Service Tax : Understand the CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Vishal Tansukhbhai Gohel vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST. No service tax on freig...
Service Tax : CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Shakti Enterprise vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST clarifies that CHA's reimbursable expenses are...
Custom Duty : CESTAT, Allahabad penalizes Commissioner for delaying Tribunal order implementation. Rs. 2,00,000 penalty imposed, and contempt pr...
Service Tax : Dive into the legal battle over corporate guarantees' taxability as Business Auxiliary Service. Explore the CESTAT's decision, the...
Custom Duty : CESTAT Bangalore's ruling in case of Rafeek K.T. v. Commissioner of Customs, emphasizing need for substantial evidence to impose p...
CA, CS, CMA : CESTAT e-Filing Software User Manual explains about New User Registration, User Home Page Navigation, Filing, (Petition/Appeal) ...
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...
Excise Duty : The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for setting up six additional Benches of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate T...
Service Tax : The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal has directed JetLite (formerly Sahara Airlines Ltd) to pay Rs 100 crore (Rs 1...
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...
Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi held that granting “call option” is not an activity of rendering service. Thus, appellant has wrongly been held t...
Custom Duty : CESTAT Delhi held that imposition of penalty and revocation of customs broker license justified as customs broker abetted the ille...
Custom Duty : CESTAT Chennai rejection of refund claim merely for non-mentioning of period particulars in CA’s certificate unjustifiable as re...
Service Tax : Oceanic Consultants Pvt Ltd Vs Commissioner or Central Excise And Service Tax (CESTAT Chandigarh) CESTAT Chandigarh held that Indi...
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Custom Duty : Read Notification No. 02/2023 from CESTAT, New Delhi, introducing virtual hearings. Learn about the procedure, technical requireme...
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CA, CS, CMA : Representations have been received from the Bar Associations requesting for physical hearing of appeals. As there is improvement i...
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...
Goods and Services Tax : Representations have been received from the Bar Associations at Mumbai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and Hyderabad Benches of ...
The appellant paid the duty with interest even prior to issuance of Show Cause Notice. If that is so, the authorities had no jurisdiction to initiate proceedings at all and consequently the question of payment of penalty would not arise at all.
In the present case, section 35F of the Excise Act, as it stood prior to 06.08.2014, provides for payment of interest only if the pre-deposit amount is not refunded within a period three months from the date of communication of the order to adjudicating authority.
Berry Alloys Limited Vs Commissioner of Central Tax (CESTAT Hyderabad) We find that the main ground for denying the credit as discussed in the impugned order is that the Appellant failed to furnish sufficient documentary evidence that the impugned items were used in fabrication of capital goods/accessories/parts/components. The Chartered Engineer’s Certificate though produced before both […]
No Service Tax on stability studies and technical testing and analysis of new drugs were classifiable under taxable category of Scientific and Technical Consultant Service and Technical Testing and Analysis Service
Commissioner of CE & ST Vs Maneesh Exports (CESTAT Mumbai) The appellants have consumed the duty free raw material for achieving the export obligations on yearly basis and on whole as per the LOP issued to them and amended from time to time. No evidence has been produced by the revenue that the terms of […]
Punjab National Bank Vs Commissioner, Central Goods and Service Tax, Central Excise (CESTAT Delhi) CESTAT find that there is no controversy regarding the quantum of amount refundable. Further, there is no allegation nor any finding by the Court below with regard to unjust enrichment. Further, in the facts and circumstances, I find that there is […]
Ericsson India Private Limited Vs Commissioner, Customs (CESTAT Delhi) CESTAT held that amount paid for the same duty but twice, one of the payment has to be refunded. Otherwise also in terms of section 17 of Limitation Act, whenever there is an application for a relief from the consequences of a mistake, the period of […]
Tasleem Ahmed Vs Commissioner of Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax (CESTAT Delhi) In this case appellant has clearly abused the process and has filed this appeal against the order dated June 30, 2017, which order was earlier assailed by the appellant by filing Excise Appeal no. 50087 of 2018 and this appeal was dismissed […]
Power Finance Corporation Ltd. Vs Commissioner (Appeal) (CESTAT Delhi) The fact that the corporate social responsibility is a legal responsibility does not make it an output service. The appellant not entitled to Cenvat Credit on the services used for corporate social responsibility. Facts- The appellant is a non-banking finance corporation engaged in financing projects and […]
Behag Overseas Vs Commissioner of Customs (CESTAT Chennai) Misdeclaration of goods and attempt to export such goods is punishable under Section 114 of the Customs Act. A Customs House Agent, who is a party to the mis-declaration, is liable to pay penalty. Facts- On specific intelligence, it was alleged that red sanders log are being […]
