Service Tax : CESTAT rules that affiliation fees collected by universities are statutory functions, not taxable services. Service tax demand and...
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...
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...
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...
Custom Duty : CESTAT examined whether Bluetooth headsets should be treated as communication devices or ordinary headphones. It held that devices...
Service Tax : The Tribunal examined a service tax demand raised on the basis of DGARM data and financial statements. It held that reliance solel...
Custom Duty : CESTAT Delhi held that food testing kits were wrongly described as being for “diagnostic use only” to claim a customs exemptio...
Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai held that villas constructed on separate plots under individual agreements and approvals do not constitute a reside...
Service Tax : The Tribunal held that interest under Section 75 of the Finance Act is mandatory when service tax is paid after the due date. Admi...
Custom Duty : Read Notification No. 02/2023 from CESTAT, New Delhi, introducing virtual hearings. Learn about the procedure, technical requireme...
Goods and Services Tax : Applications are being invited for 2 anticipated vacancies of Member (Technical) and 4 anticipated vacancies of Member (Judicial) ...
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 ...
CESTAT Bangalore set aside a Rs. 50,000 penalty on a customs broker, citing membership approval before show-cause notice communication.
CESTAT Delhi dismisses an appeal in a gold smuggling case involving passenger baggage, stating it lacks jurisdiction under Section 129A of the Customs Act, 1962.
CESTAT Delhi held that order revoking Customs Broker License set aside on account of breach of time limit contemplated under regulation 17 of the Customs Broker Licensing Regulation 2018. Accordingly, appeal of the assessee allowed.
CESTAT Chandigarh held that CENVAT Credit of input services i.e. insurance and authorized service station cannot be denied as services are availed before 01.04.2011 and used for furtherance of business.
CESTAT Mumbai held that confiscation of shark fins without any evidence that there was an attempt to export the same is not justifiable. Accordingly, order confiscating goods set aside and appeal allowed.
CESTAT Delhi held that import of essential components constituting an E-Rickshaw in CKD [Complete Knock Down] or SKD [Semi- Knock Down] is rightly classifiable under CTH 8703 9000. Accordingly, order upheld and appeal is dismissed.
CESTAT Hyderabad held that section 17(4) of the Customs Act is not made for reopening or reviewing any issued final assessment order. Thus, adjudicating authority not empowered to review his final assessment order without statutory appeal.
CESTAT Kolkata rules in Susanta Kumar Sahoo vs. Commissioner of Customs, setting aside a dismissal that cited a delay. The tribunal found the appeal was filed on time.
CESTAT Chennai held that merely stating the probability of revenue succeeding in their appeal, is a bald statement which cannot be stated to be a reasonable plea for granting stay of order. Hence, stay not granted since sufficient cause not shown.
CESTAT Delhi held that ‘paytm’ soundbox is primarily meant to work with 2G device and not 4G LTE complaint device hence eligible for concessional rate of 10% basic customs duty [BCD] vide notification no. 57/2017 dated 30.06.2017.
