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| proceedings against Jayalalithaa .. |
| High Court upheld trial court order
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| INDIA
, 4-January-2007
1:9:57 AM |
| The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed all further proceedings initiated by the Income Tax department against former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Court, Economic Offences-1, Egmore, Chennai, for not filing income tax returns.
A Bench of Justice B.N. Agrawal and Justice P.P. Naolekar stayed the proceedings until further orders while admitting a batch of appeals filed by Ms. Jayalalithaa, her close aide N. Sasikalaa and Sasi Enterprises (of which both were partners) against a Madras High Court judgment rejecting their plea for discharge from three cases.
The department launched criminal proceedings in 1996 and 1997 against Ms. Jayalalithaa for not filing income tax returns for the assessment year 1993-94, though she had taxable income. Cases were also filed against her associate Sasikalaa and Sasi Enterprises for 1991-92 and 1992-93. The trial court dismissed the discharge applications filed by Ms. Jayalalithaa and Ms. Sasikalaa and the Madras High Court dismissed their appeals against the trial court order. Subsequently, the court directed the two to appear in the court on January 29 stating that the trial would be conducted on a day-to-day basis. Special leave petitions were directed against the December 2, 2006 judgment of the High Court.
Appearing for Sasi Enterprises, senior counsel Harish Salve submitted that the appellate authority in appeal had assessed the tax liability of the firm at nil, rendering the entire prosecution malicious. The appeal filed by the department against this order was pending before the Tribunal and had not attained finality
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