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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


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 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


Penalty not imposable when the Service tax liability was discharged along with interest before issuance of Show Cause Notice

November 14, 2014 3006 Views 0 comment Print

In terms of Section 73(3) of the Finance Act,when the Service tax liability was discharged along with interest before issuance of SCN, no penalty would be imposable on the Appellant.

Payment of duty under protest tantamount to challenging assessment & therefore refundable

November 1, 2014 10795 Views 0 comment Print

Fairway Trading Company Pvt. Ltd. (Assessee) filed a shipping bill dated July 31, 2007 for export of 15,700 MTs of Iron Ore Fines in low grade to China. They declared the percentage of iron as 58.5%, thereby the rate of duty applicable was Rs. 50/- per MT.

Old and Used propping pipes for construction service are capital goods which are freely importable

October 30, 2014 1563 Views 0 comment Print

Peri (India) Pvt. Ltd. (the Appellant) imported old and used pipes declaring them as ‘old and used Prop Pep 20-300’ (Impugned goods) and classified them under Customs Tariff Heading (CTH) 7308 4000. The said classification was accepted and duty was demanded accordingly.

When excess payment of Service tax is established, its adjustment cannot be denied merely on non-compliance of procedural aspect

October 30, 2014 2275 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble CESTAT, Delhi held that the matter is no longer res integra as it has been consistently held that substantial benefit cannot be denied merely because some aspects of the procedure had not been followed.

Non furnishing of verification report of Department to assessee for making his submissions/rebuttal leads to denial of natural justice

October 30, 2014 1351 Views 0 comment Print

It was held by the Hon’ble CESTAT, Mumbai that while the Department had opportunity to verify whatever information/ statements furnished by the Appellant, a copy of the verification report should have been provided to the Appellant to make their submissions/rebuttal.

Refund not hit by doctrine of unjust enrichment where contract value is inclusive of Service tax

October 30, 2014 3470 Views 0 comment Print

In the instant case, AP. Engineers (the Assessee) filed a refund claim of Service tax which was rejected by the Adjudicating Authority as hit by doctrine of unjust enrichment. On appeal being made to the Commissioner (Appeals)

Purchaser of VABAL not liable to prove export obligation for availing benefit of Notification

October 14, 2014 760 Views 0 comment Print

Globe Agencies (the Assessee) purchased Valued Based Advance License (VABAL) from the market in respect of exported goods. Since, the Assessee failed to show that input stage credit has not been availed by the manufacturer of the exported (exempted) goods

Cenvat credit need not required to be reversed on capital goods which were imported and subsequently re-exported

October 13, 2014 2859 Views 0 comment Print

Glass and Ceramic Decorators, (Appellant) imported Glass Printing Machine (capital goods) during the year 2003-04 and availed Cenvat credit on the same of Rs. 23,33,282/- in two consecutive financial years i.e. 2003-04 and 2004-05.

Distribution of Cenvat credit by Zonal office to branches cannot be denied merely because it did not obtain Service tax registration

October 11, 2014 1400 Views 0 comment Print

Punjab National Bank (the Appellant or PNB) is the Zonal Audit Office at Meerut of the Punjab National Bank. The Appellant applied and obtained Service tax registration for providing banking and financial services on October 30, 2004.

A consignment agent who is free to sell goods to customers cannot be made taxable under Clearing and Forwarding services

October 10, 2014 9736 Views 0 comment Print

B K Sales Corporation (Appellant) was appointed as consignment agent by way of an Agreement by Narmada Chematur Petrochemicals Ltd. (principal). In terms of the Agreement, the principal was required to supply their product duly packed in drums on regular basis to the Appellant

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