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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Namita Singh

Indian court says Modi’s university degree can be kept confidential

A court in India ruled that prime minister Narendra Modi’s university degree could not be disclosed under the Right to Information Act as such records constituted “personal information”.

Justice Sachin Datta of the Delhi High Court on Monday overturned a 2016 order by the Central Information Commission directing Delhi University to provide access to records of students who graduated in 1978, the year Mr Modi was said to have completed his Bachelor of Arts programme.

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