Informers who take risks to provide credible information to authorities, based on which tax evaders are brought to book, ought to be rewarded fairly in accordance with the government scheme, the Bombay High Court (HC) stated on Tuesday.

According to news agency PTI, a bench comprising Justices MS Sonak and Jitendra Jain directed the Maharashtra government to pay an interim reward of Rs 19 lakh to a 76-year-old man who has been providing information about sales tax evaders since 1992.

The court ordered the government to determine the exact reward payable to the petitioner, Darshan Singh Parmar, within six months.