Petition filed by Service Tax department which challenged an order passed by the Debt Recovery Tribunal and to recall the auction sale of Mallya’s private aircraft.
Petition contended that Mallya owes Rs 32.68 crore as service tax from the tickets sold to passengers of Kingfisher Airlines between April 2011 and September 2012. The total unpaid dues that Mallya owes to the department stand at about Rs 532 crore.
Mallya’s jet Airbus 319 had also been attached by the department.
Today, bench headed by Justice S C Dharmadhikari and Justice B P Colabawala stated that Vijay Mallya flew away without bothering about boundaries same as he aptly named his company ‘Kingfisher’. Court further stated that “Does anyone know why he came up with the name ‘Kingfisher’ for his entity? In history no one could have come up with a more apt name for this entity. Because Kingfisher is a bird that can fly away…it knows no boundaries…no boundaries can stop it. Just like how no one could stop him (Mallya),” Justice Dharmadhikari said.
The court has posted this petition for hearing on September 26.
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