Delhi HC sets aside CIC order to disclose information on PM Modi’s degree

As per Justice Sachin Datta's order from high court, there need not be any disclosure of the academic record and degree. A detailed order would be available later.

The parties can now approach the Supreme Court.

This legal battle has been on for nearly a decade over the disclosure of Prime Minister Modi's academic records — actually, the record of all students who cleared the BA examination from DU in 1978, the year PM Modi graduated as per his election affidavit.

It started with a 2016 RTI application for this record. The university denied it, citing rules against sharing information related to a third party. The Chief Information Commission (CIC), however, did not buy this logic and in December 2016 ordered that DU permit the inspection.