Delhi High Court<\/b>: While disposing a petition in which \u201cGreenpeace India Society\u201d (petitioner), Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) working in the area of environment is not allowed to access the funds remitted to his concerned account in IDBI Bank Ltd. for its work towards environment and other expenses by \u201cGreen Peace International and Climate Works Foundation\u201d (GPICWF) based on the directions of respondents (Ministry of Home Affairs) on the ground that GPICWF is on the watch list of the respondents and therefore respondents were holding inspection of account or records under Section 23 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulations) Act, 2010, (FCRA), the Court held that just stating that GPICWF is on the watch list of the respondents is not enough as no material on record is placed by the respondents for reaching such conclusion..<\/p>\n
In the instant case, where the petitioner and respondents are represented by Sanjay Parikh and Jasmeet Singh respectively, the council for petitioner contended that no notice to petitioner was provided as to how provision of FCRA is violated and also denial of access to its bank account is violative of its Article 14 of the COI and in complete breach of principles of natural justice on the other hand council for respondent asserted that activities carried out by the petitioner are detrimental to national interest<\/p>\n