JUDGMENT :

V. KAMESWAR RAO, J

1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner with the following prayers:

“The Petitioner, therefore, prays that in the facts and circumstances of the present case this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to:

a) Issue a writ, order, or direction in the nature of Certiorari quashing the Impugned Suspension Order dated June 07, 2021, Number F.No. II/21022/58(855)/2016-FCRA(MU} passed by the Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, Foreigners Division [FCRA Monitoring Unit], Ministry of Home Affairs under Section 13 of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010.

b) Pass such other and further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.”

2. It is the case of the petitioner, being Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (hereinafter, ‘CHRI’) that it is an independent, non-profit, civil society organisation, headquartered in New Delhi, India since 1993, working to promote access to justice, access to information and timely fulfilment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in India and in Commonwealth countries. The petitioner was registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 on July