United Breweries Wins ₹21.92 Cr Tax Litigation Case

United Breweries Ltd has received a favourable order from the Hon'ble High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad, in a tax litigation case. The Revenue had appealed against a CESTAT order concerning a Service Tax demand of ₹21.92 crore, plus interest and penalties, for the period September 2009 to November 2011. The dispute involved contract brewing activities of Millennium Beer Industries Limited (MBIL), which was amalgamated with United Breweries. The High Court dismissed the Revenue's appeal, upholding the CESTAT order and reducing the contingent liability to Nil. The court cited the appeal being barred by limitation and applied the principle of consistency.