W"P(c)" No.

774 OF 2015

IN THE MATTER OF:

PETITION.DR

PRIYA PARAMESWARAN PILLAI

VERSUS

.....RFSPONDENTS

UNION OF INDIA & QTHERS

ON BEHALF'Of'neSpONDeWl llo.
SHORT AFFIDAVIT
FTr@..Fr

I, Anand Joshi, aged about 4$ ygars, soo of Shr:i'

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L. Joshi, Religign- Hindu, q

(HqnE.) Geolory re$iCsirt

'8. Sc.

of 4P

In{irap\ararn, Gaaiabad ff.n)

affirrn and state that the ciepongnt

as Vnder $ecretary (MY), Fgrsigners

pq$t9d
Divisio;e(F'CRA

Wing), Ilinistry af lir;rne Affairs, GQvernment q1 india,

NDQC-ll Building, Jad Singh RQad, New Delhi and is

authprized and well conversant with thq facts and

K"WI:i'o\
//n+ -^.st.,"nfi , circumstances of the present case a$ per available
4q"

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*o':';",,1* l,

i-"\ittl*:t"'I
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office record$, during the ordinary Q9urge of rny of{ipia]

duty and gs such I am Qornpetqnt tQ $wQar the present

.A.ffidavit.

A. That I

have read flnd understoQd the contentp of the

present affidavit. The contgntS thereqf 6re trUg and no

part qf it is falEe and ngthing' rnaterifli has bppn

concealed there from.

B. That ii is submitted that the contents of the Writ

Petition that have net been qpecifically admitted here
rf,nder mal/ kindly be deqrned

ta have been ,,traversed

and {enied. The respondents qrave the leave of this

HonblE Court !9 file a shert affidavit gn merit,

,.. p.,

the qrder$ & directions of thiq FJpnrble Q9urt.

MO$T RESPE TF'VI,LY $UBMITTED:

1.

That the Qutsgt the deponent denies paeh And every

averrnen! made in ttrrp writ Fetitign $AVe and exqept whst

has been Epggificatly adrnitted herein belpw. The aqtion.

taken by the irnmigration qfficifl,l was a$ per Frgcedure

and bonafide.

Il is submitted that the petitigner is not

ffintit1edforqnyre1iefaSpray9dinthewritpetitioir.That
'Q\
^ci\r
(.,+ ,,o.{,Yio-o,
wrlt petitior-r filed by the petitionqr is devoid gf q.ny
$e
A 'l*$)llt'q{f .ffe"its and. is liabte to be dipmisspd.
F" ;'$^u'' ,.V
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2.

Thp.t

en

11.Q1.?015

at about 0500 ht$, thg p.rqqent

petitipner Friya Pqrarneswaran Pillai (Nafionahly-Inflian,

DQB:

13.03 .Ig77

&

$ex-F

qrnals; lrqlder

9f

Indiarr

Pa$$pert Ng. Q4i3$783 approached imrnigrgFpn chqqk

n

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,'/ A*

pa$t at Indira Gandhi Internatipnal .AirpQrt, New Deihi

(IGL{.). $he was intending

tp bqard fliglrt N9. AI'115 fgr

That while eonducting rqutine checks the iinmigration

3"

officials at the IGI Air.port, Nev., Deihi learnt that the

petitioner Priya Parameswaran Pillai is an LOC SuSject

No, 44S63IIi
dated 10.10.20i4.
4.

A numbered LOC was opened by Assistant Dir:ector, IB

regarding Priya Parameswaran Pillai on

10.

O1

.20

to

"prevent her frorn leaving India since she was gaing ta

project the image of Indian Governrne

negativel

International 1evel". LOC

is a secret docurnent

sec=*l3F

base of IB and cAnnpt pe

ema::.ating from a

shared. since the content, nature and data strue.ture. of

this data base is of huge interest to agencies inimical to

India's national interest. AImost

all countries have

provisions like the LOC, termed as Ng_ IiV,

!:i
{C,ornnxs}

western countries, which are classified as secret,

as per LOC text, action to be taken on detection

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jf'
*-69:_io.rtr)\..0?
o.,l\"{l';1li:o
1'\5
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g

in

mentioned as "PREVEwf SUA.IUCT FROM LEAVING.

t\l/

AND 1FJGINATOR BE IIIF)RMED'. The originator

\*u,r,"nc"'"j);)/4wna
-\J;=rr-

of the said LOC is/was , Joint nirectorj Inteiligencq

.-;
Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, and Government qf
i .."

India.
6.

That as per the instructions/directions of the originater

of the LOC, the present petitioner Priya Parame;waral:-r

1 1 "Q 1 .2Q

15 and was not allowed to leave indip,

ThE

orisinatal of the LQC was duly infqrmed

:='--1=:-

. That the LOC of petitiQner Priya Parameswaran

PitrlBi

was opened in accordance \Mith the directigns of MHA

issued vide office lviemorandum No. 25A16 l3I l2o rQr!#-'-_l

Imm dated
26.07 .10

PZ.LO.2O1O

''in the light of directions d4'ted

and 1 1.08.2010 passed by, Honble ,High court

of Delhi in writ Fetition

(civiljlg:

_19-1_?l_"r

2oQe titlQd

shri_y"@.Jrun"."{lg{l*" )Lllgl'I
No. 1315/2008 titled Sulper Singh- S-g'lkan Vs.

ASEtf ''

Director & others and Crl. Ref. 1---L-120o6-Court on'its Own

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----*"-

Motion Re: state vs. Gurnek singh etc. respecti.veiy. The

O.M. dated 27.tO.2A10 is enctrosed as Annxure'R-l.
8.

That LOCs are issued on two counts.' Fi{;tly,

c)
investigating agencies when

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, crimel'lSecondly, by

by

a person is involved in

Tthet security agencies including

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-'u,-ITlteIIIgeIICg

individual
an r^'u^"ts6*activities of 4r
(lB) when
wr,I
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lftllCaL{
i?S' .'o,,p1telligence Bureau
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prejudicial to the na
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''9.,,,,,.4x"at the Intelligence Bureau (IB) has been issuing LOCs',

for the last several decades for various reasons' all

Af.

which pertain to concerns regarding national secYlitv.

The securitJr situation in India

is threatened by the

{ f):
tb,
\nl
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insurgents and
secessionists!
activities of militants,

other

elements'' acting against nationai interepJ,

10. That Passports are issued by Government of india to

individuals pernritting them

to travei abroad

obtaining valid visa. However,

specific journey

after

if the purpose of the

is found to be with tlre

obje_ctive gf

carrying out activities, which would harm the overCl

I

2n lh.

national interest of the country or create $trgjps in

WAFn

friendiy relations of India with another country, he/,she

'hl ot

is prevented from undertaking that specilic joUrney.

11.

That the present petitioner priyra

pararneswaran

Pillai has travelled abroad, oq ,8 sglqEions (during

January 2OO7 - June 2OI2; to UK, Srnitzerland,
Netherlands, Nepal, Bangladesh and Thailandj and was

pre:ented as she was

f"T:'ker

not known to

b",

f- -X,l;$[ii^ 6$'uui,rg with any specific anti-rndia agenda"

e ^ gtt.;X;i"".#/*iiariy, other Greenpeace rndia activists

$;:-'.n1

continued to freely travel

12. That the preserrt petitioner

have

ad.

Priya parameswaran pillai

was travelling to uK to depose before a formal committee

of the UK Parliament with the clearly defined motive of

carrf

ing out a campaign against the Government

Af

India in order to impact lndia's image abroad, at a tirne

when India is looking forward to foreign direct

inve

tments in I ndia's infrastructure .and gg:l"q_Uftt

.g

secter.

13. --*
That Greenpeace

internS.tiqnal, headqr:arlered in the

Netherlands, has gerne tq

Tth., during 1l1s last

few

years, tp be fqcUsed qn India'$ energr plans, suspected

to be at the behqst of foreigrt interegts inirnical to the

overall natiqnal interest of India.

14. That Gregnpqace- Intqrnational'$

--Y1

of{ice has taken

very keen interest in oro*oilr:* the growth

Greenpeace

India's ground-level protests. 13

of
gf

Greenpeace International's foreign activists have been

noticed to be closely involved in Gr,eenpeace Ind.ia

activities (9 UK, 3 USA and 1 Australian nationality).

15. Thdfffithein

have been black-iisted as their activities

\_-_-//
were found to be in violation of visa rules and they were
(

{:;m
gWffi

nd to be training, motivating and

organising'

npeace India's activists to create field leve1 protestq

ar thermal plant and coal mine locations, apart from

k;,)lo,*,1;gP

16.

other activities that would damage India's ( enerry

security interestsJ
:
That the Income Tax Department has also found lhat

both of Greenpeace India's NGOs, namely

Greenp.eaQe

India Society and Greenpeace Environment Trust, were

l

in violation of the Income Tax Act and were issUed

keeping with the objectives provide-d

in the registratiQn

deeds.
L7

. That the main objective of Greenpeace's

foreign and

Indian activists has been'to step up agitations in

produciing regionq and

at

coa-i-

tlrenmal plant locations.

Gregnpeace India's fir$t major effont

at 'prQteEt q,reation'

$lglati distript (Madhve Pradesh)

agaln$t * 1=?00 MW Th*t* Pl t. In ry\2,it created a

was

al

Mehgarr,

fnsnt enti{y cailed Mahaan $angharsh $erniti

(MSS),

and psstq4 Priya P+llai there to qrganise the

t"dLj,
vi1lq.ggrs

18. That $ingrsuli wa$ ckroqsn by a grsup of an$e?glg]_q!9]

NGOs, including Greenpeace Intqrnati?tta],

4t

an'

international cqal otratery qonference in r,luly ?QJ-Z in

Turkey.
.f.-

t*al

It

was qhoq,en sinqe it i9 thg heart of India's

enerpi Bragranime and prpvides Tal fpr

15,QQQ

IffiiA plans tq expand its power prodrl$

*'!q+;:"d

that region by alother 15,0QQ Mw.

That ail prpt$legtil'rlies of Sreenpeace India and MSS

were funded almost entirely (more than ?|e/o) by

Greenpeaee Internptianal. Pttye Pararnqswaf,A1r RillAi
acting fpr and qn behalf pf GreenpqAce Ipdi? (fup9 4 hY

,A

AY

GrEenpesqg Intennational) proceeO

. , rr-

r,r^1-^^;

tn ris'ir,ro leVelS Of

order situatiqns arose on multiile o_c-9195ns' Thes.e'wre

dealt with by the local

pgy and such situsliQ't*

included preventing government officials access to the

allocated afea.

That Greenpeace International's funding pattern in itself

20,

raises suspicion. It claims that

from Governments or
donations

it does not receive funds

Coqporations,

but

cpllect$

in sgal_l, -?mounts froqlm:llli-onp of national-p

+%*-:

from various countries. This form of funding is ep,gqqq,

not available for scrutiny and is contrary tp

tleltpg-.-t9v lhqv''

!r 4po:l

_?11

the

g4ro_i: .?!rrig:9.94,

global donors and NGOs. For this reason, intelligence

agencies keep

a close wq[|_99 t1139!:lt_t:f of NGos

such as Greenpeace.

2L That FCRA registration has been provided

.':t:it:t:i::l\,
;"i]:.n,:rt:,fi"."approximately
45,000 NGOs by MHA and almost
..

:r

'.i:',

--

ta

all of

t)

'\,,

'eeiy since

the# a4hlglg-lo

loca1 laws such as IPC, CrPC and FCRA. Greenpeace has

been found to have violated several such provisions and

was therefore piaced under close scrutiny.

22. That Greenpeace India's foreign funding was curtailed

by MHA in 2014 on the basis of a large number of
specific inteliigeirce inputs. The inputs had included a

p
/\J

comprehensive list of Greenpeace's plans to

I

tn

nnn

r rrrt

+L^*^'l

'tak_e-dr9-YR'
c

through foreign funded 'protest creation' activitieg.

These were:

a. Fopr UMPPs (Ultra-Mega Power Projegtsi, which

MW of power, at
would produce 16000
.--**_*_

[MP), (ii) Krishnapatnarn (AP),

(i)

93qq"

(iii)

\J1rye

(Maharashtra) and (iv) Sunllggg1h (Odisha).

b. Specific coal-dependant industrial areas, which

would irnpact power production (nearly !5,000

MW),

ot (i) Mundra (Gujarat), (ii) Korba and

Raigarh (Chhattisgarh), (iii) Jabaipur (MP) and

iiv) vqgnryf_(uP).
c.

To organise construction workers l4ffbg4_are,as

of select metropolitan cities in India for hse in

itrs

agitations'.

t apart from varied advocacy campaigns against

coal

s and thermal plants, Greenpeace has also targeted

Kudankulum (Tamil Nadu) and Fatehabad (Haryana)

nuclear plant sites, genetically modified foods trials and
...-j#

--=:==

----_-.=-

India's tea export industry,

24. That after MHA action against

Greenpeace india'$

foreign funding, Greenpeace Internationalls U.K. offiCe

decided to take up the 'cause' of Greenpeace India with

the twin objectives of (a) channelling funds and support

forums

in order to

adver$ely impact lndiarq irBage

overseas"

25.

That this plan, at the first stage, involved funding and

co-ordinatinq the

t of Greenpeace I

(Priyu

named Mahaan $angharsh Samiti (MSS;

."il"i"ts to UK

during January 12-14, 2OLS in order to meet UK htFs,

Ministers and pressure groi:ps and to address a UK
Parliamentary group. Since the others did pot posse$s
-passports, only Priya Parameswaran Pillai was abig tq

obtain a visa in time to travel.

26. That Friya Parameswaran

Pillai's air travel expense$

were met by Greenpeace International's UK office (which

/ - ---\
she has also admitted). That is 4- violationf'of MHA's

orders, which placed Greenpeace International on the

;91'l;"'r7.

That, oo this occasion, there was specific intelligence

that Priya Pillai was going to testifyr before the All

Party Parliamentary Group on Tribal People,, a formal

standing cornmittee of the U.,K. Parliament (whieh

she has admitted to). She had plans to testi,f5r on

tht

alleged violations of forest rights of indigenous tribal

and the manner in which the Governmen-t t

t{

allegedly

increased efforts to rob the tribal peopie of their rights,

which is an absolutely false allegation.

28. That this AjS is

headed

by lvlartin Horwood

(MP/Liberal Demosrat) and cp-chaired br- Virendra

$hsrma (MP/Labour) who is the Chai, of the APPG on
tndp

-Fritish relatigns

"
:

29.

That national $equrity qenQgrns that qri;e orrt of priya

Fur***ffi'u

deppsins before

Farliansentary Comrnittee

ane : -

foreign

a. Priya Parameswaran Pitlai is one of the vgry few

j

Indian ac-tivists who heve agreed tp

depose

befgre a fornral

foreigp

c,q,mmi-,ttee

of +

Parfiament, whereas gthEr prorninent tndi+n

activists such as Medha Fatkar, PV

Rp.1-4ggpal,

Nartdini Sundflr, AdmirAl Ramdag, .Arlma

Rp)',

Fraful Bidwai, have never beqn knqwn to have dqne

sp. These activists have

reli d 9n all the in+titutiqns

of india'$ vibrant de*oqtaly es puqvtdgd fp

Indjan Qonstitution. They havp pratestgd th,rqugh

'dhq.rna$', fa$ts, rnarehg$, Approaahed Indian
:

' -':*:-----:-1'-

Courts at all levels, petitioned the

*-P---t

Ggvernr,nent and

ltate enC qqtrul

its official$ and h,eve er

used the print and elgc-tronic medie- tq qaltg

ely

t\e!

b. As expressly stated "core objective of .fgreign pg1iqtr/',

USA, UK and European Governments

and

Parliaments have started issuing Rnnudl Reports on

their

asses$ments

violations

of specific

hurnan

in various qountries. In

these Reports,

qvqntg related to a119ged hun'ran rights viplations are

nqrnstakingly recprdEd and test.iuroniep

NGQ$ and

9f globai

think tank qxpertq are re'aorded. In-

persgn testimonies

of human rights

activists

from the country being reported uBon are

preferred. Qne
uperx tdpic

pf trhe maQt frgquently

ie reiigigr:ltrggignr,

rQported

w@

t'EL pqgple and/a' indise

itf1qog-t.The US Govt., which has an

extra-

tenritoriai law (lnternatipnal Religigirg Frggd,gnn Aqt

1999) provi{es fqr sanQtiong Aga"rngt

o 'Qpuntry gf

Particular Qgncern' (QPC). India has been rated at

one ttotch abo"" ti.u CP

Qpnnmipsien

sn International

neHgi+up, Fre-edgno in

itujeuiljO14 and thu usjt*tq

i3t' R

2Qt4. The Report rnentipns l15i!g

aF

countriss where

it

in a tis{ pf 19

"urg$ _tpqqfg-_ud

]S_igt

attention'. The' UK Parliarnent'p f9r'mal co'mmitte'gs

.+,F-

=r

i$Eu-q$j1llff
IAPPG;) have begUn tq fpqug qn $irnilaf

in. In UK APPG's Report on, Reli'gilous Fr'eedom''

issued

in 2AL4, various alleged v.iolations of

+--1r'

religious freedom in India find de-failed merltion'

Simila'r1y, the . Eurorpean

SfSqp:"t's

-W,orking-

Group Report on Religious Freedqm (February

2OL4l places Ind,ia

in the lowest categor5r

(alongside Pakistan) as 'a 'Country of Particular

Concern' (CPC). Within the CPC category, India

was labeled as a "sedous*xiolator-*ol-religgp*..9q
belief'.
--8":-:

c. There

are indications that the UK Pariiament'$

:

APPG Report

on Tribal Peoples wili use

Parameswaran Pillai's testimony

Priya

to rate India qt a

iow level, leaving India open to a potential sanctipn

regime.

The

us 1aw gives powers to the us ,President to

issue trade,

**u,

and investment sanctions against

do not "perform" to
:

CPC countries, which

its

standard.
e.

with

regard.

to Religious

II
Freedom, Tribal People,,

Indigenous People, Violence Against Women'

Human Trafficking and Dalit Rights, ali reports from

\
various Commissions and countries fggg-gn-.ggqh "t
I

other and quote

each--o-ther, -th-rgby ---"lgutittg

f. This APPG Report on Tribal Peoples is expected to /

add to that documentation.

g. The US, UK and EU have cleariy mentioned in

COttl
I

documents and pronouncements that thesq Reports

.\

are made for the purpose of their being uQed as

"instrurnents of foreign policy".

h.

In line with this trend, since 2A06, European

Fariiament has already passed 6 Resolutions
against India on Dalit Rights and one on Viglence
Against women. The content of most Resolutions

indicates that the Govt. of India and Parlialnent

of India have not been able to protect Dalit

Rights or women Rights and call ,for EuroPean
union to factor in this so-called, fact in its trade
negotiations with India and Indian comp,anies.

This is a clear example of the use of human

rights by certain nations/gropps of nations in
:
their
of
objective
the
"core
order to forrvard
foreign policY".

i.

The vast documentation created through this wide

international network, has the potential to be used

as a'regulator' or an 'instrument of control' tq

subduelndia'sincreasingstrengthonglobal
platforms. Further, these instruments have hisrr
,, ,-

growth and development, which requires foreign

/
I

direct investment to create infrastructure and

--J

manufacturing capacity.
j

" Theqe ivery instrument$, apart from some others,

have begn used vely recently against Iran, Russia

and North-Kerea, all qf wfrich have had serious

impact

en the grgwth rates, well-being and

happiness qf the qiti:enq 9f thepe countries.

That frpm the abevq, it is cigar that $eme foreign

30.

nB.tiqnq/grouns qf natipns have evolved

system of

varieus 'instryrnpnts of contrQl' aS tpolq to furlhgr their

"cotre objectives of fQreign pqlicy", ma$ked

in thg qL?,,,S*6 of
i

..-'lr-.-**

.a

''"f"'1t''''t;''
''
.r1',,r\'.

-,prctecting civil nights. The intention iq

;{';

'\'

to use these

".

Rep'grts and related doqumsn"tation against talgeted

/i,

.1 ,,

,ft i
:ll 0
iil .'
i! r.

qeuiitrie$. An imBortant element

\i

.,'.'..

..

documentation

in

creati:$g this

is the in-psrsgn test:qs.onry{

activists, which serse$ to add credibility

tq

l.?9al_

theqe

Reports. Unlike at the United Nations, these Reports

by US, UK & SB do- nqt provide eppcrrtuniW tq the

gsvernrnent
Commissior.r

of India er the local EmbassylHigh

to reca,rd their epinion

hiased agai4st the targeted country'

e1rd A,re hg,avily

31. That the d,ocumentation that would be created by

Priya Parameswaran Pillai's testimony before the uK

Parliament's formal committee would have a global

cascading:'effect and serve only the for'eign policy

interest of a fqreign nation. It would lead to a false

and misleading ldepiction Cf India's mapsive efforts

to protect Tribel

People',s Riqhts and su'bsequentl5r,

India,s image abroad, especially when Govt. of India

ip inviti:ag foreign businesses to invest in India.

Given that Priya Faramesw+ran Piuai has all
freedsms available un{er the India.n gqnstitution,

her depqsind hefore a foreign Parliamentar){

qqmmittee has been judged :to be p.rejudicial to
tig,nal interest. The LQQ wap iss,,ged q1gt te

limit all

fiilo rruudsms, but was focused only on the prepoqed'

activity of her deposing before a foreign

Pqrfi.a,ment.

materjal tq ind:isate th4t the

petitiqnqr's intqnded actiQn wa$ prqjudicial to nAti

32. That thqre iE suffisient

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the beqt of
the egntents of thiq *5g1{3vit are true and cprrect to
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(LOC) in respect qf Indian

Sullject: Issuance of Loo]r Out Circulars
citizens and fgreigners
Undertheexistingpractice,theissuanceqfLOCsisgovemedbythis
Ministry,sietternumbuzsozzttstTS-F.Idated5,g.IgTgandoMnum\er
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date d

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has, inter-alla,been stated inihe
are
Mini$ry of qoT: Affairs' circulars
'aparl from the Cot uil indi'in the
of
a watch on anival/departure
issued by vuious
uutrroriti.i inciude the,Minisrry
Indians and foreigners, These
of Revenue
Tax enanrnenrs, Directorale
crrtoo, J';pi
Affairs,
f
Passpotl
Investigation, I1,:To1: X'egional
Intelligence, Centrai durruu of
further been stated
in uurloo.r Sf,tes, etc.' It has
Office::s; poiice
ths sirculars
,unless othetwise specified io tftt *ooing eircUlar itself'
that
will be regaided as
authorities specifi"ed above
uuious
ti*
or
urry
by
issued
ola uod the card rvili be'wet&l:iLY
invalid if it is *orc ttt* one Year

7.

it

;;,ilil-roirurging

tt,

olfxtelf

i;;;;

dJ;;il,

thefuture,itisconsideredtiratwheneveranyar:tirorityissuesawarnmg
ttt, period of ,vaiidity should be
authoritig!,
immigation
the
to
circular
will be
,rrlr it not don., the circuiar
if
.ir.ular.
in-tf,,
specified
clearly

consideredtobevalidonlyfor"pnioaofoneyeartromtiiedateofissue
bi the ;e;;on .*..*ed at tbe immigration
and a rvatch will be mai*uin.a
check posts only for.that period"

re3:r1'd
1o !:
OM dated 27 '12'20000f rvftr't31':t'i,il'^:tens
'un
citizen' It has been
lnditn
taken for opening an LOC io. "'p'J-of
r.qu.riior opening LOC tL tttqO:f
mentioned in the said oM rhat,the
Check Posts
to.9e palelo altr tire Imnrigration
an Indian citizen is required
that
It has furrher been stated
profonna.
.ouoti'il;qr:*:b.d
(tcp) in th.
,the
*ur, i*rrirbly be issued wjth the approval
request for openiog orroc
to the Govetnment of
,f
the
rank
beloi
nor
of an offrcer

%y'

n!

,n.

D;;;;;;ilny

SUperintendent
/ hint Secretary in'the State Govemment / concemed
orlelilti:
police
Fufther, 'Care must b'e taken Ul

India.

l;;.;

at district
ife per$on' m
the
p.articulilt,:i
identifyiag
compiete
agency to ensure that
ilthe Flolgrya-';:'
respect of whom the LOC is to Ue optn'd, iaindicate{
of onc'ygaf' Il canr
It ie tufthor providotl that 'an ioc ir v+lid fT o p^tfloo
rl gr one year period' In
however, be extended further before thl expiry
expiry of one ye4r
,ur. no iequest ror. .*t.nrion of LOC is received before
the immigration Officer
period an LQC will automaticaiiy be closed by

of

conrerntd aftu qxiiry ofone year period

(Civii) No.

4,

10180

The Hon,ble High Court of Delhi, u: WritPetition

Indid'and Ors'1, considered the
of 2009 tslui Vikr;;Ih**u vs. Uniqn of
of anioC oould be madb by the
question whelher a iequest for the t:t-11"t
f'Vli]e-{iyj.sing of the said Writ
National Conunission for Women (NCW)'
that 'a
irr. n,grr Court, in its order iated 26:] '2010, observed
froni the NCw'
ior the isiu*r" oi an LOC could not have en:anated
and that tQq
It had to come from either the Central or the State Govem'meRt
tttt officers of a certaq
only in the prescribed form and then again only.lf
dealing rvith cases of criminal
rank. In this context, while crimjrrai tcu*t
qf an
may resuit in the issuance
'
law errforcement can issue directior:s, rvhich
Passports'
the
or
ct.P.c'
the
vested ,ith.t under
statutory bodies like 'NCW' Being
.A,ct or under the lvftlA's circtilar, in
not vest the
a ciuil cou$ for a limited pqpgse does
of
po*r*
iit.
;;;r.d
and it his no authority as of today
NCW rvith:the po*.r, of a criminal courl
LOC ' ' ' ''
lo matt, a request for the issuance of an

i,;il;;
;i;;r;

;di;thil;;;; ;.dr;er

a large Lu9bel of statutory

The Court furlher observed, "thgre are
r*he Centre unA tn. State;which perforyr,judicial
commissions at the level of
of3ondugqg inquiries upon
functions and ue u.rtJ with, for the purpose
court. These include theNational
receiving complaints, the powert ol1 civii
the NCW, the.National Commi$sioo
Human Rights Cot*iitilo 61RC),
statutory bodies, however' have
for protection oi CfrifAiro', iught ,'These
courl and do not have powers'
not been vested *iU tirc po*.rJ of a criminal
of India to takp a policy
to enforce *i*inui f.*. it is for the Government
*[.irr* it wants to vest such srarutqry tribunais/conmissions
of today' they have-no such
with criminal law enforqement powers' Since as
issue further clarificatory
p.wer, it is imperative that tire M{A should
that the request for issuance of'
circulars or office memoranda clearly stating
i.*unute' from statutery bodies like the N9W'If at all' such
to the noticeiof .law enforcement
bodies should Urinftfr. necessary facts
make the request for issuance of 4n
agencies like the poiir., which wiit thsn
th:
tird situation, and stiictly in tetms 0f
LOC upon

5.

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* *r-.ri*; ;

th'

;:i' ji1yll-r,',l'n,,'ff
::li:n!!: }i:JLI ilJJJI;
':iT?
ffifi1"1'-l,l"l'ili'j;'i':iil";y;"
to, within a p.n
bod.ies refened

pro

ce

dure outline d, fo :

l:3""':

Xffi.J|rJr"'it ri.,3'-r',^u*tory
*reks fiom

today.,."

High
l1'8'2010'Uy'tlt Hon'ble
on
delivered
judgement
In a related
singh salkan vs' Asstt'
*rlti;)N;,liiiTzios-srmer
Vs'
court of Delhi *
o" iu O*o frotionRe: State
iA)nriilZOOO+ou*
Direcror & Ors'aiid
questions raised by a lowet
*'*'itOiout
ttu'
Court
Gunrek Singh etc','the
questions are as below:
couft on the LOC' These

6.

a)t/hatarethecategoriesofcasesinwhichtheinvestigatingagencycan
u"J""o.r whlt circumstances?
seek recourse of iook-out-circulrt
agency

b)
"'

ro o,
w-nat procedure is requireci

ioiio*.dby

iriott'opening a Look-out-Circular?
rn.ilr.'p.rson
c) what i, tt,. ,.?or;j availaulr

the investigaiing

Lookagainst whom such

out-Citcular has been oPened?

d)\llratistheroleofthe-concenredCourlwhensuchacaseisbrought
beforeitandunderwhatcircumstancesthesubordinatecourtscan
interyene?

7.

judgem:lli:l

The

questions in its
l{igh ccuc has ansru:ered these
ior guidance of all concerne.

li.g.Z't0 which;;;;trdrr.O

Urtonu

agencies:

*[ttt

a)RecoursetoLOCcanbeta}<ehbyinvestigatingagencyincognizable
tht accused wps
r^*t'
other
or
IPC
unJ'i
. offences
in th1_triai court despite
.,
anesr
evading
deiiberate,ly
of the
"iit.ppi.li"g
there was likelihood
m.*urri'*d
coercive
other
NBws and
to evade triaVanest'
to the
accused leaving the country
a written request ior Loc
givirrg
b) rhe r"".rti;"1iilof lionte Affairs'
,ir*i;;;iirfuisry
the
by
notijieci
as
shall
officer
ootpttent officer alpne
seeking-L;a:ir,.
for
reasons
&
rietails
this respect'
p*'i1s *:11:'t"
by
give directffi;;;;;'nine i9b";t
issued n'rust join investigation
i,
r,oc
c) The p*r.n"rg.mrj;ffi
utrott the court concemed
srroutf
appean'g itr?"'i'o' o'
againsthim'
thd Ld; ;^, *roogly. issued
&
or should satisfy the court
orderei.issual}ce of L'C
the
approach
also
LOC can be
'He nray
:explain that L'dc ,uu, *onjrv"'irru.o.ugainst,hirn'
and can,also be rescinded by
tn?ii,,u.a
authoriry
the
withdrawn by
or having jurisdiction o.ver
case
where
rheirrial courr
concerned'

ffi

$r;;;;ug

;;;;;;

'fr;;;;

J;il*g

0n
coricerned police station

an;;litt{t"

by the person

^1

,@

il

LOq is a

cQqrcive .measure

to make a

persQn sunender

to

the

investigating agency 0r Court of law. Thb subordinate :o.ury'

jurisdiotion in affirming or canceliing LOC is commensurate with the
jurisdiction qf cancellation of MWs or affinning

NFWs'

8,

t
fh,

(r-D\

with the qrder dated26.7,2010 qf the High Court of

Delhi, the rnattpt:ha$ bgsn discUSsed with the cpncorned ageacies an! the
fqllowing guidelines are hereby laid dqrvn regarfling issuanqe of LOCs in
In

egcordango

;-

,.

''t.

re$pect of Indian citizens and foreigners:

s)' The reque5t fpr opening an LQC wquld be made by thq originating
agroryig Deputy Direqtor, $urequ of Inrnrigratign @ol), East BlockVIII, R.K, Puram, Nqw pelhi * 66 (Tslefax: Qi I-2619244) in the
Frsfpmia gnoloiee.
b) The requqst for gpeniag 0f LQC rnust invariably be isEued with the
approval qf an officer nst belorv thq r'anh pf
UepW $eqretary to tite GquotAnlentrgf fu{ig; 9r
ii. Joint Seprgtaly in the $tate Qqver{iJt1$Ilt; gr
iii. District Magistrate qf the Distriqt
iv, $uperintendent of Polipe ($F) pf the Diltrier qoscqmsd; qr
v. $P in QBI or an officor of equivalpnt'levelwgrking in CBI; pr

"i.

qqqcpmsdjqr

qi an Qfficer
;vi.'ZonaiDirector in Narcotics ControlBureau $lCB)
ot equivalent level (includtng ,Asqistant Duectqr (Qps.) in
Heaoquarterq of NCB) ; or
DsBUty Cqryhsioner Qr an officer of equivalent level in
the DiresJoratq of Revenue Intolligqnoe gr Central Board of
Diregt Tgres or CentralBoatd of Fxcise and Custonns; ot
viii. Assistant Directqr of IBEoI; qr
ix. Depufy secretary of R&.A'W; qr
An qfficer not belqw thp iqvel of Superintqndent of Pqlice in
National Inveotigation Agenoy; or
,xi. Asslvtant Dilqctoi' qf Enfprqpiitent Pirectqratp;
xii, PrqleptQr of Ennigrants in the qffige pf the Ptotqotor,4te pf
Enigr4nts or an qffiqer not below the rank of Deputy $ecretary
of thq GQvernnrent of India; or
xiii. Designeted officer of Interpgl

, vii,

x.

or'

Furthsr, [0Qs ean also be issued a$ Bqr dirgqtiqns qf any Citntnal

Court in India,
c) The name and designation of the offrcer signing thg Prpforma fpr
requesting issuance pf an LQC must invariably be mentigned withgut which
the reque$t fpr ipsrlance qf !0C wquld not be ontsitaine{.
4

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. 'i.

6)

J:il;::T!i:'fi i#'l;:",lTi:i
ii$'i;;ii:iililfr'tri^1i
to ensure proper \-.'
bp'rntntioned
tt?
sho-u].0
room
respectivq cpntrol
up action'
:"tfi;;"iio" rot effectivc fcllow
hat complete
ttili"tti"g'uet"tv'o^tn:l: that

ii

e) Care must be tiil;;lt

*'

i1:';y'*';rugi:j ll',ffiil

;Hi'#'#!Tff ili-j:
of
uniesrl'T11*u*

tluee

;*pqt uu oe*to
be xloted *r,u,'rn l6C
apart fiorn
in,tlre enqloEed Prqfenna,
*!1u*n
identifying e*rfiiru,
can'also be issued if

;uJii'uL'gt-t"t iqc

lt
sex +nd nutionuitv,;;
p*tt* gqni**O utp avaiiable'
ti'rtu
particui+rs
nanrs and ourrpon
lu-uiury runrust
is the ,urponsiu'iiid";;;; o'i,sin'dJtg
tP
a4ditiqnai'parameta$
requests urO OiriJ,tr-'t
auth o riti e s in
j!
T;11i""-;, b r F
0
1e515 with the originat|g--S:::1,
pur$uanQe ot u"ibC
iPC or
in oodlizabl"o-ffeno1,s under
s) Recours.,o
in the encloied Froforma
in
iit-autuil'
qther penal'r+*i
'qrul]lw inuutiub'ly be provided

ifii'*ttv

s: !9c

it;;fe

+illffii,l f'il:'li':

:,ry]

f-ltr

,dJ[L Uriifi.
**i'
garding' ru.ron' h' lp *t -L^QU"
be anosteddetainEd'
of an L't nviii *qt
rvithout whicli ihe subjecl
g

re

h)
"' In

ca;os \"theio

ru,ui, the

hereisnocognilab;ffi;;;undqrlPQ'orstherpenal

LI c Jbj.i

f-Tl5Jl;ffiffi
r)

;:::l *-*li, :fi til:i;il11i1'Tfi

iHi,'fr

'll'#f,-:lffi iili"6jl'ti"suqhc'a$es'

of issue
oo; yttt'ftom the dets
prrloini
u
fqr
vaiid
The LQC wrilbe
fiom the LQC
ire uuto*u'i'dry
"Y1-1d
and naroe of the iubjoot;liaii

;,*ft i,'1''-"'i'J**?*-.1'Ufr-l*1TST'T'itffi :HiilH

unre$s the
r";;
I'm'+-.,f,'fi
t';il of the
lif I 3f Jitr;*X
f::-t:ti"uatien

':f

;iliilt

agencies oonl*"il+"iu'n"uv
autsrn+tio deletipn
ilq*uu*r,-u.is-pr*iiiol.for
u*"ji]d.
in
namqs
follq*ins qases::
*ppiioable in
i''lriooilt
after snq ,uu'
wantqd persons(
watching anival of
for
is1e{
a, Ban-entry LOCs
which h'u' u sPecific duration);

c.lQssofpassportLoCs'1',I,tii,t-,ordinarilyoontinuetiilthe
vali4itY qf the documPnt ) ;

lltffl; .'

I iiiJ
"'1tlfililill;TitxY,l:

@"
J)

exceptional cases, LOCs can be issued without complete

parameters and /or caSe details .against CI suspeets, teporists, antinational elements, etc in larger national intbrest,

In
\

k) Thc following proccdurc wlll bc adoptod in gase statutory bodles like

the NCW, the NF8.C and the National Commission for Ptotection ol
Chi.ldrenls zughts request for preventing any.Indizu:/ foreigner from
leaving India.'Such requests along \ivith fuli necessary facts arelfirst to
be brought to the notice of law enforceqent agencies like the police.
The S,P. concemed wiii then make the request for issuance of an tQC

upon an assessment of the situation, and strictly in tenns of the

procedure oqtiined for the purposi, The irnniigration/ernigraiion
authorities,will strictly go by the communication received from the
officers authorized to open LoCs

9,

as detaiied

in the para'8 (b) ai:ove.

It is requested that the contents of this 0M rnay

be brought to

the

notice of all concerned for strict compliance.

Encl: As above
(A:ruj Shanna)
Director (l&C)
Tel: 233892E6

to',

. an,rf

Secretaries of all State Govemrnents / UT Adminisirations

2, Ail Secretaries to the Govemment

3. Director, IB, Norih Block
4. Secret4ry R), Cabinet Secretariat,

of India

Bikaner House Aruexe

5. Dir,ector, CBI, North Block

6, Directol Genqral, Narcotics ControlBureau, R.K. Puram
7, Chainlan, CBEC, Department of Revenue, lvllo Finance, Nortb Biock
8, Chainnan, CBDT, Department of Revenue, NI/o Finance, North Biock
9, pG,Direciorate of Revenue liitclligence, CBEC, 'D' Block,IP Estaie
10.$irector of Enforcement, Enforcement Directorate, Lok Nayaa

Bhawan

i l.Additional Secretary, D/o Legal Affairs, lWo taw & Justice, Shastri
Bhawan
I 2.Additional Director, Bureau of Imnigation, R..K. Puram
13.ShriJ,P, Meena, Joint Secretary, NIIRC, Nerv Delhi
l4.lvls. Sundari Subramaniam Pujari, JS, NCW, 4-Deen Dayal
'
Upadhyaya Marg, Neiv Delhi
i 5.Shri g.f. Sahu, i.egistr.ar, National Commission for Protection of
Childreu's Rights, New Delhi
6

@,

J)

exceptional cases, LOCs can be issued without complete

parameters and /or case details .against CI suspects, tep'orists, antinationrll elements, etc in larger national inttrest,

In

k) Thc fotlowing proccdurc wlll bo adoptod ln gase statutory bodles like

the NCW, the NFEC and the National Commission for Proteclion of
Chi,ldrenls Rights request for preventing any.lndian/ foreigner from
leavirig India.'Such requests along with full nebesqary facts areifirst to
be brought to the notice of law enforceryept agencies like the police.
The S.P. concemed willthen make the request for isSuance of an tQC

upon an assessnent of the situation, and strictly in tenns of the

procedure oqtlined for the putpori, The immigration/ernigtaiion
authorities,wili strictly go by the communication received from the
offrcers authorized to open LoCs as detaiied in the para'8 (b) above.

9,

It is requested that the contents of this 0M

rnay be brought to the

noiice of ail concemed for strict compliance.

Encl: As abqve
(Arluj:Sbanna)

Direitor 0&C)
Tel:23389286

To:

1. Chief Secretaries of all State Govem-rnents / UT Administrations

2. All Secretaries to the Govemrnent of India
3. Director, IB, North Blpck
4, Secret4ry R), Cabjnet Secretatiat, Bikaner House Aruexe
5. Dire ctor, CBI, North Block
6, Director General, Narcotics Control Bureau, R.K. Puram

7, Chain:ran, CBEC, Department of Revenue,I'4lo Finance, Nortb Biock

8. Chainnan, CBDT, Department of Revenue,lvflo Finance, North Biock
9. pG,Direciorate of Revenue liitclligence, CBEC, 'D' Block,IP Estate
I

0.$irector of Enforcement, Enforcement Directorate, Lok Nayak

Bhawan

i l.Additional Secretary, D/o Legal Affairs, lWo taw & Justice, Sira$ri
Bhawan
I 2.Additional Director, Bureau of Imnigation, R..K. Puram
13.SlTiJ,P, Meena, Joint Secretary, Nm,C, Neiv Delhi
14.lvls. Sundari Subramaniam Pujari, JS, NCW, 4-Deen Dayal
'
Upadhyaya Marg, Neiv Delhi
15.Shri n.f. Sairu, i.egistr.ar, National Commission for Protection of
Chiidlen's Rights, New Delhi

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Government of india/Bharat
Srrfrr-'
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Ministry of Home AffairstGrih
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(Foreigners

.riirf.r,

Division)

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'A'V!ing,1'l Floor, NDCC-ll

Building,
(Opposite Jantar Mantar),JaiSingh
Roai,
New:Delhi*it0,Oqf .
Dated: tgh June 20ig.

: '

/ ./'Shri

'i .l Jlll'l

.Frakash Chandra Sahoo,

Chier aeneial
_in charse(DBOD)
O
r o f Ba n k iir g o p. i, ti oi
r,r,l-#u, op m e n r,
ln
R es e rve B a n k o f
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Mumbai _

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400 001

$ubject: Reque'st

to ptace

peuc. lnternational
and climate

9r.,:l r.gillin

Founda tion u nder watch,list

g',.",,,

works

blr,

Ministry of l"iome Affairs, Foreigners

Division (FcRA wing) administers
the Foreisn:,:.itjib*i:n (Regulatiolr
nglrioio're6nn,
zolo) for resurarins
receipt of foreign contributii
iry tne rvcbiliJ' t-hat the sarne is utilized rhe
for
bonafide werfaie acrivities *itrrrri
rorolpiri.i, concerns for natiQnar
interest and security.

,,'

2'

ln this iontexl, il l;l been dec,ided

to keep watch on all the activiiies
funoed by Green peace lnternation.f
,nO-'US,based Climate Works
Foundation (cwF) which contribures
to

r.rcorliiro-rirtions in rndia.

3'

rn exercise cf the powers conferred

under seclion 46 gf F'RA, z01p,
Reserve gank of rndia is, requested
ro instruct ,rr rne Banks and theii
b'anshes
to ensui:e rhat any fund frow
rio, in.
ngencies
to
person,
any
NG0/ 0rganizations in lndia
may oe brought to Lu notice of this
Ministry $0
ihat the funds are allowei-to o. .rloit.i'into
the
accounts
of the
recipient onlv after clearance,
of thii rvriririrv G^overnment organiza-tiols
can avair of foreign funding onry
with .t.rr"n.i of Department oi Econgmic
Affajrs' Anviinslance of Go-vern;.;i
;d;;lltir". leceiving firnds direcgy from
these Agenci'es may be withherd'.no
uioig;il'il; noti.. of this

,n;;;;r;;nor

Ministry.

4.

This has ihe approval of the Compete,nt

Authority,

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DBOD. AML. No. 2045211 4,0Q.001/201 3-14

June 20, 2014

SECRET
The Chairpersons / Chiei Exetutive Officers
All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs)
.

Madam/ Dear Sir,

Foreign contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010. Receipt of forgign contribution

by lndividuals/ NGOs/ Organisations from certain donors
,

'-

Under section 46 of the Foreign Contribution ( Regulation)Act, 2010, Ministry of HomeAffairs

(MHA), Government of

lndia has directed Reserve Bank of lnd.ia to instruct all banks to qnsure

that any fund flow from Gieen Peace lnternational pnd US,based Climate

Workp

Foundation (CWFI to any individuaUNGOiorganization, should be brought to the notice of

Ministry of Horne Affairs so that the funds are allowed to be credited to the accounts of
'the

recipient individual/ NGO/ association onlv afiei clearance from Ministry

of Home Affair,s,

Foreigne/s Division, FCRA Wing,. Further, Government organizations can avaii of foreign
funding only with clearanee

ri

Dgpartment of Economic Affairs and any instance of Government

organization receiving funds directly from above mentioned donor agencies may be rvithheld
and brought to the notice of lr4FlA

2,, All banks are accordingly aciv;seii l"'scsure compliance to the dliections issued by the

Government.

3. These instructions are issued under Section 35A of the Banking Regqlation Act, 1949. Any
contravention thereoi or non-compliance shall attract penaltLs under the Act.

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Compliance Officer/Principal Officer should acknowledge r.eceipt of this circular.

Yours faithfully,

*Chief General Manager

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