-considered decision" made after extensive deliberation