The Gujarat high court today stayed the Central Information Commissions order asking the Gujarat University to provide information on the degree earned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

A division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi accepted the varsitys demand for stay.

It also issued notices to Central Information Commissioner M Sridhar Acharyulu, the Union government and Kejriwal seeking their responses and posted further hearing to September 6.

The university had approached a single judge bench of the high court last week seeking to quash the CIC order. However, justice S H Vora only issued notices to the three respondents but did not stay the CIC order.

The University then moved the division bench.

Senior counsel Tushar Mehta, representing the GU, today argued before the division bench that the varsity was not a party to proceedings before the Information Commission and no hearing was given to it before passing the order, in violation of principles of natural justice.

On April 29, CIC directed Delhi University and Gujarat University to provide information on degrees earned by Modi to the Aam Aadmi Party leader.