Now People Can File IT Return Sans Aadhaar As Delhi HC Asks CBDT To Create A Platform For Filing ITR Without Aadhaar At least Till March 31, 2019 [Read Order]
Live LawAssesses can now file their income tax returns online without the Aadhaar enrolment number as the Delhi High Court, while providing the relief to two petitioners, asked the Central Board of Direct Taxes to create a platform for people to file returns without Adhaar till the deadline of March 31, 2019 for PAN-Aadhar linkage. The bench has asked CBDT to amend the digital form to enable to assesses to “opt out” of the mandatory requirement of Aadhar number for filing returns till March 31, 2019. In the case before the Delhi High Court, the petitioner had relied on high court’s May 14 order in case titled Mukul Talwar vs Union of India and Ors wherein the court had directed the respondents concerned to accept return of the petitioner without Aadhaar since the dealine for PAN-Aadhar linkage had then been extended to March 31, 2018. To this, the court ordered, “This court is of the view that at least for the period till March 31, 2019, the CBDT shall issue an appropriate direction and also create a platform for amending the digital form for substituting them properly to enable “opt out” from the mandatory requirement of having to furnish Aadhar registration or linkage for the duration the exemption subsists, i.e.