JUDGMENT :

(Prathiba M. Singh, J.)

1. This hearing has been done through video conferencing.

2. The present four petitions have been filed by the Petitioner challenging the impugned order dated 5th January, 2021 passed in Second Appeal by the Central Information Commission (hereinafter ‘CIC’) in four separate cases arising out of four applications under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (hereinafter “RTI Act, 2005”). The said RTI applications dated 28th June, 2018 were filed by the Petitioner herein, seeking information relating to the complaints lodged by his estranged wife, Ms. Abhilasha Malhotra, impleaded as Respondent No.4 herein, against her previous two husbands and their family members.

3. The Petitioner was married to Respondent No.4 Ms. Abhilasha Malhotra on 10th December, 2017. Various disputes arose between the parties in their matrimonial life leading to various complaints and proceedings. The following proceedings are stated to be pending between the Petitioner and Respondent No.4.

i) A matrimonial suit being Mat. Suit. No. 05/2019 (formerly numbered as Mat. Suit. No. 1759/