SC adjourns hearing on Vodafone tax case to November 15

Lily

B.R
Staff member
New Delhi October 26:

The Supreme Court adjourned a hearing on the tax case against Vodafone to November 15 after the telecom company sought time to go through the Rs 11,218 crore tax notice sent by the Income Tax Department.

During the proceedings, the counsels appearing for Vodafone informed the apex court that they got a copy of the I-T Department's order late on Friday. "We got the orders of the I-T Department late evening Friday," senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for the British telecom giant, said.

He sought more time to file reply on the recent tax demand raised by the I-T Department on the overseas transaction following instructions from the apex court. This was accepted by a bench comprising Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices K S Radhakrishnan and Swatantra Kumar. "Place this petition on November 15, 2010.

 
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