(Per M. S. Sonak, J.)
1. Heard learned Counsel for the parties.
2. Having regard to this Court’s order dated 14 March
2023, we issue Rule in each of these Petitions. With the
consent of and at the request of the learned Counsel for the
parties, the Rule in each of the Petitions is made returnable
immediately.
3. All these Petitions challenge the Central Information
Commission’s (CIC) order dated 27 December 2022 partly
allowing Mr Agarwal’s application dated 18 June 2021
seeking some information from the Chief Public Information
Officer (CPIO), Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI).
4. The SEBI has instituted Writ Petition No. 10909 of 2023
and Writ Petition No. 10910 of 2023 to challenge the
impugned order, to the extent it directs the CPIO, SEBI, to
furnish a revised reply to Mr Agarwal on points 1, 3, 4 and 5
under the RTI Act. Mr Agarwal has instituted Writ Petition No.
10887 of 2023 and Writ Petition No. 10888 of 2023 to
challenge the impugned order to the extent that it does not
furnish the entire information sought in the application dated
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18 June 2021 made to the CPIO, SEBI. Accordingly, it is only
appropriate that all these Petitions be disposed of by common
judgment and order. The learned Counsel for the parties agree
to the adoption of this course of action.