Madras High Court Bench Deletes Remarks Made By Single Judge Against Actor Vijay

The adverse remarks were not at all necessary for just and proper disposal of the writ petition challenging the orders of the Commercial Tax department, which imposed a hefty amount towards entry tax, the actor's senior counsel Vijay Narayan told the bench.

A division bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday expunged the adverse remarks made by a single judge against top Tamil actor Vijay on the issue of entry tax over the import of a luxury car from England in 2012.

The bench was allowing a writ appeal from the actor, seeking to remove the adverse remarks made by Justice S M Subramaniam in his orders delivered on July 8, 2021 over the import of a Rolls Royce car.

"The order of the (learned) single Judge, wherein, certain disparaging remarks were made, appears to be wholly unwarranted, as there was uncertainty as to the state of law relating to Entry Tax and divergent views were expressed not only by the High Courts, but by the Supreme Court as well. Thus, to impute motives to a litigant or castigating him for taking a particular legal position or exercising his constitutional right under Article 226 is unwarranted," the bench of Justices Pushpa Sathyanarayana and Mohammed Shaffiq said.

The adverse remarks were not at all necessary for just and proper disposal of the writ petition challenging the orders of the Commercial Tax department, which imposed a hefty amount towards entry tax, the actor's senior counsel Vijay Narayan told the bench.