Overview
- A division bench of Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice T.R. Gedela granted Delhi University three weeks to object to condonation pleas, with appellants given two more weeks to reply.
- The matter is listed for further hearing on January 16, 2026, and the court did not issue notice after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said he would appear and file a reply.
- Appeals were filed by RTI activist Neeraj Kumar, AAP MP Sanjay Singh and advocate Mohd Irshad challenging the single-judge order that quashed a 2016 CIC disclosure directive.
- The August 25, 2024 single-judge ruling held that degrees and marks are personal information under Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act and emphasized a fiduciary relationship between student and university.
- The underlying RTI sought inspection of DU’s 1978 BA records, which the CIC had deemed public in 2016 before DU’s challenge led to the current court proceedings.