I-T dept submits report on raid at min’s house Informs Court That ₹4cr Was Seized In Total
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:11.01.2019
The Income Tax department on Thursday furnished to the Madras high court reports pertaining to raids and seizures made in the residences of Tamil Nadu health minister C Vijayabaskar and others in connection with bribing voters of RK Nagar assembly constituency during the 2017 byelection.
The department informed the court that ₹4.71 crore was seized from the minister and others.
“ ₹3 lakh from Vijayabaskar, ₹3 lakh from Srinivasan, ₹1.10 crore from Kaplesh S Shah, ₹6 lakh from Sadique Batcha, ₹8 lakh from V Karthikeyan, ₹11 lakh from R Sarathkumar, ₹20 lakh from R Chinnathambi, ₹15 lakh from R Senthil Kumar, and ₹2.95 crore from Nainar Mohammed was seized,” counsel for the department, A P Srinivas, said.
He made the submissions before a division bench of Justice M Sathyanarayanan and Justice P Rajamanickam on the plea moved by DMK RK Nagar candidate Marudhu Ganesh and others.
The petitioners wanted the court to order a CBI inquiry into money distribution to voters in RK Nagar constituency during the byelection.
When the plea came up for hearing, the bench received the reports filed in a sealed cover and directed the registry to keep the documents in safe custody.
Appearing for Marudhu Ganesh, senior counsel P Wilson submitted that after the Income Tax department decided to share its confidential documents and secret reports with the Election Commission of India (ECI) based on which the commission cancelled the elections, the department cannot claim it was a secret document.
“In a case of this nature involving public interest, questioning wastage of public money and to initiate criminal action for acts of bribery, there should be absolute transparency in the court proceedings,” Wilson said.
He further added that at the next hearing he would submit judgments that held no privilege or confidentiality can be claimed by the department over the reports and documents submitted to the court in a sealed cover.
Recording the submissions, the bench posted the pleas to January 18 for further hearing.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:11.01.2019
The Income Tax department on Thursday furnished to the Madras high court reports pertaining to raids and seizures made in the residences of Tamil Nadu health minister C Vijayabaskar and others in connection with bribing voters of RK Nagar assembly constituency during the 2017 byelection.
The department informed the court that ₹4.71 crore was seized from the minister and others.
“ ₹3 lakh from Vijayabaskar, ₹3 lakh from Srinivasan, ₹1.10 crore from Kaplesh S Shah, ₹6 lakh from Sadique Batcha, ₹8 lakh from V Karthikeyan, ₹11 lakh from R Sarathkumar, ₹20 lakh from R Chinnathambi, ₹15 lakh from R Senthil Kumar, and ₹2.95 crore from Nainar Mohammed was seized,” counsel for the department, A P Srinivas, said.
He made the submissions before a division bench of Justice M Sathyanarayanan and Justice P Rajamanickam on the plea moved by DMK RK Nagar candidate Marudhu Ganesh and others.
The petitioners wanted the court to order a CBI inquiry into money distribution to voters in RK Nagar constituency during the byelection.
When the plea came up for hearing, the bench received the reports filed in a sealed cover and directed the registry to keep the documents in safe custody.
Appearing for Marudhu Ganesh, senior counsel P Wilson submitted that after the Income Tax department decided to share its confidential documents and secret reports with the Election Commission of India (ECI) based on which the commission cancelled the elections, the department cannot claim it was a secret document.
“In a case of this nature involving public interest, questioning wastage of public money and to initiate criminal action for acts of bribery, there should be absolute transparency in the court proceedings,” Wilson said.
He further added that at the next hearing he would submit judgments that held no privilege or confidentiality can be claimed by the department over the reports and documents submitted to the court in a sealed cover.
Recording the submissions, the bench posted the pleas to January 18 for further hearing.
No comments:
Post a Comment