Bombay High Court remands matter concerning classification of “Aluminium Composite Panel Sheets” to the Maharashtra Sales Tax Tribunal for fresh consideration
By Purushartha Satish
Company service – for 18 years. Then at TLC. He had a sanad, 1998 – he got sanad.
Appearing before CESAT, excise, customs and service tax now gst.
His own practice for about 10 years TLC+his own – member of various industry organisations to give briefing of the budget and gst – Bombay entrepreneurs association, bhandup, rotary clubs, Bombay bunts associations, bunts chamber of commerce and industries.
Hobbies- rotarty club activities.
New comers in the prof – preparation for a case – put it down in a coloured sheet, the main pointers, then when some one new takes over, they have all key facts easily accessible. Current youngsters don’t do this so then there is duplication of work and waste of time.
M. Sc. (Fiscal Studies – UK), F.C.A., I.R.S. (Retd.)
Core Practice Areas: Goods and Service Taxes – advisory and litigation
Years of Experience: 30+
Mumbai
sushil@tlclegal.in
Sushil Solanki has more than thirty years of experience of working in various capacities in the Government of India, including as Commissioner of Service Tax, Mumbai, Commissioner of Customs, Nhava Sheva Port and Additional Director General, DGCEI, Ahmedabad.
He was actively involved in the conceptualization and formulation of basic and legislative framework of GST during the period 2006 to 2015. He was also involved in the drafting of Service Tax law introduced in 1994.
He was conferred with the prestigious Presidential Award in the year 2001 for meritorious services.
He is a regular faculty at the National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics for training of Departmental Officers.
He also presents papers on various indirect tax issues at seminars organized by ICAI, BCAS, IMC, etc.
In TLC, he leads the GST advisory and advocacy teams and is actively involved in resolving ongoing issues in GST compliance, besides handling other Indirect Tax litigation work.
In his spare time, he continues a lifelong quest into spirituality and wisdom of the ages.
Bachelors’ of Commerce, L.L.B
Core Practice Areas: Litigation
Years of Experience: 29
Mumbai
aqeel@tlclegal.in
Aqueel began his career at a well-known law firm, Crawford Bayley & Co. moving to counsel practice with the Chambers of Senior Advocate Mr. Arshad Hidayatullah for over a decade. He understood the finer nuances of the law, arguments, court practice and developed a detail oriented approach to research. He then made Partner, at Economic Laws Practice, where he spent a decade being a key member of the tax team.
Currently at TLC Legal, he does a mixed bag of advisory and litigation matters for indirect taxes. He has various cases accredited to his name, which are reported judgements. He regularly appears before the CESTAT and various High Courts.
Mr. Sheerzi believes that his generation was fortunate to have great mentors who invested their time in training juniors. He too, would like to take the same legacy forward. He encourages his team members to read the law and look at books versus relying purely on the internet and research from there. He also believes that it is crucial to have an open-door policy with his team members, thereby always maintaining an approachable and warm persona and disposition.
In his free time, he enjoys reading fiction and playing a sport, to keep himself fit and agile.
M. Sc., M. Phil., L.L.B., I.R.S. (Retd.)
Core Practice Areas: Customs – Litigation & Advisory, Excise and Service tax laws
Years of Experience: 50
Mumbai
krishan@tlclegal.in
Mr. Krishan Kumar served in the Central Excise & Customs Departments, with the Government, for more than 20 years in various capacities holding crucial posts such as Departmental Representative in CESTAT, DRI, Customs, Central Excise, Preventive and Anti-smuggling, among others. He is an accomplished professional, well acclaimed, as an expert on Customs laws and practices and was awarded with the “President’s Certificate for distinguished record of service in 1994”. He has served in the private sector, as a legal advisor for a decade. His experience is a healthy mix of understanding perspectives, from the government and private practice. He is able to lend a balanced view to his clients, as a result of the vast prior experience he has built.
Mr. Kumar, makes the time to practice heartfulness meditation and believes that having a spiritual bend of mind, enables him to do better both in his personal and professional spheres. He is a facilitator and enabler for this school of meditation, often leading sessions for various age groups and helping them reap the benefits of this age-old form of ___.
As a veteran in the profession, he believes that the reward of work is work.
M. Sc., L.L. B., M.P.P. (Tokyo), I.T.S. (Retd.)
Core Practice Areas: Advisory and advocacy of Foreign Trade Policy, Safeguard and Anti-dumping Duty Measures, Indirect Tax Litigation
Years of Experience: 33
Mumbai
ashutosh@tlclegal.in
Mr. Mishra is an expert of Foreign Trade Policy, Trade Remedial Measures. He focuses on imposition of safe guard and anti-dumping litigation for FTP, EOU and SEZ.
He is a Joint Director for Foreign Trade and member of the ITS.
Ashutosh Mishra has more than 20 years of experience of working in the Government of India in various capacities, including as Jt. Director-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT).
He was involved in the formulation and implementation of the Foreign Trade Policy, particularly in relation to the EPCG Scheme, Advance Authorization Scheme, Deemed Exports, Drawback, SFIS, FMS, FPS, VKGUY, etc. along with fixation of Input-Output Norms/SIONs. He has vast experience in the formulation of policies relating to Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), SCOMET items, dual-purpose chemicals, Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS), etc.
In his free time, Mr Mishra enjoys reading literature around the freedom struggle and poems by well-known Hindi and Maithali authors. He also believes, music is a balm for the soul and feels rejuvenated with devotional and old melodious songs.
As a mentor to his juniors, he believes his role is that of a Captain of a ship. He has no work and yet shoulders a lot of responsibility. He believes that he is as much a learner, as any of his juniors, because they learn the legal interpretation from me, while I learn new concepts around technology and work culture from them!
B. Com., L.L.B., F.C.A.
Years of Experience: 30+
Mumbai
vipin@tlclegal.in
Vipin Jain is a leading consultant and lawyer, with over three decades of experience in the area of Indirect Taxes, including Customs, GST , Central Excise and Service Tax. His in-depth and comprehensive pleadings before the CESTAT, High Courts and the Supreme Court have resulted in several path breaking and landmark decisions, which are often cited as precedents.
Leading corporate houses repose their trust in him not only for litigation issues, but to also advise them on tax planning , including re-structuring of pan-Indian and cross border businesses or transactions.
He is widely respected for his comprehensive and thorough knowledge of indirect tax laws.
He frequently presents papers on important indirect tax issues in seminars and workshops organized by reputed professional and trade bodies.
He has been the Joint Secretary of the CESTAT Bar Association, Mumbai, for more than fifteen years.His typical working day is unpredictable and long. But his destress mechanism is an intense game of Badminton, or, a dose of his favourite authors like A.P Herbert and P.G. Wodehouse.