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SC dismisses plea of Pvt tour operators seeking exemption from GST for Haj, Umrah tours
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....C dismisses plea of Pvt tour operators seeking exemption from GST for Haj, Umrah tours <br>GST<br>Dated:- 26-7-2022<br><BR>New Delhi, Jul 26 (PTI) The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed a batch of petiti....
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....ons filed by various private tour operators seeking exemption from the Goods and Services Tax (GST) for the Haj and Umrah tours offered by them. The petitions seeking exemption had alleged discrimina....
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....tion against the pilgrims travelling to Saudi Arabia. A bench comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar, A S Oka, and C T Ravikumar dismissed the petitions on both the grounds of exemption and discriminatio....
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....n. The bench said that the argument raised by the petitioners regarding the extra-territorial application of GST for services given outside India is kept open, as it is pending consideration before a....
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....nother bench. The tour operators had challenged the levy of GST on Hajis who avail themselves of services offered by registered private tour operators because no tax law can be applicable on extra-te....
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....rritorial activities as per Article 245 of the Constitution. The petitions argued that the services consumed outside India cannot be subjected to GST and that the levy is discriminatory as it exempts....
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.... certain hajis who undertake the pilgrimage through the Haj Committee of India.<BR> News - Press release - PIB....