2016 (4) TMI 398

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

...., Sr. Adv. Mr. A Chakraborti, Adv. Mr. P Jhunjhunwala, Adv. Mr. A Gupta, Adv. Mr. P K Jhunjhunwala, Adv. Mr. S B Saraf, Adv. Md. T M Siddiqui, Adv For the Respondent : Mr. Koushik Chandra, Addl Solicitor-General Mr. S Bhattacharya, Adv ORDER The Court : The name of the first petitioner has been deleted by an orderpassed on March 30, 2016. The petitioner is a designated Senior Advocate ....

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

....on instructions of solicitors and advocates in the Supreme Court do not act. The relevant instruction also recorded that when counsel is engaged by solicitors, "there will be no contract, express or implied, between the said pleading advocates and lay clients for payment of the former's fees." Upon service tax being introduced by the Finance Act, 1994, several exceptions were made, particul....

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

....first Monday there after. The impugned notifications bearing nos.9/2016, 18/2016 and 19/2016, all dated March 1, 2016 and referred to at paragraph 5 of the petition, will remain stayed insofar as such notifications pertain to the levy of service tax on Senior Advocates. Leave is granted for the petitioner to sue in a representative capacity. The petitioner will cause the gist of this petitio....