SC notice to I-T dept in tax evasion case against Karti, wife

New Delhi, Nov 16 : The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Income Tax Department in a tax evasion case of over Rs 7 crore against Congress MP Karti Chidambaram and his wife.
“Issue notice returnable in two weeks. The petitioner may serve a copy of these petitions to the office of the Solicitor General,” a bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and R Subhash Reddy said on a plea filed by the couple.
In May, the Madras High Court had dismissed a plea by senior Congress leader P Chidambaram’s son Karti and his wife against the transfer of the case from a lower court to a special court for MPs and MLAs.
The High Court had also declined to entertain another plea by the couple to quash the complaint registered by the I-T Department in the case.
The couple has sought exoneration in the case. Karti has also challenged the transfer of the case to a fast-track court for MPs/MLAs.
The matter is connected with the alleged non-disclosure of Rs 6.38 crore income by Karti and Rs 1.35 crore by his wife Srinidhi in 2015.