Bankruptcy petition hearings against the owners of a Bradford curry house have been put on hold until the outcome of another Court battle.
The petitions against two of the six partners of Mumtaz Paan House, Great Horton, Road, have been filed by HM Customs and Excise for unpaid VAT. Now it has agreed to postpone its High Court claim while Mumtaz challenges the original VAT tribunal ruling in the European Court.
In January 1998, the tribunal ordered the partners to pay back £204,000 in tax and an extra evasion penalty of £197,000. The tribunal found Mumtaz had operated several tax evasion "scams", including recording restaurant bills as non-taxable cold food.
Since then Mumtaz partner Dr Gul-Nawaz Akbar has been refused leave to appeal at London's Court of Appeal and is now taking the case to the European Court of Human Rights. A HM Customs & Excise spokesman said: "The two bankruptcy petition hearings were due to be held at the High Court in London this week and last week. We've agreed to adjourn the case in light of the ongoing appeal.''
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