I-T Department opposes same-sex couple’s plea for claiming ‘spouse’ benefits
The Income Tax Department opposed the same sex couple's plea and told the court that it is "misconceived" and should be dismissed.
The Income Tax Department opposed the same sex couple's plea and told the court that it is "misconceived" and should be dismissed.
The Income Tax department on Friday raided multiple premises including the residence of Trinamul Congress MLA Debasish Kumar as well as the homes and offices of two other leaders of the party, triggering political tension in the Assembly elections.
The Chief Minister was reacting to a Delhi court discharging Kejriwal and Sisodia in the alleged liquor policy scam and pulling up the CBI for implicating the two leaders without any material evidence.
The minister’s remarks are significant as it is a rare instance of a ruling party leader publicly criticising action by a central agency against an Opposition politician.
The attachment has been carried out under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, through a Provisional Attachment Order.
According to information, Girija Devi's year of birth mentioned on her PAN card is 1903. The Income Tax Department considered her the oldest taxpayer in the country. The IT Department had honoured her for the same in 2020.
The Income Tax department, under Project Panther, is unearthing benami properties of jailed gangster-turned politician Mukhtar Ansari.
Kalyani got elected as a BJP legislator in the 2021 state Assembly elections but shifted to ruling Trinamul Congress soon after.
'During the course of the survey, the (Income Tax) Department gathered several (pieces of) evidence indicating that tax has not been paid on certain remittances which have not been disclosed as income in India by the foreign entities of the group,'' the Finance Ministry said without directly naming the BBC.
Criticism has been raised in the international media that this is an attack on media freedom, he wrote on Facebook.
