The Bombay High Court has recently reprimanded Actor Anushka Sharma for filing a Writ Petition in relation to the additions by the Assessing Officer in terms of copyrights allegedly acquired by endorsing products and anchoring.
The petition was filed through Shrikant Arun Velekar, the tax consultant appointed by the Actor.
The award functions attended and films acted by the actress Anushka Sharma, in accordance with the tripartite agreement with Yash Raj Films Pvt Ltd were wrongly considered for levy of tax under Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, as per the contentions in the plea.
The tax consultant, on behalf of the actor, submitted in the original plea that the copyrights rest with the respective producers and it was bad in law to add the intangible assets to her total taxable liability.
On behalf of the revenue, AGP Jyoti Chavan argued that the actor had alternate remedies to pursue. Therefore, while allowing her to withdraw the plea, the high court left the state’s contention for an alternate remedy open.
The Division Bench of Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Gauri Godse observed that, “These Petitions are filed through Taxation Consultant of the Petitioner.”
“There is no reason shown as to why the Petitioner cannot file these Petitions on solemn affirmation”, the High Court of Bombay stated.
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