{"id":233753,"date":"2020-08-11T09:26:59","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T03:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=233753"},"modified":"2020-08-21T11:19:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T05:49:14","slug":"del-hc-delhi-university-activates-online-portal-for-issuance-of-digital-degree-certificates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/08\/11\/del-hc-delhi-university-activates-online-portal-for-issuance-of-digital-degree-certificates\/","title":{"rendered":"Del HC | Delhi University activates online portal for issuance of digital degree certificates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Delhi High Court:\u00a0<\/strong>Prathiba M. Singh, J., noted that Delhi University has now launched an online portal through which the students can obtain their digital degree certificates.<\/p>\n<p>The above information came after a series of hearings in the matter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Petitioners&#8217; grievance was that they wished to pursue their post graduate medical education in USA and for the said purpose they required their degree certificates, however the same were not issued by Delhi University on the ground that the contract with printer had expired.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Court on 23-07-2020 had directed DU to come up with a protocol for issuance of digital degree certificates. On 4th August, Court appointed a committee for the said purpose.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The committee submitted a sample digital degree certificate and on perusal of the Court is satisfied.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Further, the Court added that the digital degree certificates are duly verified by two officials of the DU and digitally signed by the Authorised Officer of the DU, hence the same would satisfy the petitioners&#8217; purpose.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bench directed that the digital degree certificates for all the petitioners shall be issued by e-mail on or before 13-08-2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adding to the above, Court noted that DU has now activated the online portal for issuance of <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">digital degree certificates being <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>www.digicerti.du.ac.in<\/em><\/span>, wherein the students have to register themselves and give their details including their academic qualification, name of their college, etc. Upon the same being completed by the students, the digital degree certificates for the students shall be issued within a maximum period of one week, after completing the verification, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Court also directed MEITY\/Digilocker and DU to file an affidavit regarding what steps have been taken to ensure that the data is made available to students through DigiLocker.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another aspect to be looked into by DU is whether mark sheets and transcripts of students can also be issued digitally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Matter to be listed on 07-09-2020. [Dhritiman Ray v. University of Delhi, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/4WGn9k43\"><b>2020 SCC OnLine Del 977<\/b><\/a>, decided on 07-08-2020]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Also Read:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-Yy2\">Del HC | &#8220;No reason why DU should not adopt technically advanced methods&#8221;; Court suggests DU to issue degree certificates online through email<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-YIA\">Del HC | Obtaining a degree should have been a cause of celebration, but turned into a nightmare; Court constitutes committee to finalise the process of issuing digital degree certificates to DU students<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi High Court:\u00a0Prathiba M. 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