{"id":34844,"date":"2022-04-08T19:28:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T13:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/sc-fcra-right\/"},"modified":"2022-04-08T19:28:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T13:58:05","slug":"sc-fcra-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/sc-fcra-right\/","title":{"rendered":"FCRA: Receiving foreign donation can&#8217;t be absolute or even vested right, says SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"trade-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-819903389\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/get\/telegram\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101992\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/telegram-channel-300x119.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN3Epgswxc--Aw?hl=en-IN&amp;gl=IN&amp;ceid=IN%3Aen\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-123430\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png\" alt=\"follow-on-google-news\" width=\"222\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-150x41.png 150w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><p>New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI)The Supreme Court Friday said that receiving foreign donations cannot be an \u201cabsolute or even a vested right\u201d and by its very expression, it is a reflection on the constitutional morality of the nation as a whole being incapable of looking after its own needs and problems.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_7\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-1763113902\"><!-- Composite Start --> \r\n <div id=\"M923760ScriptRootC1549812\"> \r\n <\/div> \r\n <script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.mgid.com\/t\/r\/tradebrains.in.1549812.js\" async> \r\n <\/script> \r\n <!-- Composite End --><\/div>\n<p>The apex court said foreign aid can create the presence of a foreign contributor and \u201cinfluence\u201d the policies of the country and may tend to influence or impose a political ideology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no dearth of donors within our country,\u201d a bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar said while upholding the validity of certain amendments to the provisions of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, which came into effect in September 2020.<\/p>\n<p> The bench, also comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and C T Ravikumar, said it is open to the State to have a regime that may completely prohibit receipt of foreign donations as no right inheres in the citizen to receive foreign contributions.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_5\" id=\"trade-384312405\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- in_content_2_news -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7925020301\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, the Parliament must be credited with for having taken recourse to corrective dispensation for eradicating the mischief, which any sovereign country can ill-afford,\u201d the apex court said.<\/p>\n<p>The top court delivered its judgement on a batch of pleas, including those assailing the constitutional validity of the amendments to the provisions of the FCRA 2010, vide the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2020 which came into effect on September 29, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndubitably, the foreign contribution is qualitatively different from foreign investment. Receiving foreign donations cannot be an absolute or even a vested right. By its very expression, it is a reflection on the constitutional morality of the nation as a whole being incapable of looking after its own needs and problems,\u201d the bench said in its 132-page verdict.<\/p>\n<p>It said permitting the inflow of foreign contribution, which is a donation, is a matter of policy of the State-backed by law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe question to be asked is: \u2018in normal times, why developing or developed countries would need foreign contribution to cater to their own needs and aspirations? Indisputably, the aspirations of any country cannot be fulfilled on the hope (basis) of foreign donation, but by the firm and resolute approach of its own citizens to achieve the goal by sheer dint of their hard work and industry,\u201d the bench said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndeed, charitable activity is a business,\u201d the top court observed.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content-10\" id=\"trade-313617819\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- in_content_3_news -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2969612066\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>It said receiving contributions within India to do a charitable activity can be and is being regulated differently and it is not possible to have a similar approach relating to foreign contributions from foreign sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn short, no one can be heard to claim a vested right to accept foreign donation, much less an absolute right,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The bench observed it is saying so because the theory of the possibility of the national polity being influenced by foreign contribution is globally recognised.<\/p>\n<p>It said foreign contribution can have a material impact on the matter of socio-economic structure and polity of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe foreign aid can create the presence of a foreign contributor and influence the policies of the country. It may tend to influence or impose a political ideology. Such being the expanse of the effect of foreign contribution coupled with the tenet of constitutional morality of the nation, the presence\/inflow of foreign contribution in the country ought to be at the minimum level, if not completely eschewed,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The top court said the charitable associations may instead focus on donors within the country to obviate the influence of foreign countries owing to foreign contributions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is open to a sovereign democratic nation to completely prohibit acceptance of foreign donation on the ground that it undermines the constitutional morality of the nation, as it is indicative of the nation being incapable of looking after its own affairs and needs of its citizens,\u201d the bench said.<\/p>\n<p>It noted that third world countries may welcome foreign donation, but it is open to a nation, which is committed and enduring to be self-reliant and variously capable of shouldering its own needs, to opt for a policy of complete prohibition of inflow or acceptance of foreign contribution (donation) from a foreign source.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the first option noted by the Parliament while considering the Bill concerning the 1976 Act,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The bench declared that the amended provisions namely, sections 7, 12(1A), 12A, and 17 of the 2010 Act, are \u201cintra vires\u201d the Constitution and the principal Act.<\/p>\n<p>However, the top court read down section 12A and construed it as permitting the key functionaries or office bearers of the associations\/NGOs, who are Indian nationals, to produce Indian passports for the purpose of their identification.<\/p>\n<p>Section 12A mandates a person, who seeks prior permission or prior approval under section 11 or makes an application for grant of certificate under section 12 of the Act, including for renewal of a certificate under section 16, to provide the Aadhaar number of all its office bearers or directors or other key functionaries as an identification document.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo sum up, we declare that the amended provisions vide the 2020 Act, namely, Sections 7, 12(1A), 12A, and 17 of the 2010 Act are intra vires the Constitution and the Principal Act, for the reasons noted hitherto,\u201d said the bench.  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