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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 2871 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 3375 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 66 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 69 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 66 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 57 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


Service tax demand based on TDS/ 26AS is unsustainable in law

August 5, 2022 5457 Views 0 comment Print

Held that demand of services tax on the basis of TDS /26AS statements/ 3CD Statements are not sustainable.

Onus is on Revenue to establish that alleged goods are received in clandestine manner

August 4, 2022 1044 Views 0 comment Print

Held that revenue needs to establish that the goods lying or found in the shop/ godwon of the assessee are not duty paid.

Seized goods can be released on provisional basis inspite of pending adjudication proceedings

August 4, 2022 3513 Views 0 comment Print

Held that a person from whom goods are seized has the right to seek provisional release immediately even as adjudication proceedings takes its own course.

Allegation of amount collected as service tax should be supported by corroborative evidence

August 4, 2022 2112 Views 0 comment Print

Held that revenue alleged that the assessee has collected service tax payment. However, revenue failed to support the allegation with any corroborative evidence. Demand of service tax unsustainable

Cenvat credit is eligible in respect of 2% CVD paid under notification no. 12/2012-Cus

August 4, 2022 1443 Views 0 comment Print

Commissioner of Central Excise And Customs, Central Goods And Service Tax Vs Shree Cement Ltd (CESTAT Delhi) Held that cenvat credit of 2% CVD paid under Notification No. 12/2012-Cus dated 17/03/2012 is eligible to the appellant. Facts- The issue involved in these Appeals is whether Cenvat credit of 2% CVD paid on import of steam […]

Duty drawback based on mis-declaration of goods rejected

August 2, 2022 1440 Views 0 comment Print

Held that deliberate concealment relating to mis-declaration of the goods and overvaluing with the intention to avail higher duty drawback is untenable

CESTAT condones 1354 days delay in Appeal filing due to Mental Insanity

July 31, 2022 909 Views 0 comment Print

Rosa Impex Private Limited Vs Commissioner of CGST (CESTAT Mumbai) In acceptance of the death of Managing Director and brain haemorrhage of the present Director of the Appellant Company as legal disability due to mental insanity, etc. delay in filing the appeal before the Commissioner (Appeals) is condoned at this end by invoking the principle […]

ITAT condones Delay in Appeal filing due to Death of Counsel

July 30, 2022 756 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT condones Delay in Appeal filing as appellant could not file appeal within time stipulated due to  death of his counsel

Forgery should be proved by clear & cogent evidence: CESTAT sets aside Penalty

July 28, 2022 690 Views 0 comment Print

Diamond Creations Vs C.C.-Mundra (CESTAT Ahmedabad) Coming to the contention of revenue regarding forgery of the textile committee report, we do not find any reason to go into the detail as the fact that reports were forged does not impact the classification assuming the reports relied upon by the department are the original one as […]

Penalty leviable for Misclassification of Goods with malafide intentions

July 25, 2022 5670 Views 0 comment Print

Scania Commercial Vehicles India P Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Customs (Import) (CESTAT Mumbai) In this case appellant had mis-classified the goods with an intention to evade payment of appropriate Custom duty. The appellant resorted to mis-classification / mis-declaration of description of goods showing number of packages as two instead of manifested number of packages as […]

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