Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010

The Association for Democratic Reforms and Common Cause filed two interlocutory applications seeking a stay on the sale of electoral bonds under the Electoral Bond Scheme, 2018, alleging that the scheme permits donor anonymity and violates transparency in political funding. The Court examined the scheme’s statutory bas…

The Supreme Court examined a writ petition filed by Mohammed Zubair, co‑founder of ALT News, who faced five FIRs in Uttar Pradesh and one in Delhi arising from the same set of tweets. The petitioner sought quashing of the FIRs and, alternatively, their consolidation with the Delhi FIR, along with interim bail in all ca…

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a criminal case against Arvind Khanna for receiving Rs 9.04 crore from eight foreign entities without prior government permission, alleging violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) 1976. The trial court took cognizance under the FCRA 2010, but the CBI…

The petitioners, a group of NGOs and individuals, challenged the 2020 amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, specifically sections 7, 12(1A), 12A and 17, alleging that the prohibition on transfer of foreign contributions, the requirement to open a single FCRA account with SBI, and the mandatory …

The Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF), a registered society, challenged the constitutionality of Sections 5(1) and 5(4) of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 and Rules 3(i), 3(v) and 3(vi) of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, 2011, alleging vagueness and violation of Articles 14, 19(1)(a), 19(1…