Allahabad HC Directs Refund of Service Tax to Aviation Students

Abhinav Pratap Raju And 24 Others Vs Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (Allahabad High Court) Allahabad High Court has directed the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA) to address the refund claims of service tax made by a group of aviation students, including the petitioners, who had enrolled at the academy after 2010. The petitioners had paid service tax as part of their course fees, which was later found to be wrongly levied. This decision follows a precedent where the Delhi High Court, in 2013, ruled that service tax on aircraft training institutes, including IGRUA, was contrary...