#notification

Advocates providing legal services are exempt from service tax under Notifications 25/2012-ST and 30/2012-ST, as held by the Gujarat High Court, which quashed tax demands under the Finance (Service Tax) Act, 1994. This removes service tax liability on advocates' professional fees across the state.

The Gauhati High Court ruled that junior engineers with two-year diplomas are similarly situated to earlier beneficiaries and must receive notional seniority from the 2010 notification, directing the government to grant the benefit within two months. This clarifies promotion eligibility for diploma-holding engineers across Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh.