The Madras High Court Friday quashed Income Tax department’s order sanctioning criminal prosecution of P Chidambaram’s family members in the blackmoney case.
The Madras High Court Friday quashed Income Tax department’s order sanctioning criminal prosecution of P Chidambaram’s family members in the blackmoney case. A division bench of justices S Manikumar and Subramania Prasad quashed the criminal prosecution saying no case was made. The writ petitions by Chidambaram’s wife Nalini, his son Karti and daughter-in-law Srinidhi were filed challenging the criminal prosecution initiated by the I-T Department against them.
According to the I-T Department, the three had failed to disclose a property they jointly own in Cambridge in the UK, worth Rs 5.37 crore,, which, they said, amounted to an offence under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act.
The department has also alleged that Karti Chidambaram had failed to disclose an overseas bank account he holds with Metro Bank in the UK and investments he had made in Nano Holdings LLC, USA. He had also “failed” to disclose investments made by Chess Global Advisory, a company co-owned by him, which amounts to an offence under the Black Money Act, the department said in its complaint filed in the special court in May
The Madras High Court had earlier extended the interim order dispensing the appearance of Chidambaram’s family members before a special court till Friday, in the case of ‘non-disclosure’ of foreign assets filed against them by the I-T Department.
According to the I-T Department, the three had failed to disclose a property they jointly own in Cambridge in the UK, worth Rs 5.37 crore,, which, they said, amounted to an offence under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act.
The department has also alleged that Karti Chidambaram had failed to disclose an overseas bank account he holds with Metro Bank in the UK and investments he had made in Nano Holdings LLC, USA. He had also “failed” to disclose investments made by Chess Global Advisory, a company co-owned by him, which amounts to an offence under the Black Money Act, the department said in its complaint filed in the special court in May
The Madras High Court had earlier extended the interim order dispensing the appearance of Chidambaram’s family members before a special court till Friday, in the case of ‘non-disclosure’ of foreign assets filed against them by the I-T Department.