New Delhi: The Supreme Court today issued notice to social activist Teesta Setalvad on a petition by the CBI alleging that an NGO run by her received foreign grants from Ford Foundation which were prohibited under then Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).
Issuing notice to Teesta Setalvad and others, the top court bench of Justice Anil R Dave, Justice FMI Kalifulla and Justice V Gopala Gowda extended till December 8 the bail granted to Teesta and her husband Javed Anand in the alleged misuse of funds in the Gulbarga society case.
Directing the listing of the matter on December 1, the court said that Ms Setalvad will file her response to the CBI plea in four weeks and CBI will file its rejoinder, if any, thereafter.
CBI has challenged the Bombay High Court order whereby while holding that the documents being sought by the CBI relates to accounts and therefore it does not require custodial interrogation as it granted her interim bail.
The CBI today sought the vacation of the high court order granting interim bail to Ms Setalvad alleging that she was not cooperating with the investigating agency probing the allegation.
Issuing notice to Teesta Setalvad and others, the top court bench of Justice Anil R Dave, Justice FMI Kalifulla and Justice V Gopala Gowda extended till December 8 the bail granted to Teesta and her husband Javed Anand in the alleged misuse of funds in the Gulbarga society case.
Directing the listing of the matter on December 1, the court said that Ms Setalvad will file her response to the CBI plea in four weeks and CBI will file its rejoinder, if any, thereafter.
The CBI today sought the vacation of the high court order granting interim bail to Ms Setalvad alleging that she was not cooperating with the investigating agency probing the allegation.
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