New Delhi, Aug 19: The Delhi High Court today posted the hearing on the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) to September 23 on the Rs 1.13 crore duty exemption granted to Sachin Tendulkar for the Ferrati car gifted to him by fiat. A division bench of Chief Justice B C Patel and Justice A K Sikri fixed September 23 for further hearing of the matter as Tendulkar was yet to be served notice in the case.

Taking suo motu cognisance of newspaper reports in the matter Justice Vikramjit Sen had on August 13 ordered issuance of notices to Tendulkar, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Sports. Meanwhile, Additional Solicitor General K K Sud informed the court that a fresh PIL has been filed on the issue in the Delhi High Court which was likely to come up very soon.

On August 13, the Delhi High Court had issued notices to Tendulkar and the Union government asking them to show cause why the import duty was waived for the car the cricketer got as a gift, describing it as a "profligacy" at a time when the Sports Ministry were refusing to increase the number of Arjuna awards due to lack of funds.


The court appointed advocate Arjun Bhandari as amicus curiae, who stated that he would file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in this regard. Bureau Report