Special court issue summons to Mallya

In fresh trouble for the head of crisis-ridden Kingfisher Airlines, Vijay Mallya, the Special Court for Economic Offences here has issued summons to him on an Income-Tax Department criminal case for not remitting to government the tax deducted at source from salaries of its employees.

The court's action came after it took cognisance of the offence under sections 276B and 278B of the I-T Act, 1962, for not remitting Rs 74.94 crore deducted as TDS in 2009-10 fiscal and Rs 23.70 crore imposed as interest for not meeting the deadline stipulated for payment.