The Delhi High Court on Wednesday took note of the delay by four petitioners in filing appeals challenging a single-judge order that had quashed the Central Information Commission’s (CIC) directive for disclosure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational records.

A Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said the court would first examine whether the appeals were within the limitation period before considering their merits. The Bench also directed the Delhi University (DU) to file its objections on the delay.

The appeals have been moved by AAP leader Sanjay Singh, RTI activist Neeraj Sharma and advocate Mohd Irshad, among others, against the single-judge judgment delivered on August 25.

The judgment had set aside the CIC’s December 2016

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