Balaji Shankar Bedre v. the State of Maharashtra and Others
Right to Information – non-supply of information
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ Petition No. 15177 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad (neutral citation 2026:BHC-AUG:6508-DB); coram Smt. Vibha Kankanwadi & Hiten S. Venegavkar, JJ.; order per Hiten S. Venegavkar, J.; decided 11th February, 2026. Balaji Shankar Bedre v. The State of Maharashtra and others (counsel: S. E. Shekade for petitioner; R. S. Wani, AGP for respondent-State). Failure to supply information sought under the Right to Information Act despite orders of higher authorities and the State Information Commission (09.04.2025 and 07.07.2025); AGP's undertaking of compliance within four weeks accepted; respondent No. 3 directed to furnish the information within four weeks; petition disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent No. 3 to provide the information sought by the petitioner within four weeks, in terms of the undertaking given through the learned AGP and accepted by the Court.