![No Service Tax Leviable on Foreign Logistics Services: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/21/500x300_2121194-no-service-tax-on-foreign-logistics-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax Leviable on Foreign Logistics Services: CESTAT [Read Order]")
No Service Tax Leviable on Foreign Logistics Services: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that services rendered by foreign service providers outside...
![No Differential Excise Duty Demand on SKO Intermixed with MS & HSD in Pipeline: CESTAT sets aside Order against HPCL [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/21/250x150_2121184-no-differential-excise-duty-demand-sko-intermixed-taxscan.webp "No Differential Excise Duty Demand on SKO Intermixed with MS & HSD in Pipeline: CESTAT sets aside Order against HPCL [Read Order]")
![Mahatma Gandhi University Eligible for ₹1.47 Cr Service Tax Refund on Legal, Security, Manpower & Works Contract Services: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/20/250x150_2120954-manpower-services-taxscan.webp "Mahatma Gandhi University Eligible for ₹1.47 Cr Service Tax Refund on Legal, Security, Manpower & Works Contract Services: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![‘Amazon Internet Services Not An ‘Intermediary’: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Data Hosting Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/20/250x150_2120867-amazon-internet-services-not-an-intermediary-taxscan.webp "‘Amazon Internet Services Not An ‘Intermediary’: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Data Hosting Services [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Reduces Customs Penalty to ₹5,000 Considering Demise of Importer’s Wife [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/20/250x150_2120875-cestat-chennai-penalty-customs-penalty-importer-penalty-penalty-reduction-customs-act-penalty-cestat-penalty-reduction-customs-penalty-reduced-importer-customs-penalty-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Reduces Customs Penalty to ₹5,000 Considering Demise of Importer’s Wife [Read Order]")
Buyer’s Premises as ‘Place of Removal’: CESTAT Reaffirms CENVAT Credit Eligibility on GTA Services in Ramco Cements Case [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal of Chennai Bench (CESTAT) reaffirmed that outward freight qualifies for credit when ownership and risk pass at the buyer’s premises,...
![Buyer’s Premises as ‘Place of Removal’: CESTAT Reaffirms CENVAT Credit Eligibility on GTA Services in Ramco Cements Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/20/500x300_2120878-buyers-premises-place-removal-taxscan.webp "Buyer’s Premises as ‘Place of Removal’: CESTAT Reaffirms CENVAT Credit Eligibility on GTA Services in Ramco Cements Case [Read Order]")
![Arm-Blade Assembly without Motor Classified as Parts, Not Complete Wiper: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/19/500x300_2120766-arm-blade-assembly-without-motor-classified-as-parts-not-complete-wiper-cestat-taxscan.webp "Arm-Blade Assembly without Motor Classified as Parts, Not Complete Wiper: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Refund arises out of Excise Duty Demand Deletion must be Claimed through Separate Statutory Procedure, Not Before Tribunal: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that refund issues arising out of the deletion of excise duty demand must be claimed through a separate statutory procedure and ...
![Refund arises out of Excise Duty Demand Deletion must be Claimed through Separate Statutory Procedure, Not Before Tribunal: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/19/500x300_2120759-refund-excise-duty-demand-deletion-claimed-cestat-taxscan.webp "Refund arises out of Excise Duty Demand Deletion must be Claimed through Separate Statutory Procedure, Not Before Tribunal: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Customs Fails to Disclose Method Adopted to Redetermine Confiscated Goods Value: CESTAT Remands Matter for Revaluation [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (“CESTAT”) notes that the customs department has failed to disclose the method adopted to redetermine the value of confiscated imported goods....
![Customs Fails to Disclose Method Adopted to Redetermine Confiscated Goods Value: CESTAT Remands Matter for Revaluation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/17/500x300_2120264-customs-fails-disclose-method-adopted-redetermine-confiscated-goods-value-taxscan.webp "Customs Fails to Disclose Method Adopted to Redetermine Confiscated Goods Value: CESTAT Remands Matter for Revaluation [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on Blasting & Quarrying for Road Works: CESTAT says Registration not required when No Tax Payable [Read Order]
Blasting, quarrying and allied activities conducted for road construction are not liable to Service Tax, held by the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), New Delhi...
![No Service Tax on Blasting & Quarrying for Road Works: CESTAT says Registration not required when No Tax Payable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/17/500x300_2120246-service-tax-blasting-road-works-registration-tax-payable-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Blasting & Quarrying for Road Works: CESTAT says Registration not required when No Tax Payable [Read Order]")
Service Tax Demand Cannot be Raised Merely on Accounting Differences Without Identifying Taxable Service: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that service tax demand cannot be raised merely based on differences in accounting records unless the...
![Service Tax Demand Cannot be Raised Merely on Accounting Differences Without Identifying Taxable Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/17/500x300_2120218-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand Cannot be Raised Merely on Accounting Differences Without Identifying Taxable Service: CESTAT [Read Order]")