TVK leader Vijay appeals against single judge’s refusal to strike down ₹1.5-crore income tax penalty

Actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has filed a writ entreaty earlier the Madras High Court against the refusal of a azygous justice to interfere with the imposition of a punishment of ₹1.5 crore connected him by the Income Tax (I-T) section for not having voluntarily disclosed an further income of ₹15 crore during the fiscal twelvemonth 2015-16.

Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy of the High Court had dismissed the assessee’s 2022 writ petition connected February 6, 2026, aft observing that helium was rejecting the plea lone connected the crushed that the punishment bid had been issued wrong the play of regulation prescribed nether Section 275(1)(a) of the Income Tax Act of 1961 and not connected immoderate different crushed raised by the petitioner.