No relief from SC for NGOs who lost foreign funding licence
India Today
The Supreme Court has declined immediate relief to NGOs that lost FCRA registration and refused to pass an interim order.
The Supreme Court has declined immediate relief to NGOs including Missionaries of Charity who lost FCRA registration after the Centre said that the extension of the licence was given to NGOs which filed applications.
Refusing to pass an interim order to protect the 6,000 NGOs, the court asked them to make a presentation before the Centre for the renewal, which would then take a decision as per the law.
The top court said it does not want to interfere in the matter now and that the NGOs should first approach the government. If they are unhappy with the decisions, the matter could be heard in court.
After the MHA turned down its request for licence renewal on December 25, the MoC had joined around 6,000 entities whose FCRA registration had ceased to exist. The MHA had said registration was earlier not renewed as “some adverse inputs” were noticed.
