Supreme Court of India

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. v. M/s. Dewan Chand Ram Saran

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Reported as [2012] 4 S.C.R. 1
Bench R.M. Lodha and H.L. Gokhale JJ.
Decided 25 April 2012

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above referred amendment of 2000, the appellant as the recipient of the service is the assessee under the service tax law.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Contract - Work contract - Payment of service tax - Liability of - Whether of the availer of service or the service provider - Service availer deducting service tax from the bill of the service provider - Dispute referred to arbitrator - Arbitrator holding that service tax was rightly deducted from the bills of the service provider in terms of the contractual obligation - In arbitration petition Single Judge of High Court holding that availer of service was liable since it was the o assessee - Order of Single Judge confirmed by Division Bench of High Court - On appeal, held: Service provider

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