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The Abby council appoints three international jury chairs for Abbys 2022
Mumbai: The Abby Awards Governing Council on Monday announced three names from the global advertising industry as jury chairs. This year, industry members Menno Kluin, Aricio Fortes, and Myra Nussbaum will be judging Abbys 2022.
Menno Kluin is the chief creative officer of dentsu US with a string of big awards to his credit. Menno won the coveted ‘Creative Person of the Year 2021’ by US Campaign.com for his exceptional track record of creative success. His accolades include winning the ‘Most awarded Art Director Worldwide,’ ‘Agency of the Year at Cannes,’ ‘Grand Prix,’ and ‘One Show’s Best in Discipline for Digital Craft and Social Media,’ ‘Clio Agency of the Year,’ ‘ACD NY Agency of the Year,’ and ‘Young Guns Agency of the Year.’ Menno leads the creative output of three dentsu agencies – 360i, dentsuMB, and Isobar.
BBDO China chief creative officer Aricio Fortes is also going to be jury chair at Abbys 2022. Aricio has won 44 Cannes Lions so far and he is still counting. He has won the Cannes Lion Agency of the Year four times for DM9DDB Brazil and Ogilvy Brazil in the past. Twenty of Aricio’s campaigns have won Lions and Pencils for large global brands McDonald’s, Procter & Gamble, Walmart, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, FedEx, Pinterest, LEGO, and Mattel.
Havas Chicago president and chief creative officer Myra Nussbaum is the third member of the jury chairs of Abbys 2022. Myra’s work for Valspar, which involved helping colourblind see colour for the first time, went on to win top honours at Cannes, One Show, and D&AD. Voted by Adweek as among the Top 30 Creative People in the world, Myra’s work has created emotional connections while significantly impacting business for such brands as Mars, KFC, Molson Coors, SC Johnson, Dow, and Ford.
“We are very fortunate to have Menno, Aricio and Myra chair some of the leading categories of ABBYs this year,” Abby Awards Governing Council’s Ajay Chandwani said. “All are contemporary creative superstars of our times and their versatility of being equally at home with traditional advertising and digital craft and social media makes them special advertising personalities.”
“We are thrilled to have heavyweights come on board to chair this year’s Abbys awards,” stated Abby Awards Governing Council 2022 chairman and The Ad Club VP Rana Barua. “Our intent is to have world-class quality and inputs with The One Show, and has awarded and recognised international jury is just a start of a journey which will allow Indian advertising to reach the global standard of effectiveness and quality. “
“We are indeed grateful to One Show for having partnered with the Ad Club to take ABBYs judging to the global level,” added The Ad Club president Partha Sinha.
The deadline for submission of entries has been extended until 1 April, according to the statement.
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Jubilant FoodWorks faces Rs 47.5 crore GST demand, plans appeal
Tax authorities flag alleged misclassification of restaurant services
MUMBAI: Jubilant FoodWorks Limited has landed in a tax tussle after receiving a GST demand of Rs 47.5 crore from the office of the additional commissioner of CGST and central excise in Thane, Maharashtra.
The order, issued under the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, relates to an alleged incorrect classification of certain services under the category of restaurant services. According to the tax authorities, this classification resulted in a short payment of goods and services tax for the period between the financial years 2019-20 and 2021-22.
The demand includes Rs 47.5 crore in GST along with an equal amount as penalty, in addition to applicable interest. The order was received by the company on March 13, 2026.
In a regulatory filing to the BSE Limited and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited, the company said it disagrees with the order and believes its arguments were not adequately considered.
The company is preparing to challenge the decision and plans to file an appeal. It added that once the redressal process is complete, the demand is likely to be dropped.
Despite the sizeable figure attached to the notice, the company said it does not expect any material impact on its financials, operations or other activities.
The disclosure was signed by Suman Hegde, EVP and chief financial officer, who confirmed that the company received the order at 19:06 IST on March 13 and has already initiated steps to contest it.
The development places the quick service restaurant major in the middle of a tax debate that could hinge on how certain restaurant-linked services are classified under GST rules. For now, the company appears ready to take the matter from the tax office to the appeals desk.
