In a major relief to Lawyers Collective, an advocacy NGO founded by activist lawyers Indira Jaising and Anand Grover, the Bombay High Court yesterday allowed it to operate its domestic bank accounts. The Centre had suspended the foreign-funded NGO's Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2010, licence, which the latter had called "an act of vindictiveness".

Fight for rights
The NGO had claimed that the Centre had acted against it as its clientele included IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, Yakub Memon, Teesta Setalvad and Priya Pillai of Greenpeace.