The Madras high court stayed last month’s government order that had cancelled registration of NGO Greenpeace India, and observed that the Tamil Nadu Registrar of Societies (RoS) had failed to follow the principles of natural justice, reported Times of India.

According to the NGO, the court has granted an unconditional stay to the cancellation of it’s registration, which had happened for the sixth time in the last one and a half year as the NGO is being regularly targeted by various bodies. Legally India has covered various litigation matters of Greenpeace here, here and here.

Greenpeace India representative was quoted as saying, “We were confident the courts would agree that Greenpeace is on sound legal footing and has done nothing wrong, notwithstanding the government’s ridiculous allegations of fraud in this instance. Our accounts are an open book and on our website for all to inspect.”