India, Oct. 15 -- Something "very positive" has happened, the Supreme Court (SC) said on Tuesday while expressing satisfaction over the UPSC's decision to publish the provisional answer key after the civil services preliminary examination is conducted.

Terming it a "good development", a bench of justices PS Narasimha and

AS Chandurkar disposed of the pleas of some civil service aspirants who had sought direction to the UPSC for disclosure of answer keys, cut-off marks and marks of the candidates appearing in civil service preliminary examination.

"There is some news we have read," Justice Narasimha said at the outset of the hearing.

Senior advocate Jaideep Gupta, who was appointed as an amicus curiae to assist the court in the matter, r...