Amitabh Bachchan receives Supreme Court notice for income tax
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oi-Tarneet
By Puri
Megastar
Amitabh
Bachchan,
who
was
today
issued
a
notice
by
the
Supreme
Court
over
tax
dues,
reacted
philosophically
to
the
development,
saying
"both
death
and
Income
Tax
Department
are
inevitable
in
life."
The
apex
court
issued
the
notice
on
a
petition
by
the
Income
Tax
department,
which
has
claimed
that
the
megastar
owes
to
it
Rs
1.66
crore
as
taxes
on
his
income
he
earned
through
quiz
show
Kaun
Banega
Crorepati
during
2001-02.
"There
are
two
things
in
life
that
one
will
have
to
face
-
death
and
I-T
Department.
Both
are
inevitable.
In
any
case
I
will
follow
the
Court's
order," Bachchan
told
reporters
here
at
the
first
promo
of
upcoming
film
Jolly
LLB.
Jolly
LLB,
directed
by
Subhash
Kapoor
of
Phas
Gaya
Re
Obama
fame,
is
a
satire
on
Indian
judiciary
system.
The
film
will
see
Arshad
Warsi
and
Boman
Irani
playing
lawyers.
Bachchan
was
the
chief
guest
at
the
event.
"I
am
truly
impressed
with
the
promo
of
the
film
and
I
really
liked
it
a
lot.
I
hope
the
film
achieves
great
success," he
said.
Asked
if
he
ever
had
a
bitter
experience
with
the
judiciary,
Big
B
said,
"no
not
really.
I
remember
when
my
name
cropped
up
during
Bofors
case
in
London...the
only
weapon
I
had
was
speaking
the
truth.
We
were
on
the
side
of
truth
and
we
won."
On
the
last
month's
gangrape
case
in
Delhi,
the
70-
year-old
actor
said,
"We
as
individuals
need
to
introspect
how
we
can
change
ourselves
instead
of
pin-pointing
fingers
at
others."