Court Summons Shilpa Shetty And Husband Raj Kundra In Delayed TDS Payment Cases
Ballard Pier magistrate's court has issued summons to actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra and her husband Raj Kundra, and a chief financial officer, in two separate cases of delay in TDS payments
Ballard
Pier
magistrate's
court
has
issued
summons
to
actor
Shilpa
Shetty
Kundra
and
her
husband
Raj
Kundra,
and
a
chief
financial
officer,
in
two
separate
cases
of
delay
in
TDS
payments
by
Best
Deal
TV
Pvt
Ltd,
a
company
that
ran
a
home
shopping
channel.
According
to
a
report
in
Times
Of
India,
they
have
been
asked
to
appear
in
person
or
submit
a
bail
plea
through
a
lawyer
on
October
20,
which
is
also
the
next
date
of
hearing.
Special
public
prosecutor
Amit
Munde
told
the
court
that
one
case
related
to
delayed
payment
is
of
more
than
Rs
88.8
lakh
TDS
deducted
in
2015-16,
and
the
second
is
for
over
Rs
58.8
lakh
TDS
deducted
in
2016-17.
Munde
also
said
that
there
was
a
delay
of
over
one
year
in
depositing
the
amounts
in
the
government
treasury.
Prosecution
Claimed
The
Offence
Punishable
Under
Section
276
B
The
prosecution
said,
"After
deduction
of
TDS,
instead
of
depositing
such
amount
to
the
government
account
within
due
date,
the
assessee
retained...
money,
therefore
the
deductor
has
committed
a
default
under
sections
200
and
204
of
the
Income
Tax
Act...By
failing
to
deposit
TDS
without
a
reasonable
cause
or
excuse
to
pay
the
TDS
so
deducted,
the
default
amounts
to
an
offence
punishable
under
section
276
B
(failure
to
pay
TDS)
of
Act."
Shilpa
Shetty
Has
Claimed
She
Was
Not
Aware
Of
TDS
Defaults
Shilpa
Shetty
Kundra
has
responded,
claiming
she
was
not
aware
of
such
TDS
defaults
since
all
activities
related
to
events
and
business
activities
were
undertaken
by
the
managing
director
and
other
managerial
personnel.
According
to
reports,
the
actress
has
also
revealed
to
the
court
that
she
had
neither
drawn
any
sitting
fees
nor
remuneration
from
the
company.
Shilpa
Shetty
Is
Currently
Shooting
For
Hungama
2
On
the
other
hand,
the
prosecution
has
claimed
that
as
per
the
annual
return
uploaded
by
the
firm,
Shilpa
Shetty
had
attended
all
board
meetings
and
her
name
was
entered
in
the
remuneration
details.
The
prosecution
also
told
the
court
that
the
directors-the
Kundras
and
Darshit
Shah-are
responsible
for
paying
tax,
and
hence,
Section
278B
(director,
managers,
etc
of
a
firm
can
be
prosecuted
for
default)
was
also
attracted
in
both
the
cases.