Overview

• The Maharashtra government has filled the post of State Chief Information Commissioner and seven State Information Commissioner positions
• The Bombay High Court disposed of the five-year-old petition filed by Shailesh Gandhi and other RTI activists after hearing confirmation of the appointments
• Justices Alok Aradhe and Sandeep Marne directed the State Information Commission to decide second appeals and complaints under the RTI Act within a reasonable time
• Campaigners warn that nearly 100,000 second appeals and complaints remain pending before the Maharashtra State Information Commission, with some waiting up to two years
• The bench criticized frivolous RTI applications, citing examples such as requests for the number of samosas served in government offices