The Directorate of Examinations has announced that students of the CS Examination December 2025 session can obtain copies of their evaluated answer books through the ICSI Examination Answer Book Portal without filing an RTI application. The facility will remain available for 45 days from the date of declaration of results, i.e., until 11 April 2026. Students must apply through https://cc.icsi.edu, which becomes operational from 26 February 2026. Upon application, login credentials will be sent to the registered email ID for accessing scanned copies. The answer books are treated as personal information and will be supplied only to the concerned student. Students are advised not to apply via the RTI portal as copies are available free of cost through the official portal. The copies are strictly for personal academic reference and cannot be shared publicly. For grievances regarding valuation, students must apply for Verification of Marks within the prescribed timelines under Regulation 42(2).
Institute of Company Secretaries of India
ATTENTION STUDENTS !!!
SUPPLY OF COPY OF ANSWER BOOKS TOTHE STUDENTS OF CS EXAMINATION DECEMBER, 2025 SESSION THROUGH
ICSI EXAMINATION ANSWER BOOK PORTAL
(For providing copy of evaluated Answer Books without filing RTI Application)
The Institute provides the facility of supply of Copy of Answer Books to the students on their request for the December, 2025 session at ICSI Examination Answer Book Portal.
1. The copy of evaluated Answer Books shall be supplied to the students within the prescribed time as per the Record Retention schedule i.e. Ordinarily for a period of 45 days from the date of Declaration of Result i.e. till 11th April, 2026.
2. Any student can seek a copy of his/her Answer Book(s). The copy of evaluated Answer Book(s) is the personal information of the student, and such Answer Book(s) shall only be supplied to the student concerned and not to anyone else.
3. A student who wishes to obtain copy of his/her Answer Book(s) of any subject(s),as above, can apply at aforesaid portal using the following link:
https://cc.icsi.edu
The portal will be operational forstudentsfrom 26th February, 2026
After applying at the above link, a user id and password will be sent to the student at his/her registered email from cpioexam@icsi.edu. Student will be required to put those credentials at web-location https://cc.icsi.edu/#viewanswerbook and thereafter, the Answer Book(s)shall be provided to him/her. In case of any difficulty in accessing the Answer Book(s) the student may write at cpioexam@icsi.edu within the Record Retention Period of the Institute i.e. till 11th April, 2026.
4. Students are requested to apply for the evaluated/ scanned copies of Answer Books at this portal only, and not through RTI website as the Answer Books are in public domain and available free of cost at this portal.
5. Tab “Apply Answer Books” is to be used for applying for Answer books using the required credentials and the Tab “View Answer Books” is to be used for viewing the Answer Book(s).
6. In case a student applies for Verification of Marks / Certified Copies / Inspection of Answer Book(s) simultaneously, his/her application will be treated as per the guidelines of Verification of Marks / Certified Copies / Inspection and Answer Books will be available after completion of the prescribed procedure.
7. The copy of the Answer Book(s) supplied to the student shall be for his/her exclusive selfinspection/personal reference, guidance and solely be used for the bonafide educational purposes by the Applicant student and the same shall not be used for any legal purposes. Under no circumstances, the Answer Book(s) so supplied shall be made available or put up for review in public domain to any other person or put up for view in public domain. Sharing copy of Answer Book(s) or part thereof to any other person or in public domain/social media etc. and /or making comments publicly on valuation of Answer Book(s) are strictly prohibited and such instances will be viewed seriously
8. A student who has accessed his/her Answer Book(s) of any subject/s of December, 2025 examination and wishes to address his/her grievances respect of any error or inconsistency in valuation of Answer Book(s), if any, should apply using prescribed Application Form together with the requisite fee for Verification of Marks under Regulation 42(2) of the CS Regulations, 1982 through Student Login on the ICSI SMASH Portal within 60 days from the date of Declaration of Result or 15 days from accessing of the Answer Book(s) as made available to the Student by the Institute, whichever is earlier.
Directorate of Examinations
