New Delhi, Nov 11: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed Delhi University (DU) to respond within three weeks to petitions seeking condonation of delay in filing appeals against an order concerning disclosure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bachelor’s degree.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela issued the direction while hearing pleas by RTI activist Neeraj, AAP leader Sanjay Singh, and advocate Mohd Irshad. The bench noted there was a delay in filing appeals against the single judge’s August 25 order that had quashed a Central Information Commission (CIC) directive to disclose PM Modi’s degree details.

The court allowed DU, represented by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, three weeks to file its objections, while the appellants can

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