Calling the charges “bereft of merit”, a Delhi court has dismissed a complaint by the income tax department against Newslaundry, its CEO Abhinandan Sekhri, and others.
The department had accused Newslaundry and the other accused of wilfully attempting to evade tax, and preparing a bogus valuation report. “No criminal conspiracy of any kind was hatched by the accused persons,” additional chief metropolitan magistrate Anurag Thakur concluded in his order dated November 24.
