Karnataka HC quashes 2018 ED notice to block Amnesty India bank account
Amnesty International India and Indians for Amnesty International Trust had approached the HC over the ED letter. The case was disposed of on Friday.
A single-judge bench of the Karnataka High Court quashed the October 26, 2018 notice for blocking Amnesty India's account as its validity was for only 60 days.
The Karnataka High Court has quashed a notice issued by the directorate of enforcement in 2018 under the Foreign Exchange Management Act and the IT Act for the blocking of Amnesty International India Pvt Ltd’s bank account.
A single-judge bench of the Karnataka High Court quashed the October 26, 2018 notice for blocking Amnesty India’s account as its validity was for only 60 days.
Amnesty International India and Indians for Amnesty International Trust had approached the HC over the ED letter. The case was disposed of on Friday.
The senior counsel for the NGO argued that the notice issued by the ED under section 37 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, read with section 132 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, stipulates a validity of the notice for only 60 days. The sub-section 8A of the IT Act stipulates sixty days and there is no provision for exceeding sixty days from the date of the order, Amnesty argued in the HC.
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