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Affiliation Fees – No Service Tax Can Be Demanded: CESTAT Delhi

Service Tax : CESTAT rules that affiliation fees collected by universities are statutory functions, not taxable services. Service tax demand and...

August 29, 2025 966 Views 0 comment Print

Analysis of Notifications and Circulars for Week ending 13th April 2025

CA, CS, CMA : A summary of key updates for Income Tax, GST, RBI, and legal matters issued from April 7-13, 2025, including exemptions, tax forms...

April 15, 2025 6150 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax payable on freight margin recovered from customer in case of outbound shipments

Service Tax : Understand the CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Vishal Tansukhbhai Gohel vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST. No service tax on freig...

May 30, 2024 2541 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on CHA’s Reimbursable Expenses: CESTAT Ahmedabad

Service Tax : CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Shakti Enterprise vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST clarifies that CHA's reimbursable expenses are...

December 8, 2023 2868 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Imposes Penalty on Commissioner for Non-Compliance

Custom Duty : CESTAT, Allahabad penalizes Commissioner for delaying Tribunal order implementation. Rs. 2,00,000 penalty imposed, and contempt pr...

December 3, 2023 2451 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


CESTAT e-Filing Software User Manual

CA, CS, CMA : CESTAT e-Filing Software User Manual explains about New User Registration, User Home Page Navigation, Filing,  (Petition/Appeal) ...

March 9, 2023 5475 Views 0 comment Print

E-Compendium of CESTAT Case Laws – Pro – Revenue

Goods and Services Tax : This is the fourth year since the introduction of GST in July, 2017. Despite a sizeable liquidation of appeals under the Sabka Vis...

May 18, 2021 3372 Views 0 comment Print

Govt approves creation of six new Benches of CESTAT

Excise Duty : The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for setting up six additional Benches of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate T...

October 18, 2013 1577 Views 0 comment Print

Tribunal directed JetLite to pay Rs 100 crore as a pre-deposit on a service tax dispute

Service Tax : The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal has directed JetLite (formerly Sahara Airlines Ltd) to pay Rs 100 crore (Rs 1...

July 2, 2010 834 Views 0 comment Print

Can a CESTAT Member who has not completed probation can be relived from his duty without assigning any reason?

Excise Duty : RECENTLY the President of India was pleased to discharge Hon'ble member of the CESTAT Mr. PK Das, just a day before he was to comp...

December 3, 2009 3439 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit as Rule 16 Not Requires Goods to Be Returned to Same Buyer

Excise Duty : CESTAT Mumbai held that Rule 16(2) of the Central Excise Rules does not mandate that remanufactured goods be supplied back to the ...

June 10, 2026 51 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Not Payable under Support Service as Railways Merely Licensed Advertisement Space

Service Tax : The Tribunal observed that payment of licence fees for exclusive use of demarcated spaces amounted to renting of immovable propert...

June 9, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Payable on Assignment of Toll Collection Rights: CESTAT Hyderabad

Service Tax : CESTAT held NHAI's transfer of toll collection rights to contractors was a taxable service, not a sovereign function, and upheld s...

June 9, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

Demurrage Charges Not Taxable as They Are Contractual Transportation Adjustments & Not Consideration for Services

Service Tax : ESTAT held demurrage linked to transportation contracts is not consideration for services and cannot be taxed under Port Services ...

June 9, 2026 45 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand as Reimbursable Expenses Were Not Taxable Before 2015 Amendment

Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai held that reimbursable expenses recovered on an actual basis could not be included in taxable value for periods pri...

June 9, 2026 63 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CESTAT Virtual Hearings & Procedures

Custom Duty : Read Notification No. 02/2023 from CESTAT, New Delhi, introducing virtual hearings. Learn about the procedure, technical requireme...

September 21, 2023 4122 Views 0 comment Print

Selection for the posts of Member, Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT)

Goods and Services Tax : Applications are being invited for 2 anticipated vacancies of Member (Technical) and 4 anticipated vacancies of Member (Judicial) ...

February 3, 2023 3699 Views 0 comment Print

Procedure for Physical Hearing of Appeals by CESTAT

CA, CS, CMA : Representations have been received from the Bar Associations requesting for physical hearing of appeals. As there is improvement i...

November 15, 2021 4101 Views 0 comment Print

Benches of Tribunal must strictly adhere to period of limitation prescribed by SC

Custom Duty : F No. 01(05)/Circular/CESTAT/2021 Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal West Block No. 2, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-11006...

July 26, 2021 2079 Views 0 comment Print

Procedure For E-Hearing of Appeals by CESTAT

Goods and Services Tax : Representations have been received from the Bar Associations at Mumbai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and Hyderabad Benches of ...

August 10, 2020 7080 Views 0 comment Print


CESTAT Criticizes Department’s ‘Pick & Choose’ approach to Reopen Finalized Cases

July 21, 2023 744 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT held that Commissioner (Appeals) had overstepped his bounds by reviewing a Tribunal’s order that had already gained finality due to lack of appeal. Department’s selective application of review processes was criticized as a mockery of judicial process.

CESTAT Kolkata Upholds Confiscation of Betel Nuts and imposition of Penalty

July 21, 2023 762 Views 0 comment Print

The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) Kolkata has upheld the seizure of Betel Nuts and the imposition of penalties, dismissing the appeal by Sunil Kumar Yadav, who claimed ownership of the goods.

Once service tax levied under ‘Commercial Construction Service’, it cannot be re-demanded under ‘Works Contract Service’

July 21, 2023 525 Views 0 comment Print

The CESTAT quashes penalty against SAB Industries Limited, ruling that service tax cannot be levied under ‘Works Contract Service’ once demanded under ‘Commercial Construction Service’.

Confiscation of Gold Bars & Penalty based on Retracted Statements Unsustainable

July 21, 2023 2382 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Kolkata held that confiscation of gold bars and imposition of penalty thereon on the basis of retracted statements without proving that the gold bars are smuggled in nature is unsustainable.

Classification of Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers – CESTAT Remanded Matter

July 21, 2023 933 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad remanded the matter for reconsideration in case of classification of goods i.e. Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers under HSN code 63053200 or under 39231090.

Physician samples to be value as per rule 4 of Central Excise Valuation Rules, 2000

July 21, 2023 735 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Bangalore held that value of free physician samples should be done as per rule 4 of the Central Excise Valuation Rules, 2000. Valuation under rule 8 of the 2000 Rules by adding 15% profit to the cost of manufacture not acceptable.

Illegally Imported Goods without Valid Liable for Confiscation u/s 111 of Customs Act

July 21, 2023 771 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the recent case verdict by CESTAT Bangalore regarding K Kiran Tyres Vs Commissioner of Customs, focusing on the confiscation of illegally imported goods without a valid license.

SAD Refund Granted: Accounting procedures usually include past periods: CESTAT

July 21, 2023 1047 Views 0 comment Print

Insightful analysis of the recent case between the Commissioner of Customs and Doosan Infracore India Pvt. Ltd., where CESTAT Chennai dismissed the appeal of the revenue department on the sanction of the SAD refund claim.

CESTAT allows Refund Claim Appeal for Custom Duty amid Covid-19 Delays

July 21, 2023 954 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the CESTAT Hyderabad ruling favoring Jindal Stainless Limited in a pivotal case against the Commissioner of Customs. The case discusses the rejection of a refund claim due to Covid-19-related filing delays.

No Maximum Penalty for Violating CBLR Provisions without License Revocation

July 21, 2023 816 Views 0 comment Print

Review the case between Lotus Integrated Logistics and the Commissioner of Customs where CBLR violations didn’t result in license revocation or max penalty.

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