JUDGMENT : (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 18 June 2021 made to the CPIO, SEBI. Accordingly, it is only appropriate th