Mumbai, July 25: The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted interim relief to senior counsels Indira Jaising and her husband Anand Grover in Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) violation case. The court said that no coercive steps could be taken based on the case registered in May this year. Earlier, on July 11, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted raids at the residence of the noted lawyers. The raids were also carried out at offices of Lawyers Collective, an NGO run by Grover.

According to reports, the searches took place at the Nizamuddin residence and office of Jaising, the office of the NGO in Jangpura and an office in Mumbai. However, Grove denied allegation levelled against him. CBI Raids Lawyers Indira Jaising, Anand Grover In Foreign Funding Case.

The agency had filed an FIR against Grover and the NGO on the basis of a complaint from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), for alleged discrepancies in the utilisation of foreign aid received by the group.  Former Additional Solicitor General Jaising was not named as an accused in the FIR but her alleged role figures in the complaint of the ministry. Meanwhile, the CBI had booked Grover. CBI Raids Conducted at Indira Jaising, Anand Grover’s Houses in Delhi Over Foreign Funding Case.

According to the complaint of the ministry, which is now a part of the FIR, the group had received foreign aid worth over Rs 32.39 crore between 2006-07 and 2014-15, wherein irregularities were committed that amounted to a violation of the FCRA. The Bar Association of India (BAI) had also condemned CBI searches at the residence and offices of the senior advocates.

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