Supreme Court of India

Commissioner, Customs Central Excise and Service Tax, Patna v. M/s Shapoorji Pallonji and Company Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 15 S.C.R. 421
Bench S. Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta JJ.
Decided 13 October 2023

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons aforesaid, we fi nd no merit in these appeals.

Judgment, page 22

From the headnote

Issue for consideration: Whether the educational institutions-Indian Institute of Technology, Patna and the National Institute of Tech nology, Rourkela are covered by the defi nition of “governmental autho rity” in Mega Service Tax Exemption Notifi cation inter alia exempting various services from the tax network rendered to government, governmental, or local authorities. Tax/Taxation – Service tax – Exemption from – Eligi bility – Educational institutions-IIT Patna and NIT Rourkela if covered by the defi nition of ‘Government authority’ in Mega Service Tax Exemption Notifi cation No. 25/2012,

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