Today, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has received a setback from the Gujarat High Court in the matter of giving information about the educational degree of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A bench of Justice Biren Vaishnav passed this order over a month after it reserved its verdict on September 30.

The Gujarat High Court rejected the review petition challenging the decision of the Central Information Commission (CIC).

The petition sought review of its earlier order quashing the CIC's direction to Gujarat University to provide information about the Prime Minister's educational degrees.

In March, the bench headed bt Justice Biren Vaishnav of the Gujarat High Court had allowed Gujarat University's appeal against the CIC order.

While setting aside the CIC order to Kejriwal to provide information about Modi's Master of Arts (MA) degree, the high court had also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the Aam Aadmi Party leader.

One of the key arguments raised by Kejriwal in his review petition was that contrary to Gujarat University's claim that Modi's degree was available online, no information was available on the university's website.

In September this year, Sessions Court in Ahmedabad held a hearing and decided to defer its ruling regarding a revision application submitted by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Member of Parliament (MP) Sanjay Singh.

This application challenges the summons issued by a Magistrate's court, which accuses them of making defamatory statements concerning the academic qualifications of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the case of 'Arvind Kejriwal vs Piyush Patel.'

The initial summons against the two politicians were issued by a Magistrate court in April this year, following the University's complaint. On April 17, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jayeshbhai Chovatiya found that the statements made by Kejriwal and Sanjay Singh were prima facie defamatory. This judgment was based on various forms of evidence, including a pen drive containing Kejriwal's tweets and speeches made after a Gujarat High Court ruling. The High Court had ruled in favor of the University, stating that it was not obligated to disclose PM Modi's degree and fined Kejriwal ₹25,000 in the process.

A detailed copy of the Judgment is awaited.