₹51cr FEMA fine on Amnesty India and ₹10cr on Aakar Patel: ED
2 years, 5 months ago

₹51cr FEMA fine on Amnesty India and ₹10cr on Aakar Patel: ED

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday levied a penalty on Amnesty India International Private Limited and its former CEO Aakar Patel for alleged violations of the country’s foreign exchange law, the agency said in a statement. we will fight it and win in court.’’ The agency’s adjucating authority has ordered AIIPL to pay a penalty of ₹51.72 crore and Patel has been asked to pay ₹10 crore for alleged contraventions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999. we will fight it and win in court.’’ The probe agency said that Amnesty International, headquartered in the UK, had been using the foreign direct investment route to transfer foreign contributions “to the tune of ₹51,72,78,111.87” through its Indian entities that are not approved under the Foreign Contribution Act, 2010. In 2018, ED began conducting searches of properties of Amnesty India over allegations that AIIPL was formed to receive foreign funding, violating FCRA rules.

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ED issues notices to Xiaomi, 2 senior executives for FEMA 'violations' to the tune of ₹5,551 crore
1 year, 6 months ago

ED issues notices to Xiaomi, 2 senior executives for FEMA 'violations' to the tune of ₹5,551 crore

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it had issued show cause notices to the Indian arm of Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Xiaomi, its chief financial officer and director Sameer B. Rao, former managing director Manu Kumar Jain and three foreign banks for alleged violations of the foreign exchange law to the tune of more than ₹5,551 crore. The adjudicating authority …

ED attaches ₹1.54 crore in bank accounts of trust linked to Amnesty India
2 years, 2 months ago

ED attaches ₹1.54 crore in bank accounts of trust linked to Amnesty India

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has provisionally attached ₹1.54 crore in bank accounts of a trust linked to Amnesty India under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act ED said Amnesty International India Pvt Ltd and IAIT were formed in the year 2013-14 and 2012-13 respectively to escape the FCRA route and carried out NGO activities in …

Noshir H. Dadrawala: ‘NGOs are easy targets’
2 years, 3 months ago

Noshir H. Dadrawala: ‘NGOs are easy targets’

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 22, 2022 10:15 IST Less than a year ago, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs refused to renew the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act licences of hundreds of NGOs on the grounds that they were not satisfied with their books. In September, the Income Tax Department “surveyed” the Centre for Policy Research, the Independent and Public-Spirited Media Foundation …

Amnesty indulged in 47 NGO-like activities using foreign funds without FCRA clearance, fanned 1984 Sikh massacre during 2017 elections, ED says
2 years, 5 months ago

Amnesty indulged in 47 NGO-like activities using foreign funds without FCRA clearance, fanned 1984 Sikh massacre during 2017 elections, ED says

Op India  

Enforcement Directorate has alleged that Amnesty International UK routed more than Rs 51 crore to Amnesty India in violation of FCRA to “fund anti-national activities in the guise of export of services”. The chargesheet was filed by ED on July 9 against Amnesty International India Pvt Ltd, Indians for Amnesty International Trust, and former AIIPL CEOs G Ananthapadmanabhan and Aakar …

Explained | The ED and CBI’s cases against Amnesty International India and Aakar Patel
2 years, 5 months ago

Explained | The ED and CBI’s cases against Amnesty International India and Aakar Patel

The Hindu  

The story so far: A day after the Enforcement Directorate imposed a fine of ₹51.72 crore on Amnesty India and ₹10 crore on its former CEO Aakar Patel in relation to an alleged violation of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, the agency on July 9 filed a chargesheet against Amnesty India and associated entities in a money laundering case. According …

ED chargesheet reveals Amnesty may have taken foreign funds without permission under guise of FDI through dubious front: Report
2 years, 5 months ago

ED chargesheet reveals Amnesty may have taken foreign funds without permission under guise of FDI through dubious front: Report

Op India  

Days after the prosecution complaint was filed against Amnesty International India in a money laundering case, the charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate revealed that Aakar Patel who was the director of Amnesty International India Pvt Ltd, was also the Trustee of Indians for Amnesty International Trust from 2015 to 2019. The CBI had filed charges against AIIPL, IAIT, …

ED imposes ₹51.72 crore and ₹10 crore penalties on Amnesty India, Aakar Patel
2 years, 5 months ago

ED imposes ₹51.72 crore and ₹10 crore penalties on Amnesty India, Aakar Patel

Op India  

On Friday, the Enforcement Directorate issued a show-cause notice to Amnesty India International Pvt. In a press release, it stated, “ED, had initiated investigation under FEMA on the basis of information that Amnesty International, UK had been remitting huge amount of foreign contribution through its Indian entities following FDI route, in order to evade Foreign Contribution Regulation Act to expand …

ED slaps penalities on Amnesty India International, Aakar Patel
2 years, 5 months ago

ED slaps penalities on Amnesty India International, Aakar Patel

The Hindu  

The Adjudicating Authority of the Enforcement Directorate has imposed a penalty of ₹51.72 crore on Amnesty India International Private Limited and ₹10 crore on its former Chief Executive Officer Aakar Patel in connection with alleged violation of Foreign Exchange Management Act in 2019. “After getting a detailed reply from the AIIPL and following the principal of natural justice, the Adjudicating …

Ex Amnesty India chair Aakar Patel can fly abroad, says Delhi court
2 years, 8 months ago

Ex Amnesty India chair Aakar Patel can fly abroad, says Delhi court

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi court on Saturday told the Central Bureau of Investigation to drop a look-out circular against ex Amnesty India chair Aakar Patel. The court upheld the April 7 order of an additional chief metropolitan magistrate - which directed the CBI to 'immediately' drop the notice against Patel and offer a written apology to the activist, who is a vocal …

"Aakar Patel Actively Connected With Amnesty International, Has Sufficient Contacts Outside India": CBI Justifies Issuance Of LOC Before Delhi Court
2 years, 8 months ago

"Aakar Patel Actively Connected With Amnesty International, Has Sufficient Contacts Outside India": CBI Justifies Issuance Of LOC Before Delhi Court

Live Law  

Justifying the necessity to issue a look out circular against former Amnesty International India Chief Aakar Patel, the Central Bureau of Investigation has told a Delhi Court that Patel is actively connected with Amnesty International and has sufficient contacts outside India. The note has been filed in the revision petition filed by CBI against the Trial Court order which directed …

Delhi court stays order asking CBI to retract lookout notice against Aakar Patel
2 years, 8 months ago

Delhi court stays order asking CBI to retract lookout notice against Aakar Patel

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi court on Tuesday reserved orders on a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation seeking revision of a trial court order which asked the agency to immediately withdraw the Look Out Circular issued by it against former Amnesty International India chief Aakar Patel for alleged violations of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act. On April 8, special judge …

Ex-Amnesty India head Aakar Patel stopped at Bengaluru airport: Details
2 years, 8 months ago

Ex-Amnesty India head Aakar Patel stopped at Bengaluru airport: Details

Op India  

Former head of Amnesty India, Aakar Patel has been stopped at Bengaluru airport from boarding a flight to the USA. immigration says CBI has put me on the list why @PMOIndia — Aakar Patel April 6, 2022 Patel said that the CBI officer informed him that he is on a Look Out Circular because of the case against Amnesty International …

Aakar Patel: Amnesty official barred from leaving India
2 years, 8 months ago

Aakar Patel: Amnesty official barred from leaving India

Al Jazeera  

Aakar Patel says immigration authorities stopped him from flying to the US after he was placed on a ‘look-out circular’. New Delhi, India – Indian immigration authorities have barred Aakar Patel, chair of Amnesty International in India, from travelling to the United States because of an order issued by the Central Bureau of Investigation over a case against the rights …

Amnesty International India's Assets Worth Over Rs 17 Cr Attached in Money Laundering Case
3 years, 10 months ago

Amnesty International India's Assets Worth Over Rs 17 Cr Attached in Money Laundering Case

News 18  

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday said it has attached over Rs 17 crore bank deposits in connection with its money laundering case against two entities of Amnesty International, the global human rights watchdog. This money laundering case of the ED is based on a Central Bureau of Investigation FIR filed against AIIPL, IAIT, Amnesty International India Foundation Trust and Amnesty …

ED attaches assets worth Rs 17 crore of Amnesty International India in money laundering case
3 years, 10 months ago

ED attaches assets worth Rs 17 crore of Amnesty International India in money laundering case

India Today  

Nearly five months after Amnesty International announced the closure of its operations in India, the Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday attached movable properties worth Rs 17.66 crore of two entities of the NGO in connection with a money laundering case. In a statement, the ED said a provisional order had been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act "attaching bank …

Who killed Amnesty International India?
4 years, 2 months ago

Who killed Amnesty International India?

Live Mint  

That’s how Amnesty International India described the Union government’s decision to freeze its bank accounts on 10 September. “All the laws used against dissent today—from the Unlawful Activities Act to the FCRA—are the legacies of the previous government,” says Shailesh Rai, who was policy director at Amnesty International India until 2019. “The CBI raids on Citizens for Justice and Peace, …

Who killed Amnesty International India?
4 years, 2 months ago

Who killed Amnesty International India?

Live Mint  

That’s how Amnesty International India described the Union government’s decision to freeze its bank accounts on 10 September. “All the laws used against dissent today—from the Unlawful Activities Act to the FCRA—are the legacies of the previous government,” says Shailesh Rai, who was policy director at Amnesty International India until 2019. “The CBI raids on Citizens for Justice and Peace, …

ED Probing Private Company to Amnesty International, Not NGO, Say Govt Sources
4 years, 2 months ago

ED Probing Private Company to Amnesty International, Not NGO, Say Govt Sources

News 18  

New Delhi: There is no ED investigation against Amnesty International India Foundation, which on Tuesday declared halting its operations in the country, but against a private company linked to the NGO that allegedly received dubious export proceeds worth over Rs 51 crore, government sources said. They said the Enforcement Directorate, a federal probe agency to check money laundering and forex …

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