HC allows Greenpeace to correct the amount in defreezed a/c

Delhi High Court today allowed Greenpeace India Society's application to correct the amount indicated in one of its two accounts which were de-freezed for receiving and utilising fresh domestic donations for its day-to-day functioning.
Justice V P Vaish allowed Greenpeace's plea after the Centre and Yes Bank, with whom the NGO has the account, said they had no objection to the correction.
The NGO has claimed that as per the May 27 order, by which the high court allowed it to use two of its accounts for receiving fresh domestic donations, one of the accounts was shown to have Rs 3,75,383, whereas the correct figure was Rs 2,00,868.

The court ordered the correction be made and disposed of the application of Greenpeace.
The court on May 27 had granted the relief to Greenpeace saying it cannot be choked of funds.
It had also allowed the NGO to liquidate its fixed deposits, saying these and fresh donations be used for its aims and objectives and in accordance with law.

The order had come on Greenpeace's plea challenging freezing of five of its accounts as well as cancellation of its registration under FCRA.
The government had cancelled Greenpeace's registration under Foreign Contribution Regulations Act (FCRA) on grounds of alleged violation of norms by opening five accounts to use foreign donations without informing concerned authorities.

The Ministry of Home Affairs also told the court that the NGO had violated FCRA by merging its foreign donations with domestic contributions. It had also claimed that the NGO was not using the donations for the purpose they were received.
Greenpeace had told the court that due to freeze on its domestic accounts, it has lost donations to the extent of Rs 1.25 crore in May 2015, which were made by its Indian contributors.