Anushka Sharma Challenges Tax Hike in Bombay High Court

Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has taken legal action against the Maharashtra State Tax Department

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for increasing levies on payments she has received for endorsements and hosting award functions.

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The case was presented before a division bench of Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Abhay Ahuja,

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where the government requested more time to file a response. The court has given the state government

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until February 6th to file their response and has scheduled the next hearing for this matter.

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The actress claims that the assessing officer incorrectly held that she had acquired copyright through

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endorsements and anchoring functions and had sold or transferred the same. Anushka's lawyer, Deepak Bapat,

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highlighted in the plea that the copyright of videos is always retained by the producer who also owns such

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videos and performer's rights which are not capable of being transferred or sold.

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