PM Degree Row: RTI's Purpose Not To Satisfy Curiosity, DU Tells Delhi HC

Delhi University on Monday said the purpose of Right to Information (RTI) law was not to satiate a third party's curiosity as it challenged the central information commission's order over disclosure of information on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's degree.

- Press Trust of India

NEW DELHI:

Appearing before the Delhi high court's justice Sachin Datta, solicitor general Tushar Mehta said students' information was held by a university in a "fiduciary capacity" and couldn't be divulged to a stranger for the law exempted it.