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 Kolkata held that the recovery proceedings initiated by the Customs authorities under section 28AAA of the Customs Act are not sustainable as DGFT authorities have not cancelled MEIS licenses in question.
CESTAT Delhi rules BHEL is entitled to 6% interest on delayed CENVAT refund, overturning Commissioner (Appeals) decision.
CESTAT Kolkata has reduced penalties for two gold carriers, acknowledging their role as mere carriers and citing a precedent for leniency in similar smuggling cases.
CESTAT Kolkata set aside the revocation of Shyamal Kumar Ghosh’s F-Card and Rs. 50,000 penalty, ruling his card was inoperative and charges unsubstantiated.
CESTAT Kolkata held that charge of clandestine removal and duty demand thereon merely on the loose sheets and pocket dairy without any corroborative evidence cannot be sustained in the eye of law. Accordingly, appeal allowed.
Until the goods are appropriated by the stockyards/warehouses from out of the stocks available with them, they continue in the inventory of the stockyards/warehouses. Thus, supplies made to the stockyards/warehouses are merely stock transfers.
CESTAT Mumbai remands CENVAT credit refund case for 100% EOU, Everyday Health, for verification of manually filed ST-3 returns and input service invoices.
The above discussion is sufficient for us to hold that the order under challenge / OIA dated 30.03.2022 has wrongly confirmed the impugned demand against the appellant. The order is therefore not sustainable.
CESTAT Delhi held that Blower, Filter, Water Valve Assembly, Control Panel, Module JCBHP and Thermostat are classifiable under CTI 8414 59 30, CTI 8421 39 90, CTI 8481 10 90, CTI 8538 10 90 and CTI 9032 10 10 and cannot be reassessed as parts of air conditioner under CTI 8415 90 00. Accordingly, appeal allowed.
CESTAT Mumbai held that Chief Commissioner was not justified in rejecting the compounding application filed u/s. 137(3) of the Customs Act, 1962 without granting any opportunity of hearing since the same results into violation of principles of natural justice.
