Supreme Court Gives Entertainment Tax Relief To DTH Operators
Finally something for DTH Operators to cheer about In a major relief to direct-to-home operators in the state, the Supreme Court last week held that the Madhya Pradesh government cannot demand entertainment tax on DTH services under the Madhya Pradesh Entertainment Duty and Advertisements Tax Act, 1936.
![]() Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R M Lodha said in a judgment that Act ‘cannot be extended to cover DTH operations.’ ![]()
|
The Court added: ‘Under section 3 read with section 2(d) and section 2(a), the charge or levy of tax is attracted only if an entertainment takes place in a specified place or locations and persons are admitted to the place on payment of a charge to the proprietor providing the entertainment. In the present case, as DTH operation is not a place-related entertainment, it is not covered by the charging section 3 read with section 2(a) and 2(b) of the 1936 Act. Consequently, the question of going to section 2(d)(iv) does not arise.’ |
—
Complete story link http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k13/apr/apr200.php
![Join Us on Facebook](https://charteredonline.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Follow-us-on-Facebook.png)
Note : As a part of Our Quality Policy , We Don’t Publish any Restricted Material on our Website . If you have issues kindly let us know here
Related Tags Entertainment tax, Judgements