CAT Directs Refund of Recovery, Grants Higher Grade Pay Under 3rd MACP to Central Excise Officer
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, has granted significant relief to a senior Central Excise officer, Sudhir Kumar Thakkar by quashing...
ICAI Releases Comprehensive Handbook on E-Commerce Operators Under GST
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has released a detailed Handbook on E-Commerce Operators under GST, aimed at addressing the growing compliance...
Jharkhand HC Strikes Down Electricity Duty Amendments, Calls Levy on ‘Net Charges’ Unconstitutional
The Jharkhand High Court has struck down key amendments to the Jharkhand Electricity Duty law that had radically altered the basis of levy of...
IRS Prabha Bhandari 1st One Toi File Bail Application In Rs. 70 Lakh Bribe Case
In a significant development in the high-profile bribery case unearthed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) involving officials of the Central Goods &...
VDIS Declaration Does Not Bar Income Tax Scrutiny Where Discrepancies Exist: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur has dismissed a writ petition challenging the validity of scrutiny notices issued under Section 143(2) of the...
Service Tax Appeal Abated Following NCLT Ordered Liquidation of Assessee Company: CESTAT
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that a pending service tax appeal stands abated after...
Revenue-Sharing with Diagnostic Partners Not Taxable as ‘Business Support Services’; CESTAT Quashes Rs. 1.47 Crore Service Tax Against Hospital
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...
Mere Stock Shortage Not Proof of Clandestine Removal: CESTAT
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that mere shortage of finished goods found during physical...
CISF Not Liable to Pay Service Tax on Security Services Provided to Delhi Airport: CESTAT
The Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, has held that the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was...
Job Work Amounting to Manufacture Can’t Be Taxed as Service: CESTAT
The Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, has held that processes amounting to manufacture cannot be...
Mining Is ‘Permissible Operation’ Under MOOWR, Quashes Cancellation of Private Bonded Warehouse Licences: CESTAT
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, has set aside the cancellation of private bonded warehouse licences and Manufacture and...
No Unjust Enrichment If Duty Was Not Recovered from Buyers: CESTAT Allows Refund to Importer
The Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has allowed the refund claim of the importer and held that...
Statements Given to Customs Officers Are Not Admissible Unless Tested in Cross-Examination: CESTAT
The Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that statements given to customs officers are not admissible unless...
ITAT Quashes Reassessment Based on “Fictitious Loan” Allegations, Slams Dept. for Acting on Incorrect Information
The Ahmedabad Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has quashed reassessment orders passed against Shah Mahendrakumar Mafatlal HUF for Assessment Years 2014-15...
ITAT Restricts Addition to 8% Presumptive Profit in Cattle Feed Trader’s Case, Rejects Full Disallowance of Cash Purchases
The Pune Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has granted substantial relief to a small rural trader by restricting the income addition...
Section 16(2)(c) CGST Act Valid but READ DOWN; ITC Can’t Be Denied to Bona Fide Buyers Says Tripura High Court
The Tripura High Court has held that while upholding the constitutional validity of Section 16(2)(c) of the CGST Act, 2017, “read down” the provision...
Supreme Court Upholds Validity of Email Service of Personal Hearing Notices U/s 169 of CGST Act
The Supreme Court has upheld the Delhi High Court’s ruling that service of personal hearing notices through the registered email address is valid and...
Router Components Are ‘Parts’, Not Network Interface Cards; CESTAT Quashes Customs Duty Demand on Bharti Airtel
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, has set aside a major customs duty demand against Bharti Airtel Limited, ruling...
Bus Operations Not ‘Tour Operator’ Services: CESTAT Quashes Major Service Tax Demands on RSRTC
The Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, has granted major relief to the Rajasthan State...
No GTA Service Tax on Transport of Exported Extraction Meal; CESTAT Upholds Exemption Despite Procedural Lapses
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...
Category