GST payable on Haj pilgrimage services by Private Tour Operators

All India Haj Umrah Tour Organizer Association Vs Union of India (Supreme Court of India) Held that there is no discrimination done when GST exemption is available only on services or religious pilgrimage facilitated by Central/ state government, whereas, private tour operators are excluded from the purview of exemption. Facts- The broad question involved in this group of writ petitions is about the liability of Haj Group Organizers (HGOs) or Private Tour Operators (PTOs) to pay service tax on the service rendered by them to Haj pilgrims for the Haj pilgrimage. It was mainly argued that the se...