As per the case facts these petitions primarily challenge the constitutional validity of amendments to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act made by the Amendment Act The petitioners including trusts engaged ... in social upliftment activities argued that the amendments were arbitrary unreasonable and infringed upon their fundamental rights The appeal arose because the new provisions particularly those concerning the receipt and transfer of foreign contributions and identification requirements were seen as unduly restrictive The question arose whether the amended provisions of the Act specifically Sections A A and are intra vires the Constitution and the Principal Act Finally the Supreme Court declared that the amended provisions of the Act namely Sections A A and are intra vires the Constitution and the Principal Act Regarding Section A the Court read down the provision to permit key functionaries office bearers of applicant associations NGOs who are Indian nationals to produce an Indian Passport for identification considering it substantial compliance