Sikkim HC Upholds Constitutionality Of Service Tax Levy On Activities Related To Sale Of Lottery Tickets [Read Judgment]

The Sikkim High Court has upheld the constitutionality of amendments brought through the Finance Act, 2016, which made service tax leviable on a person engaged in promotion, marketing, organising, selling of lottery or facilitating in organising lottery of any kind, in any other manner.A division bench headed by Chief Justice Satish K Agnihotri observed that the Union Parliament is conferred...