MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday allowed 25 people to file their income tax returns without Aadhaar details . A division bench headed by Justice M S Sanklecha was hearing petitions filed by 25 people, seeking a direction to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the income tax department to accept their ITR forms without their Aadhaar card details.

The petitioners claimed the I-T website wasn’t accepting their forms without the Aadhaar number. The HC was informed by the CBDT lawyer that its system wouldn’t accept the forms without the details.

The bench then directed the CBDT and the IT department to accept the forms manually at their office on July 2.

The court has posted the matter for further hearing on July 17.

