Fcra Notices

Senior lawyers Indira Jaising and Anand Grover Wednesday cried foul over a Supreme Court notice to them and their NGO, Lawyers Collective, on a plea alleging FCRA violation by them, and said they are "deeply disturbed by the turn of events".

Continuing its crackdown on foreign-funded NGOs, the Home Ministry has sent notices to over 1,200 non-profits across the country for violating the stringent law that regulates non-profits that receive money from abroad.

Some 6,000 non-governmental organisations or NGOs could lose their licence to receive foreign donations with the Home Ministry serving them show cause notices allegedly for not filing annual income and expenditure records for five consecutive years, an official said today

In what could spark-off another row between the Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP, the Home Ministry has revived a 2013 complaint that accused AAP of receiving foreign funding and sent a notice to the party to get more details about its donors.

The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Home Ministry following a complaint alleging "draconian" approach of the Centre in connection with renewal of licence of NGOs under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).

Islamic Research Foundation, promoted by controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, will soon be banned from receiving foreign funds with the Home Ministry initiating the process for cancellation of its FCRA registration by issuing a final show cause notice to the NGO.

A special court today asked the CBI to file its response by tomorrow on the bail plea of a Home Ministry official, arrested for allegedly issuing FCRA notices arbitrarily to several NGOs for financial gains.

A special court today sent a Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) official to jail till June 6 for allegedly issuing FCRA notices arbitrarily to several NGOs for financial gains after CBI submitted that his further custodial interrogation was not required in the case.

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).

Senior lawyers Indira Jaising and Anand Grover Wednesday cried foul over a Supreme Court notice to them and their NGO, Lawyers Collective, on a plea alleging FCRA violation by them, and said they are "deeply disturbed by the turn of events".

Continuing its crackdown on foreign-funded NGOs, the Home Ministry has sent notices to over 1,200 non-profits across the country for violating the stringent law that regulates non-profits that receive money from abroad.

Some 6,000 non-governmental organisations or NGOs could lose their licence to receive foreign donations with the Home Ministry serving them show cause notices allegedly for not filing annual income and expenditure records for five consecutive years, an official said today

In what could spark-off another row between the Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP, the Home Ministry has revived a 2013 complaint that accused AAP of receiving foreign funding and sent a notice to the party to get more details about its donors.

The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Home Ministry following a complaint alleging "draconian" approach of the Centre in connection with renewal of licence of NGOs under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).

Islamic Research Foundation, promoted by controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, will soon be banned from receiving foreign funds with the Home Ministry initiating the process for cancellation of its FCRA registration by issuing a final show cause notice to the NGO.

A special court today asked the CBI to file its response by tomorrow on the bail plea of a Home Ministry official, arrested for allegedly issuing FCRA notices arbitrarily to several NGOs for financial gains.

A special court today sent a Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) official to jail till June 6 for allegedly issuing FCRA notices arbitrarily to several NGOs for financial gains after CBI submitted that his further custodial interrogation was not required in the case.

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).