Rent a cab services - distinction between 'renting' and 'hiring'...

Rent a cab services - distinction between 'renting' and 'hiring' - the appellant indulges in providing service under a rent-a-cab scheme in relation to a cab and therefore irrespective of whether he retains possession and control of the vehicle or passes it to the consumer, the service so rendered by him would fall within the taxable service as defined under Section 65 (105) (o) of the Act and is chargeable to tax under Section 66 of the Act. - HC