2016 (5) TMI 846

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....uwalia, Senior Advocates with Mr Ruchir Bhatia, Mr Mayank Nagi, Mr Ritesh Kumar, Ms Honey Kolwar, Mr Mayank Bamniyal, Mr Pratyush Sharma, Mir Rishabh Bansal, Mr Sumit Lalchandani, Mr Chandan Singh and Mr Arjun Vir Singh, For the Respondent: Mr Tarun Gulati, Mr Rony O. John, Ms Pratibha Sridhar, Mr Shashi Mathews, Mr Kishore Kunal and Mr Anupam Mishra, Advocates. Respondents: Mr Akshay Makhija, C....

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....n behalf of the Commissioner of Service Tax (Respondent No.2). 5. The Court has been shown a copy of the order passed by the Gujarat High Court on 30st March, 2016 in Special Civil Application No.4926/2016 (Percy Cawas Kavina v. Union of India) which raises a similar challenge to the constitutional validity of the levy of service tax on Senior Advocates and law firms. 6. In light of the said ord....