Chennai, September 15: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa today moved the Madras High Court for discharging her from a case regarding alleged willful failure to file wealth tax returns for 1992-93.
She also pleaded for setting aside a local court’s July 8 order, dismissing her application seeking discharge from the case.
When the petition came up for hearing, Justice P R Sivakumar directed issue of notice to the Assistant Commissioner of Wealth Tax, Circle II (2) returnable by September 27.
Jayalalithaa said the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate for Economic Offences had failed to note that on the date the complaint was filed, she did not possess details of her wealth for filing tax returns, leading her to believe ‘she need not file the return of wealth’.
–Agencies