FCRA licence of Jaising's NGO suspended; lawyer says victimised for fighting cases against govt, Amit Shah

Posted by: 2016-06-04 08:03:09 ,
By Raj Kumar

Eminent lawyer Indira Jaising has termed the suspension of licence of her NGO as a "blatant attempt to victimise" the organisation and an "act of vindictiveness" on the part of the NDA government.
The response came after the Home Ministry barred the NGO--Lawyers' Collective-- from receiving funds from abroad and suspended its licence for six months for alleged violation of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act

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