Foreign funding: BJP, Congress withdraw appeals from SC

NEW    DELHI: BJP and Congress on Tuesday withdrew their respective appeals from the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court verdict holding them prima facie guilty of violating the law on foreign funding. The counsel representing the political parties informed the apex court that in view of the 2010 amendment made in the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), they cannot be held liable for receiving alleged foreign funds in violation of the law.  “The petitions are dismissed as withdrawn,” a bench comprising Justices J S Khehar, Arun Mishra and A M Khanwilkar said when senior advocates representing BJP and Congress respectively sought to withdraw the petitions.