Tribune News Service
New Delhi, 20 January
An NGO has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Centre’s decision to deny renewal of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licenses of nearly 6,000 NGOs, affecting their funding.
FCRA requires NGOs to obtain a license from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) which authorizes them to receive foreign funds. The petitioner, Global Peace Initiative, has sought a direction to the MHA to exempt all NGOs from the purview of FCRA during the pandemic. The NGO urged for quashing of the notice dated December 31, 2021, to the extent it had rejected the NGO’s FCRA license renewal applications.
On Thursday, senior advocate Sanjay Hegde mentioned the plea seeking urgent hearing before a bench headed by CJI NV Ramana, which agreed to list it on January 24.