<h1>Service tax liability clarified: lottery distributors not liable to pay service tax, affecting enforcement and appeals.</h1> The Supreme Court held that lottery distributors are not liable for service tax, clarifying tax liability and limiting Centre recovery. Separately, a political challenge invoked the governor's duty to summon the Manipur Assembly within constitutionally prescribed intervals, and the Delhi High Court scheduled a hearing on a jailed MP's claim about absence of a forum to decide his bail in a terror-funding matter.