<h1>Madras High Court Pauses Tax Proceedings Against Ex-Union Minister Over Coffee Estate Income for 2008-09 Year.</h1> The Madras High Court has temporarily halted income tax proceedings against a former Union minister and his family concerning a demand notice from the Income Tax department related to income from a coffee estate for the 2008-09 fiscal year. The court's decision follows petitions challenging the reassessment of income and a demand for approximately six lakh rupees. The petitioners argue that the income from selling raw coffee seeds should be exempt as agricultural income, as they did not engage in curing the coffee. The case is adjourned for further hearing in March.