Chennai, July 27 (UNI) In a relief to popular Tamil actor Vijay, the Madras
High Court on Tuesday stayed a single Judge order imposing a fine of
Rs one lakh on him for filing a petition seeking entry tax exemption for his
Rolls Royce Ghost car imported from England in 2012.
Granting an interim stay, a Division Bench comprising Justices
M Duraiswamy and R Hemalatha. however, said a decision on the
actor's another plea of removing critical remarks passed against
him by the Single Judge would be taken during the next hearing.
Appearing for the actor, senior Counsel Vijay Narayan submitted
that he was not challenging the entry tax demand and was only
challenging the adverse observations made by the Single Judge
who had imposed Rs one lakh fine on July 13.
Granting the stay, the division bench directed the actor to pay
the balance 80 per cent within a week of demand challan issued
by the tax department (20% tax already ordered to be paid in
2012).
On a plea from Vijay Narayanan requesting the court to direct
the department to issue the challan within a week as the issue
need not be dragged for long, the court directed the department
to raise the demand challan within a week.
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