Here’s a service tax weekly flashback from 04 To 10 January 2026.
Madras High Court
Police Bundobast Services Are Sovereign Functions, Not Taxable Under Service Tax Law: Madras High Court
Case Title: The Greater Chennai Police Commissionerate Versus UOI
Case No.: W.P.Nos. 6280, 6281 & 6282 of 2016
The Madras High Court has held that security and bundobast services rendered by the Greater Chennai Police Commissionerate in the discharge of its statutory duties cannot be subjected to service tax under the Finance Act, 1994, for the period prior to 1 June 2012. It was clarified that police bundobast duties retain sovereign character irrespective of whether services are rendered to government or private entities.
CESTAT
End-to-End Air Cargo Services on Principal-to-Principal Basis Not ‘Business Auxiliary Service’, No Service Tax Payable: CESTAT
Case Title: Delmos Aviation Private Limited Vs Principal Commissioner, Cgst & Central Excise
Case No.: SERVICE TAX APPEAL NO. 50240 OF 2020
The Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), has held that end-to-end air cargo services on principal-to-principal basis not ‘business auxiliary service’ and no service tax is payable.
No GTA Service Tax on Transport of Exported Extraction Meal; CESTAT Upholds Exemption Despite Procedural Lapses
Case Title: Principal Commissioner Versus Hari Agro Industries
Case No.: SERVICE TAX APPEAL NO. 51025 OF 2019
The Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has dismissed the Revenue’s appeal and upheld the grant of service tax exemption on Goods Transport Agency (GTA) services used for transportation of rapeseed extraction meal exported by an edible oil manufacturer.
Bus Operations Not ‘Tour Operator’ Services: CESTAT Quashes Major Service Tax Demands on RSRTC
Case Title: RSRTC Versus The Principal Commissioner Of Central Excise And Cgst-Jaipur
Case No.: Service Tax Appeal No. 50039 Of 2025
The Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, has granted major relief to the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) by setting aside substantial service tax demands raised against it, holding that its point-to-point bus operations, even when conducted in association with the Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC), do not amount to “tour operator services” under the Finance Act, 1994.
Job Work Amounting to Manufacture Can’t Be Taxed as Service: CESTAT
Case Title: Essem Polyalloys P Ltd Versus Commissioner
Case No.: Service Tax Appeal No. 50303 Of 2021
The Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, has held that processes amounting to manufacture cannot be subjected to service tax, even if part of the work is outsourced to a sub-contractor.
CISF Not Liable to Pay Service Tax on Security Services Provided to Delhi Airport: CESTAT
Case Title: M/s Senior Commandant Versus Principal Commissioner of CGST
Case No.: SERVICE TAX APPEAL NO. 50756 OF 2021
The Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, has held that the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was not liable to pay service tax on security services provided to Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) and that the entire tax liability rested on the service recipient under the reverse charge mechanism.
Mere Stock Shortage Not Proof of Clandestine Removal: CESTAT
Case Title: Fortis Healthcare Ltd vs Commissioner of Central Excise and Service Tax
Case No.: Service Tax Appeal No. 51987 of 2015
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chandigarh has set aside a service tax demand of Rs. 1.47 crore raised on a leading hospital chain, holding that revenue-sharing arrangements with in-house diagnostic service providers do not amount to provision of “Support Services of Business or Commerce” and are therefore not taxable.
Service Tax Appeal Abated Following NCLT Ordered Liquidation of Assessee Company: CESTAT
Case Title: M/s.Leitwind Shriram Manufacturing Ltd. Versus The Commissioner of GST & Central Excise
Case No.: Service Tax Appeal No. 42516 of 2016
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that a pending service tax appeal stands abated after the appellant company was ordered to be liquidated by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), in line with settled principles under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).
Skill Upgradation of Existing Workers Not ‘Vocational Training’: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand, Sets Aside Penalties
Case Title: M/s. MCM Worldwide Private Limited Versus Commissioner, Central Excise
Case No.: Service Tax Appeal No. 57371 of 2013
The New Delhi of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) while quashing the service tax demand held that skill upgradation of existing workers is not ‘vocational training’.
