The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Central Government to respond to a plea by think tank NGO, the Centre for Policy Research (CPR), challenging the suspension of its Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licence over alleged violation of laws.
Justice Subramonium Prasad asked the Centre to decide by September 5 the CPR’s application seeking release of 25% of its funds. The judge noted that three months have passed since the organisation gave certain clarifications to the authorities but no order on its request had been passed yet.
The Centre had suspended the FCRA licence of the CPR on February 27 this year following which the NGO in March submitted an application to the authorities seeking release of 25% of its frozen funds for paying salaries to its employees.
