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These guys are downright stupid.
The biggest problem with activism in India is what you have said. They don't have a day job. That's why they are so clued out about the rest of society.
I sometimes think they break laws deliberately just so that they can use the Courts to make their stump speeches.
Board of India (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003
The analogy would be students taking funds for studying abroad, and besides spending on tuition fee, also spending on accommodation, food, etc.
Re Saket, Rana and Teesta: You are attacking these activists for using crowdsourced donations to meet personal expenses, while the ED/CBI are charge sheeting them. But isn't that the WHOLE POINT of seeking crowdsourced donations? One cannot spent money only on filing RTIs and PILs! One needs to buy food, medicines, clothes, etc. They have no alternate source of income and the reason they are into working in companies is that they have sacrificed a corporate for activism. Also, it is important for activists to travel to spread their message. If you are invited by Harvard you cannot go there by bus!!
So how the hell has any law been broken????