India, Aug. 25 -- The Delhi high court on Monday set aside the Chief Information Commission's order that had said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's degree details be disclosed by Delhi University in response to a Right to Information (RTI) plea.

As per Justice Sachin Datta's order from high court, there need not be any disclosure of the academic record and degree. A detailed order would be available later.The parties can now approach the Supreme Court.

This legal battle has been on for nearly a decade over the disclosure of Prime Minister Modi's academic records - actually, the record of all students who cleared the BA examination from DU in 1978, the year PM Modi graduated as per his election affidavit.

It started with a 2016 RTI applica...