The revenue department has decided to move the Supreme Court for transfer of petitions filed in Gujarat, Delhi and Calcutta High Courts which had stayed levy of service tax on legal services provided by senior advocates.
The revenue department has also decided to engage Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi in the case.
“The Chairman CBEC has directed to engage the services of the Ld Attorney General to get the stays vacated by moving the Hon’ble Supreme Court and requesting for aggregating the petitions filed in various courts in the country in this subject,” said a CBEC communication to concerned officers.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has asked them to “send urgently all the relevant documents” involving the issue pending in the High Courts “so that Transfer Petitions can be filed before the Supreme Court”.
“This may be treated as Most Urgent,” the communication said.
The Union Budget for the Financial Year 2016-17 recently notified 14% Service Tax for Senior Advocates.
