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Noel Harper & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr.

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Bench A. M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and C. T. Ravikumar JJ.
Decided 8 April 2022

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the provision needs to be construed as permitting furnishing of the Indian Passport of the key functionaries of the applicant who are Indian nationals, for the purpose of their identification.

Judgment, page 97

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Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, as amended by Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2020 – ss. 7, 12(1A), 12A and 17(1) – Constitutional validity of amendments concerning ss.7, 12(1A), 17 (1) and s.12A – Amended s.7 prohibited transfer of foreign contribution to other persons while the unamended s.7 restricted the transfer of foreign contribution, but did not completely prohibit the same unlike the amended s.7 – s.12(1A) envisaged that every person making an application under sub-Section (1) of s.12 was obliged /required to open FCRA account in the manner specified in…

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Of those, 2 mentioned

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