New Delhi, Jan 11: The Supreme Court of India today dismissed a PIL challenging income tax exemptions granted to donations made to political parties.
A bench comprising Chief Justice JS Khehar and Justice DY Chandrachud said that the decision to grant IT exemptions is an executive action and did not violate any constitutional provision. The bench said that the action didn't violate the related provisions of the Income Tax Act, the Representation of People Act and the court cannot intervene in it.
Advocate ML Sharma, who had filed the PIL , had alleged that political parties have been granted IT exemptions in violation of constitutional schemes as this is not available to a common man.
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