Anushka Sharma files petition in Bombay HC against sales tax order after court's rebuke

Actor Anushka Sharma has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court challenging orders passed by the deputy commissioner of sales tax, Mazgaon, raising dues for the 2012–13 and 2013–14 assessment years under the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act. Both petitions are similar except for their challenges to the assessment years. Anushka filed these petitions through Shrikant Velekar, a taxation consultant, rather than herself, which irked the bench. The court has directed the sales tax department to reply within three weeks and adjourned the hearing till February 6.