Ahmedabad, March 31: The Gujarat High Court on Friday set aside the seven-year-old order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) asking the Gujarat University to provide information on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degree to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
While noting that both Kejriwal and the CIC were “absolutely casual” in their approach, the court also observed there was “indiscriminate misuse” of the RTI Act in this case.
Allowing the Gujarat University’s appeal against the CIC order, Justice Biren Vaishnav also imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 on Kejriwal and asked him to deposit the amount within four weeks to the Gujarat State Legal Services Authority (GSLSA).
