# INDIAN SOCIAL ACTION FORUM vs UNION OF INDIA

Court: Delhi High Court
Date: 2025-07-24
Citation: W.P.(C)-10199/2016 2025:DHC:6019-DB
Petitioner: INDIAN SOCIAL ACTION FORUM
Respondent: UNION OF INDIA

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

$-27 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 24th July, 2025 W.P.(C) 10199/2016 & CM APPL. 37992/2021 INDIAN SOCIAL ACTION FORUM .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioner : Mr. Prashanto C. Sen, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Kabir Dixit, Mr. Prasanna S., Mr. Rashi Goswami and Mr. Prasanna B., Advs. For the Respondents : Mr. Chetan Sharma, ASG and Mr. Vikrant N. Goyal, SPC with Mr. Amit Gupta, Mr. Saurabh Sharma, Mr. Vikramaditya Singh and Mr. Naman, Advs. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NITIN WASUDEO SAMBRE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANISH DAYAL JUDGMENT (ORAL) NITIN WASUDEO SAMBRE, J. 1. The petitioner was granted registration under the provisions of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (‘Act of 2010’) and, accordingly, a certificate was issued under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976. 2. It is the petitioner’s case that his said license, which subsequently came to be governed by the provisions of the Act of 2010, was suspended on 30th April 2013, which led to the filing of this Writ Petition. This Court directed respondent/Union of India to disclose the reasons for the suspension of the certif

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