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Mr Tarun Gulati is a designated Senior Advocate based out of Delhi and practices in the Supreme Court of India. He has over 25 years of experience as a lawyer and is also a qualified Chartered Accountant. He is widely recognized as a specialist in Tax and Regulatory Litigation and frequently briefed for arguing before the Supreme Court of India as well as High Courts and Tribunals throughout the country. He is credited with hundreds of judgments which are reported and cited as precedents and is regularly quoted and published in newspapers and journals on various aspects of legal practice, taxation, regulatory changes in different fields. He has been at the helm of corporate litigation and is widely regarded as one of the best legal minds amongst corporates in India. With a background of finance and law, he is one of the few top lawyers of the country who understands nuances of both these subjects equally well. Extremely articulate, he is often invited to speak at events and webinars and his views are regularly sought by the media on a variety of subjects. Prior to his designation as Senior Advocate by the Court, he was Managing Partner at PDS Legal, a law firm specializing in tax and commercial laws.
The Government is taking several steps to ensure a business-friendly environment. Recent changes for decriminalizing offences under the Companies Act, steps for making faceless income tax assessments and appeals are examples of such robust measures. Allowing unrestricted powers of arrest in GST undermine the Government’s efforts in enhancing the ease of doing business.
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