Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court ordered that the Prime Minister’s Office need not provide copies of the degree certificates of Prime Minister Modi and imposed a fine of Rs 25 thousand on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who filed a petition in this regard.
Opposition parties have been questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational qualifications. In this context, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has filed a petition seeking an order to provide copies of degree certificates of Prime Minister Modi under the Right to Information Act (RTI).
On inquiry, the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) directed the Communications Officer of the Prime Minister’s Office, the Communications Officers of Gujarat University and Delhi Universities to provide the details of Prime Minister Modi’s undergraduate and postgraduate degree certificates.
Against this, a petition was filed in Gujarat High Court on behalf of Gujarat University. The petition came up for hearing yesterday in the presence of single judge Brene Vaishnav.
Justice Bren Vaishnav, who heard the case, quashed the order of the Chief Information Commissioner. He also ordered that the Prime Minister’s Office, Gujarat and Delhi Universities do not need to provide details of Prime Minister Modi’s educational certificates.
Also, Justice Bren Vaishnav announced that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be fined Rs.
