Devi Prasad Tripathy Vs Principal Commissioner, Central Tax, Bhubaneswar
Date: March 31, 2021
Court: High Court
Bench: Orissa
Type: Writ Petition
Judge(s)/Member(s): Routray
Subject Matter
Practising advocates are exempted from paying GST
Summary
The Court expresses its concern that practising advocates should not have to face harassment on account of the Department issuing notices calling upon them to pay service tax/GST when they are exempted from doing so, and in the process also having to…
1. The Counter affidavit sworn to by the Principal Commissioner, GST and Central Excise, Bhubaneswar Commissionerate on behalf of Opposite Party Nos.1 to 7 is produced in Court today, which is taken on record. 2. It is stated in the said affidavit that “after receiving information from Devi Prasad Tripathy having PAN as being an individual advocate practicing in the Hon’ble High Court…