Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Consignment Sale Benefit Where ‘F’ Forms Found Invalid, Restores VAT Assessments
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that dealers cannot claim the benefit of consignment sales under the Central Sales Tax (CST) regime...
CENVAT Refund for Deemed Exports Barred by Limitation Under Central Excise Act: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) has held that a refund claim of unutilised CENVAT credit arising from deemed exports is subject to the...
Apprehended Business Impact Not Enough: Calcutta HC Rejects Anti-Dumping Writ for Lack of Jurisdiction
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the final findings of the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) recommending anti-dumping duty...
CESTAT Ignored Suo-Motu EOU De-Bonding Clarification; Andhra Pradesh High Court Quashes Order And Remands Back
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has set aside a final order passed by the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) after holding...
Importers Not Liable to Pay Service Tax on Ocean Freight Under Reverse Charge: CESTAT
The Ahmedabad Bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that importers cannot be fastened with service tax liability on...
Self-Attested Copies Sufficient for Refund; Dept. Can’t Insist on Original TR-6 Challans: CESTAT
The Ahmedabad Bench Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that an assessee is entitled to refund of the entire amount...
Capital Goods CENVAT Credit Can’t Be Denied Merely Because Remand Order Was Silent: CESTAT
The Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that denial of CENVAT credit on capital goods merely...
Extended Limitation Under Central Excise Can’t Be Invoked Without Proof of Intent to Evade Duty: CESTAT
The Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT)has dismissed appeals filed by the Revenue challenging the dropping of demands...
CESTAT Quashes Cenvat Credit Demand for Breach of Remand Directions, Travel Beyond SCN
The Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside a service tax demand of over Rs. 30...
Transfer of Development Rights Is Not Taxable Service: CESTAT Quashes Rs. 4.48 Crore Service Tax Demand on Real Estate Developer
The Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside a service tax demand of over Rs. 4.48...
CESTAT Upholds 6% Interest on Delayed Customs Refund, Rejects Claim for Higher Rate Despite 8 Year Delay
The Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has upheld the grant of interest at 6% per annum on...
CESTAT Rejects Customs’ Bid to Treat Imported Nutraceutical Ingredients as ‘Edible Preparations’, Quashes Rs. 7.07 Crore Duty Demand
The Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside a Rs. 7.07 crore customs duty demand raised...
Customs Can’t Deny ASEAN AIFTA Preferential Duty Benefit Solely for Importer’s Inability to Answer Origin Questionnaire: CESTAT
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that preferential customs duty benefits under the...
Mumbai Customs Busts Multiple Smuggling Rackets at Airport; NDPS, Gold, Diamonds, Foreign Currency Seized Worth Over Rs. 35 Crore
Officers of the Airport Commissionerate, Mumbai Customs Zone–III, detected and booked multiple smuggling cases involving narcotic drugs, gold, diamonds and foreign currency during the...
Threat to Rule of Law : CESTAT Frowns On Customs Dept. For ‘Defiant Disregard’ of Its Ruling; Orders Copy to Revenue Secretary, CBIC ChairmanÂ
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has castigated the Customs adjudicating authority for what it described as...
Customs Confiscation Order Quashed For Not Considering Importer’s Claim Of Customs Duty Exemption: Madras HC
The Madras High Court has set aside a customs order confiscating imported goods and imposing penalty on M/s Arasu Texports, holding that the order...
Madras High Court Directs Provisional Release of Detained Second-Hand Digital Printing Machines Despite BIS, DGFT Issues
The Madras High Court has directed the Customs Department at Chennai to grant provisional release of consignments comprising second-hand digital multifunction print and copying...
No Excise Duty Payable on Export Goods Damaged in Transit Before Shipment: CESTATÂ
The Bangalore Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that central excise duty cannot be demanded on goods...
Excise Dept. To Pay 12% Interest On Rebate Claims Withheld For More Than 12 Years Without Fault On Part Of Exporter: CESTAT
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has directed the Central Excise Department to pay interest at 12%...
Discounts Not Taxable as ‘Service’: CESTAT Quashes Rs. 2.85 Crore Service Tax Demand on Auto Dealer Incentives
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, has set aside a massive service tax demand of Rs. 2.85 crore along...
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