Chennai sources stated that the Madras High Court extended an interim order dispensing with the appearance of former Union minister P. Chidambaram’s family members before a special court here till November 2 in a case of 'non-disclosure' of foreign assets filed against them by the I-T department.
Accordingly a division bench of Justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad, has already reserved its order on the main appeals moved by Chidambaram's wife, son and daughter-in-law, challenging the prosecution initiated against them by the Income Tax department under the Black Money Act. Earlier on September 14, the court in an interim order dispensed with the appearance of Chidambaram's wife Nalini, his son, Karti and daughter-in-law Srinidhi before the special court for economic offences cases, Egmore till October 12.
Moreover as per report from the I-T department the three had failed to disclose a property they jointly own in Cambridge in the UK, worth Rs 5.37 crore, which amounted to an offence under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act. The counsel said all the relevant information had been disclosed by the petitioners in their returns filed under the Income Tax Act.
