{"id":13265,"date":"2010-03-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-commissioner-of-service-tax-vs-ms-skf-india-ltd-on-4-march-2010"},"modified":"2015-01-22T03:00:40","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T21:30:40","slug":"the-commissioner-of-service-tax-vs-ms-skf-india-ltd-on-4-march-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-commissioner-of-service-tax-vs-ms-skf-india-ltd-on-4-march-2010","title":{"rendered":"The Commissioner Of Service Tax vs M\/S Skf India Ltd on 4 March, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">The Commissioner Of Service Tax vs M\/S Skf India Ltd on 4 March, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: K.L.Manjunath &amp; B.V.Nagarathna<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\nDATED THIS THE 4\" DAY OF MARCH, 201dF_\nPRESENT\n\nTHE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.L. MANJUNATH%' T\n\nAND\n\nTHE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE Bfv. NAGAHATHNAVT'\n\nc.E.A.N\u00a2fi:;200T.\nBETWEEN:\n\nThe Commissioner of Service Taxjf\u00a7_F\n\nService Tax Commissio\ufb01eratejo V ,\n\nNo.16, S.P.Com\u00a7lex}T }'\" \"'d*d&lt;-g\n\nLalbagh Road;_\u00a3 l&quot;j,&quot;;_:&quot;[H\n\nBangalore\u00a537\u00a7dg l&#039;_T}A\ufb01&quot;V &quot;EV .. APPELLANT\n\n(ByHAdvoCdtea\u00e9rilcdshashikantha)\nAND:\n\nM\/s SHF_Ind1a&#039;Etd.;\n~ Plot No 2, Bo\ufb01masendra\n. Ind\ufb01strial Area,\n7,Hosur Road; &#039;_\nHangaloiej f.\u00bb ,. RESPONDENT\n\n(By Hdvooate Sri K S Ravishankar)\n\n&#039;[ This CEA is filed under Sec 35G of the Central\n\nd&quot;oExcrse Act, 1944 to set aside the final Order\nV A\ufb010ul061w63 dated 15.6 2006 passed by CESTAT, SZB,\n&quot;v_ Bangalore vide Annexure~B, only so far it relates to\n\n$5\n\n\n\nrespondent herein and to restore the orderminm\noriginal No.6\/2005 dated 28.l1.20056 passed. by the\nCommissioner of Service Tax, Service Tax\nCommissionerate, Bangalore vide Annexure--A,,&quot;gh_\n\nThis Appeal is coming on for final hearing this\nday, MANJUNATH J. delivered the following: A.&quot; i T&#039;\n\nJ U D G M \n\nRevenue has come up in this appeal challenging\n\nthe legality and correctness \u00a2f the order passed by\n\nthe CESTAT in Final Order No lQSl%\u00a73.dated 15.6.2006\nwherein the appeal tiled by the iespondentmassessee\nhas been allowed h\ufb01 the tribanal by setting aside the\n\norder passed by the Commissioner of Service Tax.\n\n2. Facts<\/pre>\n<p> lleadingigtotfthis case are as hereunder:<\/p>\n<p>3The assessee entered into an agreement with M\/s AB SKF<\/p>\n<p>Sweden. for aavailing the technical knowmhow and<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;d~ _technical &#8216; assistance and during the relevant<\/p>\n<p>Vr,_assessment: year&#8217; it paid. Rs.4,20,85,65l\/~ as service<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; charges to a foreign collaborator. On the ground that<\/p>\n<p>V_service tax was not paid, show cause notice was got<\/p>\n<p>i&#8221;u_issued on 26.8.2003 demanding service tax, interest,<\/p>\n<p>2%&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>penalty etc. and thereafter an Ordermin~Original<br \/>\nNo.6\/2005 dated 28.11.2005 was passed fmby the<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner of Service Tax confirming the demand made<\/p>\n<p>in the show cause notice. Aggrievedi&#8221;byW the &#8220;ordg;<\/p>\n<p>passed by the Commissioner of; Serv-ice&#8217;7&#8217;I&#8217;a_x,u\u00bb_asseV:&#8217;5se.e <\/p>\n<p>filed an appeal before ;CESTAT Wwhicb\ufb01 came? to gbe<br \/>\nallowed. Being aggrieved by the same}&#8211;@resent appeal<br \/>\nis filed raising the follo\ufb01ing&#8221;subs;antial question of<\/p>\n<p>law:\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whether;d\ufb01fing the relevant period, in view of<br \/>\nthe Board&#8221;sgf&#8221;Circnlarf\u00bb dated 2.7.1997 the<br \/>\ntechnical; assistance pand&#8217; technical know&#8211;how<br \/>\nreceived&#8217; by _the_ respondent from a foreign<br \/>\ncompany did not_constitnte taxable service viz.,<br \/>\nConsnltinglEngineer~Service?&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>3. We have heard the counsel for the parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a7;&#8217;.tConnselg\u00bbfor the appellant submits that though<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;i.4_consentihasibeen given by the Commissioner before the<\/p>\n<p>hv_CE$TAT,.same was not the ground for the CESTAT to<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;&#8221;_consider the case of the assessee in its favour.<\/p>\n<p>l&#8221;_Accoxding to him, question that arises for the<\/p>\n<p>h&#8221;._consideration of this court in this appeal is pending<\/p>\n<p>3&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>before us is that SLP is dismissed at the time of<br \/>\nadmission, same cannot be a \u00abground to dis\ufb01dss the<br \/>\nappeal of the revenue and that the ap\u00a7ealdbof~ the<\/p>\n<p>revenue has to be considered again. Actording to us,<\/p>\n<p>Bombay High Court in detail lhasf_consideredd.theb-<\/p>\n<p>relevant amendments and notifications which has been<\/p>\n<p>affirmed by the Hon&#8217;ble Supreme Court after hearing<\/p>\n<p>the counsel for the \ufb01arties.i*;\n<\/p>\n<p>6. 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