SC to hear plea against govt’s FCRA move
21.01.2022
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea for quashing of the Centre’s decisionsby which it has refused to renew or cancelled FCRA registration for close to 6,000 NGOs and listed the case for hearing on January 24. A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar agreed to the plea for early hearing on a petition filed by US-based NGO Global Peace Initiative which was founded by an Indian and has branches across the world and works closely with many NGOs, including the Missionaries of Charity. It passed the order after Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde and lawyer Pranjal Kishore, appearing for the petitioner, mentioned the matter. The organisation, founded by Kilari Anand, submitted in the apex court that NGOs played a crucial and important role in reaching out to people and helped the country during the Covid pandemic which had been duly acknowledged by the government and the Prime Minister’s Office and cancellation of the licenses of close to 6000 NGOs at this juncture will hamper relief efforts.
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