Kalanithi Maran liable for TDS defaults: income tax department

CHENNAI: As Kalanithi Maran was inducted as chairman and director of Spice Jet Limited with effect from November 15, 2010, he is squarely liable for the TDS defaults committed by the company, income tax department argued in the Madras high court on Tuesday.
Additional solicitor-general G Rajagopalan, representing Union ministry of finance and assistant commissioner of income tax department, Delhi, made the submissions on the plea moved by Kalanithi Maran assailing the order of the department dated November 03, 2014 declaring him as the principal officer of SpiceJet.Such a finding by the I-T department would make him liable for the alleged tax dues of the company.
As the senior counsel for the petitioner P S Raman sought time to file response to the counter, Justice M Duraisway posted the plea to March 9. tnn