Orissa High Court
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Upon a person obtaining exemption, he cannot be said to be discharging liability to pay duty. The Court clarified that charging provision under Section 110(3) of Finance Act, 2018 is a percentage of customs duty paid, as collected by the Central Government. The duty paid being zero, collection is zero and the percentage of it must also be zero.

CESTAT
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The Tribunal opined that once the coal companies have charged sales tax/VAT at the appropriate rate on the sale of coal to appellant and in turn, appellant has charged sales tax/VAT to the consumers of coal, the transaction is one of sale/purchase and not of rendering service.

CESTAT
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

“The services like wireline logging, perforation and other wireline related services involving mechanical jobs which were undertaken by appellant at the time of drilling an oil well are integrally connected with the mining of oil or gas and have a direct nexus with the drilling of a well.”

Delhi High Court
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The Delhi High Court set aside the demand for service tax of Rs. 56 crores against MTNL holding that the surrender of any right to use the spectrum before 14-5-2016, the date on which the Finance Act, 2016 came into force, will not be chargeable to service tax.