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

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January 14, 2025

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.

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.

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