Madras HC Bars Proselytizing Groups From Foreign Funding Registration

The Madras High Court has ruled that organizations involved in religious conversion cannot obtain registration under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act. Justice GR Swaminathan delivered this judgment while dismissing a plea from a Christian missionary society. The court stated that the FCRA was not designed to support proselytization activities. This decision reinforces existing legal restrictions on foreign funding for groups whose primary aim is religious conversion.