Constitution of India · Part XII: Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits · Distribution of Revenues between the Union and the States
Article 268A: Service tax levied by Union and collected by the Union and the States.—Omitted
In plain words
This article, on service tax levied by the Union, has been omitted by the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016.
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Official text
Omitted by the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016, s. 7 (w.e.f. 16-9-2016). 2. The words "and such duties of excise on medicinal and toilet preparations"
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the official text of the Constitution of India. As amended up to the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023. Text as on 10 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the article 268A
- Commissioner of Gst and Central Excise v. M/S Citi Bank N. A.
- Union of India & Anr. v. Mohit Mineral Pvt. Ltd.
- Union of Jndia & Ors. v. Bengal Shrachi Housing Development Limited &Anr.
- Union of India & Ors. v. M/S Martin Lottery Agencies Ltd.
- All India Federation of Tax Practitioners & Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.