Our Expertise
Taxation
- Led arguments in the Supreme Court on behalf of a private party against the Customs Department on the issue of availability of preferential limitation period for the Department’s appeals [Judgment reported as (2012) 12 SCC 189 (SC)]
- Drafted pleadings and successfully represented an association of Indian ship owners before the Supreme Court in a constitutional challenge against the levy of service tax on imported services [Judgment reported as 2011(11) STR 2 (SC)]
- Advised and represented a multinational client on the classification of digital cameras, smartphones and tablets under the VAT regime in several states in India
- Drafted pleadings and successfully represented a PSU oil company before the Supreme Court in an income tax case involving the question whether bottling of LPG amounts to ‘manufacture’ to entitle the company to tax deductions [Judgment reported as (2017) 15 SCC 254]
- Member of team which successfully represented a subsidiary of a foreign company in an income tax case before the Supreme Court where it was held that a subvention payment made by the foreign company amounts to a capital receipt [Judgment reported as (2018) 12 SCC 281]
- Advised and led arguments on behalf of a leading telecoms operator in customs adjudication proceedings involving the classification of microwave antennas under the Customs Tariff Act
- Advised and provided litigation support to an association of telecom operators in a case involving the levy of sales tax on services provided by telecoms operators in the State of Jammu and Kashmir
- Drafted pleadings and successfully defended an appeal filed by the Income Tax Department against owners of multiplex cinemas in the Supreme Court on the issue whether entertainment tax subsidy amounts to a capital or revenue receipt [Judgment reported as 2017 SCCOnline SC 1520]
