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Indirect Taxes
Customs Dept. Can’t File Appeal Below Rs. 50 Lakh Limit—Penalty Amount Matters, Not Value of Seized Goods: CESTAT
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has...
Indirect Taxes
Bank Entries Alone Can’t Decide Taxability Without Proper Verification: CESTAT
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) Chennai Bench has remanded a...
Indirect Taxes
Job Work vs Manpower Supply: CESTAT Holds Output-Based Contracts Not Liable to Service Tax
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai Bench has held that...
Indirect Taxes
Mere Balance Sheet Discrepancies Insufficient To Deny CENVAT Credit Without Evidence of Clandestine Removal: CESTAT
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has...
Indirect Taxes
Forfeiture of Hotel Booking Advances Not Taxable as Service: CESTATÂ
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi Principal Bench, has held...
Indirect Taxes
Unjust Enrichment Applies Even If Tax Not Payable: CESTAT Rejects Service Tax Refund
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, has dismissed the...
Indirect Taxes
Service Tax Not Leviable on Cost Sharing, Royalty and GAM Expenses: CESTAT Quashes Major Demands Against Expeditors International
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, has set aside...
Indirect Taxes
Customs Can’t Penalize Broker for MEIS Classification Dispute; Only DGFT Has Jurisdiction: Madras High Court
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has held that Customs officials cannot...
Indirect Taxes
DRI NDPS Case: Whether Procedural Lapses in Sampling & Search Can Invalidate Conviction? — Chhattisgarh High Court Says No
The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld the conviction and 15-year rigorous imprisonment awarded to...
Indirect Taxes
Big Setback For Ranya Rao | Supreme Court Upholds COFEPOSA Detention in Gold Smuggling Case
The Supreme Court has held that under Article 22(3)(b) of the Constitution read with...
Indirect Taxes
Condensate Can’t Be Classified as ‘Light Oil’ Without Testing 90% Distillation at 210°C: CESTAT
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Ahmedabad has held that goods...
Indirect Taxes
Hearsay Statement Alone Can’t Prove Gold Smuggling: CESTAT Orders Release of Seized Gold
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Allahabad Bench, has held that mere...
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JURISHOUR | TAX LAW DAILY BULLETIN : 22 May, 2026
Here’s the Tax Law Daily Bulletin for May 22, 2026.GSTPUNJAB & HARYANA HC DIRECTS...
Indirect Taxes
Movement of Goods to Depots for Inventory Replenishment Can’t Be Treated as Inter-State Sale: CESTAT
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, has held that...
Indirect Taxes
Customs Broker Can’t Be Penalised for Export of Ergotamine Preparation; S. 117 Not Invocable Where Specific Penalty Provision Exists: CESTAT
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, has set aside...
GST
Dept. Appeal Doesn’t Automatically Stay Appellate Order; GST Registration Restoration Directions Must Be Followed Without Specific Stay: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that the mere filing of an appeal by...