2024 (4) TMI 332

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.... AOR Mr. Gaurav Nair, Adv. Mr. Ishwar Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Rahul Saxena, Adv. Ms. Bhairavi S N, Adv. Mr. G. Arudhra Rao, Adv. Mr. Dayaar Singh, Adv. Mr. Aniruddha Purushotham, AOR Ms. Anne Mathew, AOR JUDGMENT VIKRAM NATH, J. 1. This Court, on 7th April, 2021 passed the following order : "FIR No. 22 of 2016 was lodged by respondent no. 3 on 29.9.2016 under Sections 409, 420, 477(A) and Section 37 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010. Investigation was taken up by the Economic Offences Wing (CID), Telangana State. The challenge to the FIR was rejected in SLP(Crl.) No. 3888 of 2017 on 12th September, 2017 directing "the investigation to be concluded as expeditiously as possible and action, if required, in accordance ....

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....y No. 4235 of 2021 against the Judgment and order passed by the Hon'ble High Court of Telangana, Hyderabad vide W.P. No. 22547 of 2020, dated 27.01.2021 and contending that the State CID Unit is not authorized to conduct investigation in the case of FCRA when the amount involved is more than 1 Crore and that CBI is the competent authority under the notification issued by Ministry of Home Affairs vide SO No. 2446 (E), dated 27-10-2011. In view of the above facts and circumstances, it may be pleased to pass orders in the matter either permit to the CID TS to continue further investigation and file charge sheet or pass orders by entrusting further investigation to CBI, ACB as deemed fit." Pertinently this letter has been writ....

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....expenses and would continue to maintain proper and complete statement of accounts for the same are continued, the petitioners would contest the pending proceedings before the High Courts and other Courts on their own merits and would avail such remedies as may be available under law with regard to the proceedings initiated against them. He thus submitted that the petition could be disposed of by making the order dated 7th April, 2021 absolute. 3. On the other hand, learned counsel for the complainant as also the State of Telangana admitted the fact that the petitioner-organisation was actually running 103 institutions all over the country in 18 States and also more than a dozen primary health centres for which they would require funds an....