High court asks centre to look into AAP’s accounts
25 Oct 2013 5:06 AM IST
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the central government to go through the accounts of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to ascertain the source of its funds, and check if there was violation of law in the receipt of funding.
A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and VK Rao asked the centre’s counsel to file a status report on the issue after looking afresh into the accounts of the party. The court has posted the matter for hearing on 10 December.
The court said: ‘Go through the accounts again after the AAP was formed and in case you find anything in violation of FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010) take action, or inform the court about the status.’
The court’s direction came on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking registration of a criminal case against AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal and others for allegedly receiving foreign funds in violation of law.
The centre’s standing counsel Richa Kapoor on Wednesday also filed a report before the court, saying an evaluation of the accounts of the civil society team led by Anna Hazare was done in 2012, and a report was filed before another bench of this court in January this year in a similar PIL filed by the petitioner earlier. Taking the centre’s report on record, the bench asked the counsel to go through the details of funds given by donors to AAP since its inception on 26 November, 2012.
A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and VK Rao asked the centre’s counsel to file a status report on the issue after looking afresh into the accounts of the party. The court has posted the matter for hearing on 10 December.
The court said: ‘Go through the accounts again after the AAP was formed and in case you find anything in violation of FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010) take action, or inform the court about the status.’
The court’s direction came on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking registration of a criminal case against AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal and others for allegedly receiving foreign funds in violation of law.
The centre’s standing counsel Richa Kapoor on Wednesday also filed a report before the court, saying an evaluation of the accounts of the civil society team led by Anna Hazare was done in 2012, and a report was filed before another bench of this court in January this year in a similar PIL filed by the petitioner earlier. Taking the centre’s report on record, the bench asked the counsel to go through the details of funds given by donors to AAP since its inception on 26 November, 2012.
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