“We have decided the appropriate time to go to Parliament is after we have been able to resolve the Vodafone case and get clarity on how that case has been resolved,” Chidambaram said at a customary post-Budget interaction with business chambers.
“I think without resolving the Vodafone case, if we go to Parliament, it would ask what is going on.
It would say, ‘Last year, you came to us. We amended the Act.
‘This year, you are coming to us to amend it again. What happened to the Vodafone case?’ What would I answer?” he asked.
He said his ministry was aware of the Parthasarathi Shome committee’s recommendations.
“Appropriate decisions will be taken on the Shome committee recommendations. I cannot tell you now.
“The time to go to Parliament is not on a piecemeal basis, but to look at all the amendments made last year, arising directly or indirectly from the Vodafone case, after the case is resolved.”
Chidambaram was responding to a query from the floor of the House.
The query related to clause (i) of sub-section (1) of section 9, where ‘capital asset situated in India’
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