The Bombay High Court today directed that Union of India and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar be made parties in a case regarding levy of entertainment tax by Maharashtra government on IPL matches. The court gave the direction on a PIL petition filed by Shiv Sena leader Subhash Desai. It allowed the petitioner to make Mr. Pawar a party to the case as some allegations have been made against him in the petition. The PIL demands that Maharashtra government should recover entertainment tax from the organisers of IPL. The petition also alleges that in January this year the state government decided to levy the entertainment tax on IPL but the decision was not implemented. The court adjourned the hearing till June 22.
News On AIR | May 5, 2010 4:53 PM
Bombay HC makes Pawar respondent to IPL case