Days after the Madras High Court rapped popular Tamil actor Vijay over tax exemption for his imported luxury car, the HC came down heavily on actor Dhanush for seeking a similar tax exemption on the import of a luxury car.
The High Court has ordered the actor to pay a pending tax of Rs 30.3 lakh in 48 hours. In 2015, Dhanush had purchased a Rolls Royce Ghost car from the UK for Rs 2.15 crore. After importing the car, the top actor approached the Commercial taxes department for NOC, but the department asked him to pay Rs 60.66 lakh as entry tax.
As per reports, Dhanush then moved the court against the department's demand of entry tax. At that time, the court had reportedly instructed the RTO office to issue an NOC only if the actor pays 50 per cent of the said tax amount.
The Court later permitted the registration of his car as per rules and regulations following the actor's submission that Rs 30.33 lakh had been paid. Since then, the writ petition has been pending.
This case was again to the fore when Dhanush's counsel told the court that his client was willing to pay the remainder of the tax and wants to withdraw the plea.
However, the Court refused to withdraw the petition and directed him to pay the pending tax amount within 48 hours. The court also censured the top actor for failing to clear the dues even after the issue was settled by the Supreme Court in 2018.