The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear in August the appeals filed by Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi against a Delhi High Court order allowing re-assessment of their Income Tax for 2011-12 in connection with the National Herald case.
A Bench granted liberty to the petitioners to approach the Delhi Income Tax Appellate Tribunal for expeditious hearing of pending appeal challenging the retrospective cancellation of registration granted to Young Indian under the I-T Act. The Gandhis have challenged the Delhi High Court’s September 10 verdict.
On January 8, the I-T department had informed the apex court that an assessment order (AO) with respect to the Gandhis for 2011-12 in connection with the National Herald case was passed but not given effect to.
