Courts: All CESTAT
Read latest CESTAT judgments and orders on Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax, including classification, valuation, CENVAT credit, refunds and demands.

Cenvat credit not deniable as services settled to be eligible input service

Revocation of customs broker licence justified on failure to verify correctness of documents

No excise duty chargeable on scrap of pipes generated during repair/ maintenance of pipes

Portable Solar Home Electric Light – HANS 300 & HANS 150 are solar power based device

Process of injecting raw-materials into aerosol cans doesn’t amount to manufacture

Goods imported in violation of ITC(HS) Import policy and also undervalued are liable to confiscation

Penalty u/s 112 against steamer agent unsustainable as relevant confiscation and duty liability set aside

No Service Tax can be levied on take-away/parcel food from restaurants

Denial of refund treating service as not export service unjustified as service tax not demanded on output service by denying export status

Redemption of prohibited goods in lieu of absolute confiscation granted as policy was amendment at shipment time

Demand under rule 6(3)(i) of CCR, 2004 unsustainable as duty already paid on clearance value

Interest free advance by foreign exporter for expansion not includible in value of goods supplied to India

Interest on refund of pre-deposit @6% duly entitled from date of deposit when demand set aside

Freight for delivering goods to buyer premises not includible in assessable value
All CESTAT brings together judgments and orders of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal from benches across India. Decisions cover Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax disputes involving classification, valuation, exemptions, CENVAT credit, refunds, demands, limitation, penalties, confiscation and other indirect-tax matters. Importers, exporters, manufacturers, businesses, advocates and indirect-tax professionals can use this consolidated TaxGuru archive to research CESTAT precedents across benches. Individual CESTAT bench categories are also available for bench-specific decisions.
