Delhi SC sets aside CIC order to disclose PM Modi's degree details

New Delhi . Asal Baat news.  The Delhi High Court on Monday set aside CIC order directing disclosure of details related to Prime Minister Na...

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The Delhi High Court on Monday set aside CIC order directing disclosure of details related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bachelor's Degree while holding it to be "personal information" and ruling out any "implicit public interest" in it. Justice Sachin Dutta, who reserved the verdict on the matter on February 27, was acting on Delhi University's plea challenging the CIC order.

The judge said"something which is of interested to be public" was quite different from something which is in the public interest following and RTI application by one Neeraj, the CIC on December 21, 2016 allowed inspection of record of all students who cleared the BA exam in 1978 ==the year Prime Minister Modi also passed it.The high court, however stayed the CIC order on January 23 2017.On Monday, the world no implicit public interest with respect to the information short under the RTI application and said the educational qualification were not in the nature of any strategy requirement for holding any public office or discharging official responsibilities.

" The fact that the information shought pertains to a public figure does not in extinguish privacy/confidently rights over personal data, unconnected with public duties" the order said.

The RTI Act was stated to have been enacted to promote transparency in government functioning and not to "provide folder for sensationalism.

" It is unambliguously clear that the marks obtainted, grades, answer sheets etc are in the nature of personal information and or protected under section (8)1 of the RTI Act. subject to an assessment of overriding public interest.the mere act of publishing certain information on some occasions does not dilute the legal protection accorded to personal information under section (8)1 of the RTI Act. The court held. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta who appeared for DU, had argued the CIC order deserved to be set aside.