Referring to Jayalalitha’s petition for commutation for failure of filing Income Tax returns thereby conceding their mistake, DMK President Kalaignar said those who have interest in judiciary would like to ask the department whether there is no punishment for wasting the precious time of the courts by dragging the case for over 17 years.
Asked about the case against her adjourned further to August 21, Kalaignar said this case pending since 1996 and conducted in the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Economic offences) in Chennai in the last 15 years. The Income tax department had filed a criminal case against erstwhile Sasi Enterprises and its partners -- Jayalalitha and Sasikala -- for their failure to file returns for two consecutive years (1991-92 and 1992-93). The IT department alleged that they had committed offences punishable under provision of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The case picked up momentum after the Supreme Court fixed a six-month time frame for the economic offences court in Chennai to complete the trial. Accordingly when the judgement was about to be delivered suddenly Jayalalitha side submitted that they had moved the department for the compounding of the offences and seek adjournments. When the case came for trial on Aug 7 again adjourned hearing in the income tax case to August 21after her counsel informed it that her application for compounding the alleged offences was pending before the Income Tax department. If the department accepted the plea, those who have interest in judiciary would like to ask the department whether there is no punishment for wasting the precious time of the courts by dragging the case for over 17 years, Kalaignar said.
Asked about the case against her adjourned further to August 21, Kalaignar said this case pending since 1996 and conducted in the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Economic offences) in Chennai in the last 15 years. The Income tax department had filed a criminal case against erstwhile Sasi Enterprises and its partners -- Jayalalitha and Sasikala -- for their failure to file returns for two consecutive years (1991-92 and 1992-93). The IT department alleged that they had committed offences punishable under provision of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The case picked up momentum after the Supreme Court fixed a six-month time frame for the economic offences court in Chennai to complete the trial. Accordingly when the judgement was about to be delivered suddenly Jayalalitha side submitted that they had moved the department for the compounding of the offences and seek adjournments. When the case came for trial on Aug 7 again adjourned hearing in the income tax case to August 21after her counsel informed it that her application for compounding the alleged offences was pending before the Income Tax department. If the department accepted the plea, those who have interest in judiciary would like to ask the department whether there is no punishment for wasting the precious time of the courts by dragging the case for over 17 years, Kalaignar said.
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