The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a petition by civil society organisation Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) challenging the suspension of its registration by the central government. 바카라I have dismissed the petition,바카라 said Justice V Kameswar Rao who had reserved verdict on the plea last month.
The organisation had moved the high court last year against the order passed by the Home Ministry suspending CHRI's certificate of registration for 180 days. In its petition, CHRI sought quashing of the suspension order dated June 7, 2021, for 바카라being patently without jurisdiction, ultra vires section 13, FCRA, unreasonable, manifestly arbitrary, excessive and disproportionate, on the face of it being based on wholly incorrect facts and for violating basic principles of natural justice바카라.
Appearing for the organisation, senior advocate Arvind Datar, had said that the suspension of CHRI's registration was disproportionate to the alleged violations of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act of 2010 (FCRA Act). The allegations against CHRI included mixing foreign contributions with the domestic donation and non-intimation of specific accounts.
바카라A 180-day suspension is a drastic measure that threatens the very existence of the Petitioner (CHRI), apart from causing great harm to its reputation built painstakingly over 3 decades. The consequent freezing of Petitioner's receipt and utilisation of bank accounts have severely restricted its planned programme activities,바카라 the petition stated.
The petition submitted that CHRI's current Executive Committee has a 바카라galaxy of legal luminaries, former top police officials, environmental leaders바카라 and Wajahat Habibullah, the first Chief Information Commissioner of India, is its Chairperson. The other committee members include former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B. Lokur and former Delhi high court Chief Justice AP Shah. In 2016, CHRI's registration under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act of 2010 was renewed up to October 31, 2021.
With PTI Inputs
