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![Hiring Global Speakers for Media Summit Does Not Constitute ‘Event Management Service’: Supreme Court [Read Judgement] Hiring Global Speakers for Media Summit Does Not Constitute ‘Event Management Service’: Supreme Court [Read Judgement]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/16/500x300_2120146-hiring-global-speakers-media-summit-constitute-event-management-service-supreme-court-taxscan.webp)
Hiring Global Speakers for Media Summit Does Not Constitute ‘Event Management Service’: Supreme Court [Read Judgement]
The Supreme Court of India ruled that contracts entered into for hiring global speakers for a media summit do not amount to taxable “event...


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