The High Court of Gujarat dismissed an appeal petition submitted by Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal that sought the public disclosure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s academic degree certificates under the Right to Information Act. A single-judge bench reaffirmed the prior judicial annulment of a Central Information Commission directive that had ordered Gujarat University to furnish the educational records to the political petitioner.
The high court held that the educational records of public functionaries held in a fiduciary or archival capacity by educational institutions are exempt from indiscriminate disclosure unless a substantial public interest is concretely demonstrated. The judicial bench reiterated that the statutory transparency machinery cannot be deployed for frivolous or politically motivated inquiries, upholding the twenty-five-thousand-rupee cost penalty previously imposed on Kejriwal.
Legal counsel for the Delhi political leader expressed disappointment with the judicial outcome, indicating that further appellate remedies before the Supreme Court are being actively studied. Political analysts noted that the protracted legal dispute over academic disclosures illustrates the complex judicial boundaries separating public curiosity from statutory information rights.
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