Court Orders LIC to Reimburse Service Tax on Rented Property Within One Month; Technical Defenses Rejected.

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....Refusal to honour the liability of paying the service tax (on the part of LIC) - Renting of immovable property to LIC - It is to be borne in mind that the LIC being an instrumentality of the State should not take up technical pleas and attempt to evade its liability to pay a tax which it is bound to pay in the eye of law. - Since the LIC is held liable to pay the service tax, the service tax paid by the petitioner shall be paid by the LIC to the petitioner within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this order - HC....