The Karnataka High Court has sought a response from the Union government on a petition challenging a provision of the Income Tax Act that exempts gifts between spouses from taxation but excludes same-sex couples from the benefit.
Justice B Shyam Prasad issued the notice while hearing a writ petition filed last year by Bengaluru-based software engineers and IIT alumni Anurag and Akhilesh, who have been living together for the past seven years. The matter is scheduled for further hearing on July 15.
