Imported analyser diagnostic cartridges treated as accessories with analyser system, not standalone diagnostic reagents; extended limitation and penal...
Steel-timber construction shuttering/formwork tariff classification dispute: essential character held steel, classified as shuttering under Heading 73...
Family-linked property purchases using fabricated loan agreements and benami-style arrangements held to be crime proceeds; attachment upheld, appeal d...
Whether fees paid to speakers via booking agents constitute "event management service": held that taxability depends on whether the contract falls within the statutory definitions of "event management"/"event manager"; a mere booking of speakers does not involve planning, promoting or organizing the event and thus does not qualify - outcome: levy cannot be sustained. Reasoning: strict interpretation of the charging provision; statutory definitions; Circular dated 8.8.2002 and common-parlance test confirm that individual speaker-booking contracts are not event-management contracts - outcome: impugned demand set aside and appeal allowed. - SC
Whether fees paid to speakers via booking agents constitute "event management service": held that taxability depends on whether the contract falls within the statutory definitions of "event management"/"event manager"; a mere booking of speakers does not involve planning, promoting or organizing the event and thus does not qualify - outcome: levy cannot be sustained. Reasoning: strict interpretation of the charging provision; statutory definitions; Circular dated 8.8.2002 and common-parlance test confirm that individual speaker-booking contracts are not event-management contracts - outcome: impugned demand set aside and appeal allowed. - SC
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