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..... Who may be an agent -  * As between the principal and third persons, any person may become an agent, * but no person who is not of the age of majority and of sound mind can become an agent, * so as to be responsible to his principal according to the provisions in that behalf herein contained.  Obligation to deduct tax at source in terms of Section 194-H-  BHARTI CELLULAR ....

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....ehalf of the principal, one of the prime elements of the relationship is the exercise of a degree of control by the principal over the conduct of the activities of the agent. This degree of control is less than the control exercised by the master on the servant, and is different from the rights and obligations in case of principal to principal and independent contractor relationship. (c) The tas....

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....vant (...) is an agent under more complete control than is a nonservant''. Warren A. Seavey, The Rationale of Agency, 29 YALE L.J. 859, 866 (1920) The difference is "in the degree of control rather than in the acts performed. The servant sells primarily his services measured by time; the agent his ability to produce results." Ibid. This distinction can be criticised, for servan....