SC HEARS PLEA ON AADHAAR

The Supreme Court “prima facie” found nothing wrong in the NDA government’s controversial rule making Aadhaar number mandatory for filing Income Tax returns, saying it was a shame that people in India evaded taxes. A bench headed by justice AK Sikri agreed to examine the validity of the new I-T law, but also questioned the petitioners for doing so.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court “prima facie” found nothing wrong in NDA government’s controversial rule making Aadaar number mandatory for filing Income-Tax (I-T) returns, saying it was a shame that people in India evaded taxes.

A bench headed by Justice AK Sikri agreed to examine the validity of the new I-T law, but also questioned the petitioners for doing so.

It wondered why Members of Parliament chose not to object to the decision if the new provision was draconian as argued by petitioners. “It is a shame that in this country people evade tax. But there are tax evasions. Once there is a tax evasion the government has come out with the new provision. Government is trying to plug all these evasions,”