Bhubaneswar, May 31 -- The Supreme Court came down heavily on the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) after the latter refused to acknowledge a mistake made in the evaluation of the answer sheet of a judicial service aspirant.

A bench of the Apex Court comprising Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and Vijay Bishnoi was hearing a petition filed by the OPSC against a High Court order that had directed the public service commission to pay Rs 1 lakh as compensation to the affected candidate.

The SC bench observed that such mistakes in the answer sheet evaluation must not be overlooked and that the OPSC should be held accountable.

" You, as an examination body, commit these kinds of blunders - you should be taken to task. How will the ...