Bombay High Court held that Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution which is simplicitor for a money claim is not maintainable. Accordingly, present writ relating to recovery of excess charges paid towards excise supervisory staff is also not maintainable.
Punjab and Haryana High Court held that in disproportionate asset case, most of the evidence is documentary and the said documents have already been submitted and therefore there is no question of tampering such an evidence. Hence, bail granted.
ITAT Hyderabad held that Transactional Net Margin Method (TNMM) was the most appropriate method in the absence of a Comparable Uncontrolled Price (CUP) which is applicable to the payment of technical service fee which is in nature of intangibles.
CESTAT Chennai held that extended period of limitation rightly invoked as collection of service tax but withholding the same without remitting to appropriate Government account establishes intention to evade payment of tax.
CESTAT Chennai held that rejection of transaction/ declared value of impugned goods on the basis of contemporaneous imports without providing details relating to contemporaneous imports of goods is unsustainable in law.
CESTAT Delhi held that the gold in question is not proved to be the smuggled gold of foreign origin. Mere purity thereof being equivalent to the purity of foreign gold is wrongly held to be the criteria to hold the melted gold as the gold of foreign origin. Hence, investigation is observed to be faulty.
CESTAT Chennai held that violation of the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations (CBLR), 2013 though stands established, the revocation of Customs Broker Licence is set aside as business and the livelihood of not only the appellant, but also its employees is adversely affected because of the suspension and revocation of the licence.
CESTAT Chennai held that agreement entered that the appellant is providing uplinking service for ‘SS Music channel’ and ‘Sur Sangeeth Channel’ is only a sham document. Appellant has disguised the rendering of Broadcasting Service under cover of uplinking service. Hence, service tax demand invoking extended period of limitation sustained.
CESTAT Ahmedabad held that benefit of segregation can be allowed only if the imported scrap contained impurities like iron, rubber, plastic, steel etc.
Bombay High Court held that if the reasons for re-opening the assessment are based on incorrect facts or conclusions, the notice issued under section 148 of the income Tax Act for re-opening cannot be sustained.
