https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=442018 A later-imposed service tax under lease deeds could be recovered from the lessee where the contractual language covered property-related outgoings and did not exclude future statutory levies, and where the statutory scheme permitted the tax burden to be passed on from the service provider to the recipient. The lessor was therefore entitled to recover the tax from the service recipient. On interest, pendente lite interest was confined to the period after institution of the suit, so no interest was allowed for any earlier period; compensation for wrongful retention of money was awarded only from the date of filing until payment at the rate considered appropriate on the facts. en-us Tue, 28 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:27:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=442018 A later-imposed service tax under lease deeds could be recovered from the lessee where the contractual language covered property-related outgoings and did not exclude future statutory levies, and where the statutory scheme permitted the tax burden to be passed on from the service provider to the recipient. The lessor was therefore entitled to recover the tax from the service recipient. On interest, pendente lite interest was confined to the period after institution of the suit, so no interest was allowed for any earlier period; compensation for wrongful retention of money was awarded only from the date of filing until payment at the rate considered appropriate on the facts. Case-Laws Service Tax Tue, 28 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=442018