Delhi University has challenged the Central Information Commission (CIC) order to make Prime Minister Narendra Modi's degree public in the Delhi High Court.

The university has argued that the degree of a student is a private document, whose details cannot be made public. The degree stays between the student and the university, it said.

Earlier, the CIC had directed the Delhi University to make Modi's degree public under the Right to Information Act.

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MODI'S DEGREE ROW: THINGS TO KNOW Self confessed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supporter Neeraj Sharma had filed an RTI petition with the Delhi University seeking details of PM Modi's graduation degree. Neeraj Sharma had, in his petition, sought records of all the students, who secured Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978, the year when PM Modi secured completed his graduation. The Delhi University denied the information saying it was 'private' and had nothing to do with 'public interest'. Petitioner Neeraj Shama then moved the CIC, which ruled in his favour and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on DU information officer Meenakshi Sahay. The CIC had said in its ruling, "If the degree related information is about a celebrity or an ordinary man, the access to information has to be provided by the public authority." Now, the DU has moved against the CIC order directing it to make PM Modi's degree public and imposing a fine on the information officer. The DU had earlier confirmed that as per its records PM Modi completed his graduation in 1978 and was awarded a degree for the same in 1979. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had stirred a controversy by questioning the authenticity of PM Modi's degree in May last year.

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