On 25 August, the Delhi High Court ruled that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degree cannot be made public, citing the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023. At first glance, it may sound fine—until you learn that this very Act is not even implemented yet; it has only been passed by Parliament but not notified. The court, however, used its “legislative intent” to justify the decision. This raises a serious question: Can a law that is not in force be used to decide a case? This episode dives deep into how a decade-long battle to access Modi’s academic records turned into a larger attack on India’s Right to Information (RTI) framework. From the initial RTI filed in 2016 to multiple refusals by Delhi University, to the amendments in RTI Act in 2019 that weakened the autonomy of information commissioners, and now the DPDP Act that erases the “public interest” clause—this is not just about one degree. RTI once empowered citizens to hold the government accountable, demand transparency in bank NPAs, question big loan defaulters, and expose corruption. But step by step, its backbone has been broken. Today, personal data protection is being used as a shield to deny crucial public information. Tomorrow, it could hide fake degrees, disproportionate assets, or malpractice by officials. Is India moving towards a system where your right to know depends on the government’s mood? Has the Right to Information been sacrificed to protect the powerful? Watch this episode of I Will Explain with Hemant, as we unpack the facts, figures, legal twists, and the bigger threat this verdict sets for democracy and transparency in India.