The Gujarat University, on Thursday (February 9) argued in opposition to offering Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s diploma certificates to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. This turned into when it comes to a Right to Information (RTI) software primarily based totally on a 7-year-vintage Central Information Commission (CIC) order. The college entreated the Gujarat High Court to push aside the RTI because it stated, “irresponsible infantile interest can’t grow to be public hobby beneathneath the RTI Act.”
The college’s suggest argued that simply due to the fact a person is keeping a public workplace one can’t are searching for non-public statistics of absolutely everyone that isn’t related together along with his public activity. He submitted that statistics approximately PM’s levels is “already withinside the public domain” and the college had additionally located the info on its internet site withinside the beyond.
However, Kejriwal’s suggest Percy Kavina claimed the statistics turned into now no longer to be had withinside the public domain.
After listening to arguments from each sides, Justice Biren Vaishnav reserved his order at the petition via way of means of the Gujarat University difficult the CIC order.
In April 2016, the then CIC M Sridhar Acharyulu directed the Delhi University and the Gujarat University to offer statistics on levels earned via way of means of Modi to Kejriwal, who’s additionally the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP).
Three months later, the Gujarat High Court stayed the CIC order asking the Ahmedabad-primarily based totally college to offer the specified statistics.
The CIC order got here an afternoon after Kejriwal wrote to Acharyulu, announcing he has no objection to authorities statistics approximately him being made public and puzzled why the fee desired to “hide” statistics on Modi’s academic qualifications. So Kejriwal did now no longer immediately record the RTI however primarily based totally on his public announcement at the PM’s diploma, a CIC order emerged.
Citing a few beyond judgments of the Supreme Court and via way of means of different excessive courts approximately the exemptions granted beneathneath phase eight of the RTI Act, Mehta stated one can’t are searching for a person’s private statistics “simply due to the fact you’re curious approximately it”.
“To be an RTI Activist has now grow to be a profession. So many folks who aren’t related are curious approximately such a lot of things…A stranger can’t are searching for such statistics. Irresponsible infantile interest can’t grow to be public hobby. The RTI Act is getting used for settling rankings and to make infantile jabs in opposition to opponents.”
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