Service Tax not leviable on Ocean Freight: Calcutta HC

LCL Logistix India Private Limited Vs Union Of India And ANR. (Calcutta High Court) This intra-Court appeal filed by the appellant/writ petitioner is directed against the order dated 19th January, 2017 in WP No.3 of 2017. In the said writ petition, the appellant had challenged the order passed by the Commissioner, Service Tax (ii), Commissionerate, Kolkata, imposing tax on the subject transaction. We need not labour much to decide the issue involved in this intra-Court appeal in view of the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Union of India & Ors. vs. Mohit Minerals Pvt....