The Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with the decision of the Centre to suspend the registration of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) for alleged violations of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA).
Justice V. Kameswar Rao said the June 7, 2021 order of the Union Home Ministry “suspending the petitioner (CHRI) is in consonance with the object which the instant legislation/ statute strives to achieve and has not gone in excess of that object”.
Last year, the CHRI had moved the court challenging the order passed by the Ministry, suspending its registration for 180 days. CHRI’s counsel had argued that the suspension order was contrary to the framework of the scheme set out under the Act and even the suspension was passed without initiating any inquiry and it was liable to be set aside.
