Supreme Court Dismisses SLP by John Wilson Education Society

Authority: Supreme Court of India (Bench of Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kumar and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva)

Order Date: 21 July 2026 (digitally signed)

Case Overview

• Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No. 25352/2019 filed by John Wilson Education Society, arising from the impugned final judgment and order dated 09‑04‑2019 in WP No. 344/2017 of the High Court of Bombay.
• Respondents: State Chief Information Commissioner, State of Maharashtra & Others.
• Interim applications: IA No. 7306/2020 (exemption from filing O.T.), IA No. 156091/2019 (exemption from filing O.T.), IA No. 7304/2020 (permission to file additional documents/facts/annexures), and SLP(C) Nos. 14734/2023 (IX), 14733/2023 (IX), 27214/2019 (IX).
• Hearing date: 20‑07‑2026 before Justices Sanjay Kumar and Sanjeev Sachdeva.
• Counsel for petitioner: Sr. Adv. Shadan Farasat, Adv. Vasuman Khandelwal, AOR Sanchita Ain, Adv. Varisha Sharma.
• Counsel for respondents: Sr. Adv. Sudhanshu S. Choudhari, Adv. Vatsalya Vigya, AOR Anchal Rathore.

Final Outcome

• The Court found no grounds to interfere with the High Court’s judgment/orders.
• All special leave petitions were dismissed.
• Any pending applications, if any, were ordered disposed of.
• Order digitally signed by Babita Pandey on 21‑07‑2026 at 10:00:28 IST (Signature Not Verified).

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