India, Aug. 25 -- The Delhi High Court on Monday set aside an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) over disclosure of the information pertaining to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bachelor degree.

Justice Sachin Datta, who reserved the judgement on February 27, passed the verdict on University Of Delhi's (DU) plea challenging the CIC order.

"The impugned order is set aside," a bench of justice Sachin Datta said while pronouncing the verdict.

A detailed copy of the verdict is awaited.

The CIC in 2016 had directed the varsity to allow various Right To Information (RTI) applicants including RTI activist Neeraj Kumar, Mohd Irshad, to inspect the records of the 1978 batch of students enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts (BA) course...