CHENNAI, Dec 11:
The Madras High Court on Friday quashed the Income-Tax proceedings initiated against senior Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram and his wife Srinidhi in a case relating to the alleged non-disclosure of income for the 2015-16 fiscal and tax evasion.
Allowing a review petition filed by the accused, Mr Justice N Satishkumar held that the authority, who had sanctioned the prosecution proceedings, has no powers.
Earlier, Mr Justice M Sundar of High court dismissed the petitions filed by Karti and his wife following which they filed a review plea.
They had moved the High Court after Special Court Judge D Lingeswaran dismissed their discharge petitions on the ground that there were adequate grounds to presume the accused has committed offences, while finding merit in the evidence submitted by the prosecution.
Rejecting the plea of the accused that hard drives could not be admitted as evidence, the Judge said it was clear that the hard drives in question were seized from Chess Global Advisory Services Services and the seized hard drives were sealed properly and they were under custody.
After the Judge directed the prosecution to go ahead with the framing of charges in January this year, they moved the High court. (PTI)
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