Cancellation of Greenpeace registration stayed
Contending that the order was against natural justice, the NGO sought direction to quash order
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-11-21 05:17 GMT
Chennai: The Madras High court passed an interim order Friday staying cancellation of registration of the international NGO, Greenpeace India, by the Tamil Nadu Registrar of Societies.
Greenpeace India Society, Gopalapuram had approached the court after its registration was cancelled by District Registrar, Chennai Central Registration District in Royapettah in an order dated November 4, 2015.
According to its executive director Vinuta Gopal, despite filing reply to a show cause notice issued by the Registrar, the department passed the order cancelling its registration.
Contending that the order was against natural justice, the NGO sought direction to quash order.
Done nothing wrong says Greenpeace
With the Madras high court staying a government order cancelling Greenpeace India’s registration, the NGO has said it was confident the courts would agree that the organisation was on a sound legal footing and had done nothing wrong, notwithstanding the government’s ridiculous allegations of fraud in this instance. “Our accounts are an open book and on our website for all to inspect,” Priya Pillai of Greenpeace India said in a press release on Friday. This is the sixth time in the last year-and-a-half that Greenpeace and its activists have succeeded against multiple attempts to restrict its operations and funding as well as to shut it down, the release said.
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