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From smuggling of gold, Adani’s acquisition of HDIL properties, countervailing duty on areca nuts and provisional attachment in the 2005 IPO Scam case to gang rape in Panipat train compartment and collapse of school building in Rajasthan, this quick legal roundup covers important stories from Tribunals, Regulatory Bodies, Commissions this month.

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‘To be paid by distributors’: CESTAT sets aside order directing theatre owner to pay service tax for film screening

For getting the films exhibited in their theatre, the owner of the said Multiplexes/theatres enter into agreements with the film distributors/producers. The purpose of the agreement and the intention of the parties is for screening of the film in the theatre, which cannot be treated as “Renting of Immovable Property Service”.