{
  "id": 9004400,
  "title": "Bombay High Court Quashes ₹79.7 Crore GST Demand Against Dharma Productions, Says Films Are Not IT Software",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/bombay-high-court-quashes-79-7-crore-gst-demand-against-dharma",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T20:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/bombay-high-court-quashes-797-crore-gst-demand-against-dharma-productions-says-films-are-not-it-software"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has held that a cinematographic film does not become “information technology software” under GST merely because it is delivered through a digital link or on a hard disk, quashing a tax demand of over Rs 79.7 crore against Dharma Productions Pvt. Ltd. and Dharmatic Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. A bench of Justices MS Karnik and Sandesh Patil passed the judgment on September…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Bombay High Court Warns Criminal Cases Cannot Be Used As Bargaining Chips In Private Settlements, Quashes FIR Against Pune Man",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/bombay-high-court-warns-criminal-cases-cannot-be-used-as-bargaining",
        "published": "2026-09-21T20:30:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}