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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 54 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 60 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 48 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


Printing on PVC amounts to production of Goods – Service Tax not payable

May 12, 2023 1086 Views 0 comment Print

Decorative Sleeves Pvt Ltd Vs C.C.E. & S.T (CESTAT Ahmedabad) Notification No. 14/2004-ST exempts production of goods on behalf of client and any service incidental or ancillary to production of goods. In the instant case, it is not in dispute that the appellants are printing on PVC material supplied by their clients. Printing may or […]

Conversion of One Stage of Yarn into Another not amounts to Manufacture

May 12, 2023 1257 Views 0 comment Print

Hada Textiles Industries Limited Vs Commissioner of Central Excise & Service Tax (CESTAT Kolkata) Department had demanded duty on the cotton yarn in view of the Chapter Note I to Chapter 52 of CETA, 1985 on the ground that products covered under Heading No.52.03, sizing, beaming, warping, winding or reeling or any one or more […]

Excise Duty based on ACP fixed by Commissioner payable unless Assessee submit evidence of Actual production

May 11, 2023 546 Views 0 comment Print

Hazra Iron Works Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (CESTAT Kolkata) Appellant has not paid the duty as per the ACP (Annual Capacity of Production) fixed by the Commissioner for the years 1997-1998 and 1998-1999. The Appellant’s contention is that they have not opted for payment of duty under 96ZP(3) and hence they are liable to […]

Classification of goods manufactured out of carbon fibres with wooden handle

May 11, 2023 522 Views 0 comment Print

Appellant imported Paddle of canoes. Goods are manufactured out of carbon fibres with wooden handle. Appellant sought to classify goods under heading 95062900

CESTAT on disallowance of CENVAT Credit attributable to trading activities

May 11, 2023 1620 Views 0 comment Print

ThyssenKrupp Industries India Pvt. Ltd. Vs Commissioner of CE & ST (CESTAT Mumbai) Appellant undertake design, engineering, manufacture, supply, transport and erection & commissioning activities of various projects. They supply/sale duty-paid / non-duty paid materials, components, structural steel, parts, and machinery etc. for the said projects, which are either cleared from their manufacturing units or […]

Service tax not payable on assisting registration of vehicles with RTO

May 10, 2023 1614 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that assisting the registration of the vehicles with the Regional Transport Office (RTO) tax cannot be considered a declared service under section 66E(e) of the Finance Act, 1994. Accordingly, demand of the service tax set aside.

Deposit insurance activity of DICGC falls within ambit of ‘General Insurance Business’

May 10, 2023 1311 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Mumbai held that the deposit insurance activity of Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation, Mumbai (DICGC) falls within the ambit of section 65(105)(d) of the Finance Act, 1994 and is chargeable to Service Tax under “General Insurance Business”.

Customs: Re-valuation of goods without rejection of transaction value is invalid

May 10, 2023 1329 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that re-valuation of goods without first rejecting the transaction value of the goods is not in accordance with law. Show cause notice without proposal of rejection of transaction value or demanding differential duty is both speculative and presumptive.

No post import condition in Notification No. 21/2002-Cus.  – CESTAT quashes Tax & Penalty demand,  confiscation of  aircrafts not sustainable

May 10, 2023 621 Views 0 comment Print

Vrl Logistics Ltd Vs C.C (CESTAT Ahmedabad) No post import condition in Notification No. 21/2002-Cus.  – CESTAT quashes Tax & Penalty demand,  confiscation of  aircrafts not sustainable We find that the issue in the present matters relates to the grant of benefit of Notification No. 21/2002-Cus., dated 1-3- 2002 as amended by Notification No. 61/2007-Cus. […]

Department cannot insist that importer should avail benefit of a particular notification when they are eligible for different notifications

May 10, 2023 1224 Views 0 comment Print

Commissioner of Customs Vs Dimension Data India Limited (CESTAT Chennai) It is brought out that an amount of Rs.7,23,072/- was rejected by the original authority on the ground that Bill of Entry in regard to RSP based assessed goods has to be reassessed and refund claim has to be filed for the CVD paid by […]

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