The Supreme Court requested a response from the Income Tax Service regarding the pleas of Karti Chidambaram and his wife
New Delhi:
The Supreme Court on Monday asked for a response from the income tax department to requests from Congressman Karti Chidambaram and his wife challenging the transfer of a tax evasion case filed against them to a lower tribunal than a tribunal special for MPs and MPs.
A bench of judges Ashok Bhushan and R Subhash Reddy notified the IT department of an appeal by Karti Chidambaram, son of Congress leader P Chidambaram, against the judgment of the Madras High Court.
The High Court had dismissed petitions filed by Karti Chidambaram and his wife to quash two criminal complaints under the Income Tax Act and the proceedings before the Special Court for Members of Parliament / Members of Parliament.
“Issue a notice, refundable in two weeks. The petitioner can serve a copy of these petitions on the Solicitor General’s office,” the Supreme Court said in its order.
The case concerns the alleged non-disclosure of income of Rs 6.38 crore by Karti Chidambaram and Rs 1.35 crore by his wife Srinidhi Chidambaram in 2015.
According to the income tax department, Karti Chidambaram, elected to Lok Sabha of Sivaganga constituency in the 2019 elections, and his wife had received the cash amount for the sale of land in Muttukadu but did not have not disclosed in their IT statements.
The deputy director of the IT department of Chennai had filed a complaint on September 12, 2018 against the applicants before the Additional Court of the Chief Metropolitan Magistracy-II (economic offenses) for violations of articles 276 c (1) and 277 of the law. computer science.
