PM’s degree case: Delhi HC gives DU time to file objections

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi's College Degree during a property   conference. File

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi's College Degree during a property conference. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu

The Delhi High Court connected Tuesday (February 10, 2026) granted 3 weeks to Delhi University (DU) for submitting its objection to the hold successful appeals against an bid refusing disclosure of details of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bachelor’s degree.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who appeared for the university, argued that “there was thing successful the matter” and it was “only to sensationalise”. He sought clip to record a reply connected the facet of hold successful filing the appeals challenging the azygous Judge’s bid passed successful August 2025. The tribunal has present listed the substance for April 27.

The tribunal was proceeding the appeals filed by Right to Information (RTI) activistic Neeraj, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) person Sanjay Singh, and advocator Mohd. Irshad against a azygous Judge’s August 25 order, which had acceptable speech a Central Information Commission determination directing the disclosure of Mr. Modi’s degree.

On August 25, the azygous JID:udge had acceptable speech the Central Information Commission’s order, saying that lone due to the fact that Mr. Modi was holding a nationalist office, it did not render each his “personal information” unfastened to nationalist disclosure.

Following the RTI exertion by Mr. Neeraj, the Commission connected December 21, 2016 allowed the inspection of the records of each students who cleared their B.A. exam successful 1978, besides the twelvemonth successful which Mr. Modi passed it.

Published - February 10, 2026 07:29 p.m. IST

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