The Madras High Court has dismissed Tamil actor Vijay’s petition seeking tax exemption on a luxury car that he imported from England, Live Law reported on Tuesday. The court imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh and ordered him to pay it to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund within two weeks.
Vijay had told the court in his petition that he paid import duty on his Rolls Royce Ghost, which costs more than Rs 5 crore. The actor added that when he approached the regional transport officer in Chennai for a registration mark for the car, he was asked to pay entry tax. He filed a writ petition in the High Court in 2012 seeking exemption from this tax.
Justice SM Subramaniam pulled up the actor for trying to evade tax. “The petitioner, who is a reputed cine actor, is expected to pay the tax promptly and punctually,” he said, according to PTI. “In the state of Tamil Nadu, cine heroes rose as rulers of the state and, therefore, the people are under the impression…