Service tax on liquidated damages and bank guarantees u/s 66E(e) deemed unlawful; not payment for breach tolerance.

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....Legality of demand for service tax under section 66E(e) - The amounts retained towards liquidated damages and also invoked as bank guarantee are not a consideration for tolerating breach of contract. Any amount, which is not a consideration for provision of service, cannot be subjected to service tax - It cannot be agreed that CMRL had received a consideration for tolerating the delay in execution of the projects contracted by them. - AT....