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About the book This is the third edition of the bi-annual publication on advance rulings and appellate advance rulings containing the gist and text of rulings arranged in chronological order. The book is divided into three volumes and five Chapters. Chapters 1 and 2 comprise of statutory provisions and rules on advance rulings, Chapter 3 covers topic-wise advance rulings. Chapter 4 covers appellate advance rulings and Chapter 5 covers judgments pronounced by High Courts relating to advance rulings.Key features India's first Digest on Advance Rulings (including Appellate Rulings) in GST Covers Advance Rulings, Appelate Advance Ruling and High Court cases reported from January 2020 - June 2020 Earlier rulings can be found in previous editions detailed on the inside front cover of this book List of rulings arranged: - alphabetically, - topic-wise, - authority/court-wise and - legislation/section-wise Search words index at the end of the book of the rulings digested by professionals
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