Court Relief For Tamil Actor Vijay In Rolls Royce Case, No Fine For Now

The earlier order criticised Vijay for flouting the rules and said tax evasion ought to be "construed as anti-national habit, attitude, and mindset, and unconstitutional"

The Madras High Court has stayed payment of a Rs 1 lakh fine on actor Vijay for seeking exemption from trying to avoid paying entry tax on the import of a high-end car - a Rolls Royce Ghost. A two-judge bench of Justices M Duraiswamy and R Hemalatha also stayed a order passed by a single judge-bench of Justice SM Subramaniam, which was highly critical of the actor, and permitted him to remit the entire tax amount at this time. The earlier order criticised Vijay for flouting the rules and said tax evasion ought to be "construed as anti-national habit, attitude, and mindset, and unconstitutional". In a fresh petition Vijay challenged the fine and wanted remarks against actors to be expunged.