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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Bombay HC reprieve for Indira Jaising's NGO; orders defreezing of its domestic accounts -Shibu Thomas

Bombay HC reprieve for Indira Jaising's NGO; orders defreezing of its domestic accounts -Shibu Thomas

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published Published on Feb 2, 2017   modified Modified on Feb 2, 2017
-The Times of India

MUMBAI: In a reprieve for Lawyers Collective, the NGO run by noted lawyer Indira Jaising, the Bombay high court on Monday by an interim order defreezed the non-FCRA/ domestic bank accounts of the organisation. Justice Mahesh Sonak, while admitting the petition filed by Lawyers Collective challenging the cancellation of its registration, also halted the Union government's directive to the charity commissioner to dispose off its assets.

"The allegations of "mixing of foreign contribution with local/domestic funds" are quite vague. On the basis of same, pending the hearing and final disposal of the appeal, it may not be proper to freeze practically all the bank accounts of (Lawyers Collective) and thereby, completely cripple its activities and functioning. There is no allegation in this case that any amounts were siphoned out of the FCRA accounts/FCRA utilisation accounts by (Lawyers Collective) after the issue of show cause notice dated May 31, 2016," said Justice Sonak. The HC said that Central government under the Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act could regulate and even stop the acceptance and utilisation of foreign funds by individuals or associations. "However, at least prima -facie, by resort to the provisions of FCRA, the Central Government cannot stifle the very functioning and the activities of individuals or associations, provided, such activities and such functioning is not otherwise in breach of any legal provisions."

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The Times of India, 30 January, 2017, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/bombay-hc-reprieve-for-indira-jaisings-ngo-orders-defreezing-of-its-domestic-accounts/articleshow/56874413.cms?utm_


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