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Kunnur Seenivasan, a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) functionary, has filed a petition with the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on the ground of the recent Supreme Court ruling regarding the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) reservation. Seenivasan has contended that there is no rationale beh
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Kunnur Seenivasan, a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) functionary, filed the petition.
The petitioner argues that since families earning up to £8 lakh annually qualify as Economically Weaker Section (EWS) according to a Supreme Court ruling, the government should not collect income tax from individuals within this income bracket.
The petition refers to the Supreme Court's ruling in Janhit Abhiyan vs Union of India, which upheld the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment allowing for EWS reservation with a gross annual income limit of £7,99,999.
The petition seeks to declare Paragraph A in Part-I of the First Schedule of the Finance Act 2022 'ultra vires', which sets the income tax slab for individuals earning above £2.5 lakh annually.
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has issued a notice to the central government regarding the petition and adjourned the case for two weeks.
Notice has been issued to the Ministries of Law and Justice, Finance, and Personnel.
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