Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed a 2018 Enforcement Directorate order of freezing the bank accounts of Amnesty International India Private
The Karnataka High Court has cancelled a 2018 Enforcement Directorate order of freezing the bank accounts of Amnesty International India Private Limited.
The Karnataka High Court has quashed a 2018 Enforcement Directorate order of freezing the bank accounts of Amnesty International India Private Limited. The petition filed by Amnesty International in 2018 was allowed and the notices quashed, the single-judge bench of Justice K S Hemalekha said in its February 24 order. The copy of the judgment was made available recently.
On Friday, the central agency had alleged that the human rights organisation’s working model is used to route foreign funds in the guise of business activities.
The central agency has issued a show cause notice to Patel and the human rights organisation for allegedly violating the Foreign Exchange Management Act.