The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has decided to release the provisional answer key soon after the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination , instead of waiting until the entire exam process ends. The Commission informed the Supreme Court about this change in a counter-affidavit filed in response to a petition that had challenged the earlier practice, according to a report by The Indian Express .

The Supreme Court had earlier appointed senior advocate Jaideep Gupta as amicus curiae (a neutral expert to assist the court) and advocate Pranjal Kishore to help him in the case. The amicus had recommended that “a provisional answer key to the preliminary examination should be published a day after the examination is held.”

In an affidavit filed on May 13, UPSC had initially op

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