CESTAT Kolkata held that exemption under notification 25/2012-ST available as activities undertaken is covered within the ambit of works assigned under Article 243W of the Constitution to be carried out by the Municipalities. Further, mere non-payment of duties is not equivalent to collusion or wilful mis-statement or suppression of facts and accordingly extended period cannot be invoked.
CESTAT Ahmedabad held that during the charter period of vessels the right of possession of vessels and effective control have been transferred to service recipient, therefore the service does not fall under the “Supply of Tangible Goods Service”.
CESTAT Ahmedabad held that providing transit mixers for transportation of Ready-Mix Concrete (RMC) is classifiable under ‘Goods Transport Agency’ (GTA) services and not under ‘supply of tangible goods for use service’.
CESTAT Ahmedabad held that without advancing reasons for doubting or rejecting the load port test certificate, there was no real justification for resort to provisional assessment and drawing of samples. Accordingly, customs duty exemption granted.
CESTAT Hyderabad held that CENVAT Credit in the books of the transferor is duly available to the transferee on account of change of ownership as per Rule 10 of the Cenvat Credit Rules.
CESTAT Ahmedabad held that documentary evidence has far greater weightage against oral evidence especially when the oral evidence is contrary to the documentary evidence. Accordingly, duty demand unsustained as statutory records duly reflects receipts and consumption of goods.
CESTAT Allahabad held that denial of CENVAT Credit on supplementary invoices evidencing the payment of service tax for period prior to amendments made in CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 by way of insertion of Rule 9 (1) (bb) effective from 01.04.2011 is unjustified.
CESTAT Chennai held that amount already paid towards the duty liability and interest before issuance of show cause notice. Notice issued only for levying penalty is untenable. Hence, levy of penalty u/s. 78 deleted.
CESTAT Kolkata held that Cenvat Credit can be utilized for payment of service tax on ‘import of services’. Accordingly, duty demand denying the same is unsustainable.
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