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NGO FCRA-compliance scrutiny — Bombay HC

High Court of Bombay · 2021-01-01 · Citation awaited

FCRA-compliance records with MHA: §4(1)(b) disclosure (registration, cancellation, aggregate donor data).

Case details

Court High Court of Bombay
Decided 2021-01-01
Citation Citation awaited
Petitioner RTI applicant
Respondent MHA
RTI Act sections §4(1)(b)
Outcome Applicant allowed

Outcome

MHA FCRA compliance records, including NGO-specific registrations and cancellations, are §4(1)(b) material.

Ratio decidendi

Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) compliance records held by Ministry of Home Affairs — NGO registrations granted, renewed, cancelled; aggregate foreign-donor statistics; utilisation-return summaries — are §4(1)(b) material. Individual NGO FC-4 returns are disclosable subject to narrow §8(1)(d) commercial carve-outs.

Keywords

FCRA, Bombay HC, MHA, NGO

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