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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 1194 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 1317 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 1170 Views 0 comment Print

Taxability of Corporate Guarantee: CESTAT’s Verdict Challenged in SC

Service Tax : Dive into the legal battle over corporate guarantees' taxability as Business Auxiliary Service. Explore the CESTAT's decision, the...

November 22, 2023 1038 Views 0 comment Print

No Penalty Without Sufficient Evidence in Abetment Case: CESTAT Bangalore

Custom Duty : CESTAT Bangalore's ruling in case of Rafeek K.T. v. Commissioner of Customs, emphasizing need for substantial evidence to impose p...

November 21, 2023 651 Views 0 comment Print


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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 3204 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 2232 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 1217 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 468 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 3040 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Activity of granting call option doesn’t qualify as rendering of service: CESTAT Delhi

Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi held that granting “call option” is not an activity of rendering service. Thus, appellant has wrongly been held t...

August 16, 2024 69 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty imposed on customs broker for non-compliance with provisions of CBLR, 2018: CESTAT Delhi

Custom Duty : CESTAT Delhi held that imposition of penalty and revocation of customs broker license justified as customs broker abetted the ille...

August 16, 2024 114 Views 0 comment Print

Rejection of refund claim for non-mentioning of period particulars in CA’s certificate is harsh: CESTAT Chennai

Custom Duty : CESTAT Chennai rejection of refund claim merely for non-mentioning of period particulars in CA’s certificate unjustifiable as re...

August 16, 2024 144 Views 0 comment Print

Indian Companies Promotion of Australian Services is Export of Service: CESTAT Chandigarh

Service Tax : Oceanic Consultants Pvt Ltd Vs Commissioner or Central Excise And Service Tax (CESTAT Chandigarh) CESTAT Chandigarh held that Indi...

August 13, 2024 183 Views 0 comment Print

No service tax on commission charged by Indian Bank for granting credit facility to foreign service recipient: CESTAT Chennai

Service Tax : Held that the appellant has satisfied all the conditions for treating the service as export of service but there is a need to veri...

August 13, 2024 81 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 1659 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 2853 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 3012 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 1530 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 5772 Views 0 comment Print


Limitation period U/s. 11B of Excise Act not applies if Service tax was not payable under law

January 21, 2015 3856 Views 0 comment Print

C K P Mandal (the Appellant) is a Charitable Trust. It has two halls which are given on hire for various functions. On hire charges, the Appellant was paying Service tax under the category of Mandap keeper. The Appellant also received donations from caterers and decorators for permitting them to use the halls.

Assessee eligible to avail remaining 50% of Cenvat credit on Capital Goods which were cleared during year of receipt

January 21, 2015 987 Views 0 comment Print

Nilkamal Ltd. (the Appellant) was engaged in the manufacture of excisable goods and for the manufacture of these goods, they had purchased some moulds as Capital Goods. Upon receipt of the said moulds in the factory, the Appellant availed 50% of the eligible Cenvat credit on the moulds as Capital Goods and the moulds were put to use for some time in the factory for further manufacturing of excisable goods.

Customs duty cannot be levied on exempt goods merely for non mention of such goods separately in the invoice

January 13, 2015 985 Views 0 comment Print

Epson India Pvt. Ltd.(the Assessee) imported Inkjet printer with printer software and ink cartridges (impugned goods) under a single Bill of Entry No. 618553 dated April 21, 2004 by classifying them under separate chapter headings and claimed concessional rate of duty

In remand matters, Dept not entitled to hold deposit made by Assessee during investigation as pre-deposit

January 13, 2015 2428 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble CESTAT, Mumbai relied upon the judgment of the Hon’ble High Court in the case of Nelco Ltd. [(2002) 144 E.L.T. 56 (Bom.)] which was further affirmed by the Hon’ble Apex Court in [(2002) 144 E.L.T. A104 (S.C.)], holding that in case of remand matter, the Department was not entitled to hold on to the amount deposited by the Assessee during the course of investigation as pre-deposit.

Assessee can choose most beneficial Exemption Notification where two or more Exemption Notifications are available

January 13, 2015 2968 Views 0 comment Print

Where two Exemption Notifications, one granting absolute unconditional exemption and other granting unconditional partial exemption, is available to the Assessee, the Assessee has an option to opt the Exemption Notification which is more beneficial to him.

No penalty imposable U/s. 77 / 78 of Finance Act,1994 when penalty U/s. 76 thereof was waived on the ground of reasonable cause

January 13, 2015 7949 Views 0 comment Print

In the instant case, Garodia Special Steels Ltd. (the Appellant) paid Service tax under the category of Goods Transport Agency on Reverse Charge basis. However, during the audit of their unit, the reconciliation of ledger accounts with the Service Tax Returns revealed

No Custom duty leviable on quantity of Burning loss

January 7, 2015 750 Views 0 comment Print

Maharashtra Seamless Ltd. (the Appellant) imported round Billets without payment of Customs duty for the manufacture of seamless tubes and pipes in the private bonded warehouse under the Customs license issued under Section 65 of the Customs Act, 1962 (the Customs Act)

Contention that Assessee was service-recipient & not the provider cannot be termed as additional evidence

January 7, 2015 421 Views 0 comment Print

In the instant case, the Department demanded Service tax for the periods 2005-06 to 2007-08 on Rs. 14,40,000/- paid by Astron Polymers (P.) Ltd. (the Appellant) towards factory rent to one of its director. The Appellant denied liability to Service tax citing that levy was unconstitutional.

Excise duty exemption cannot be denied merely because the certificates were in the name of intermediary

December 31, 2014 1438 Views 0 comment Print

Excise duty exemption cannot be denied merely because the certificates were in the name of intermediary through whom the material was supplied for approved projects

Cenvat credit on Tower parts & Pre-fabricated buildings – CESTAT grants stay as demand was time barred

December 31, 2014 950 Views 0 comment Print

Bharti Airtel Ltd. (the Appellant)is engaged in the business of providing cellular services. The issue involved is admissibility of Cenvat credit on inputs, capital goods and input services used in the erection of transmission towers and shelters spread all over the country far from the office premises of the Appellant.

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