For the past 2 years in April, Jitendra Chawla, better known as Jack Charles, the owner of Extra House, has made the news for his unusual birthday party for the country's children who shares their birthday with his son, Vansh. Well, tonight, he's making the news because he has been charged with GST offences, and he dodged being sent up to prison.
Officers of the General Sales Tax are reporting that he and his employee Rakesh Marjani Bhudjwani refused to allow them to enter their business place, Orkay Imports on September 11, which is a GST offence.
They were to produce copies of purchased invoices which would show GST how much revenue the business place was making for previous years up to September 2013. They didn't and when the officers showed up to pick them up themselves, on the orders of both men, allegedly, they were denied entry.
Both of them were subsequently charged with willfully delaying and obstructing GST Officers from carrying out their duties. They were arraigned today before Magistrate Dale Cayetano, where they pleaded not guilty.
They were granted bail of $1,000, which they were able to meet, and both men were allowed to leave court freely.
Chawla has a pending case in the Supreme court against the GST Office.
