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VAT Liability for IMFL On‑Shop Owners Statutory Since 2015: Gauhati HC Declines Stay on Circular
The Gauhati High Court has declined to grant interim relief to a group of IMFL On‑Shop owners who sought a stay on a circular dated 14 November 2025...
![Revenue Cannot Rely on Call Book to Justify 9-Year Delay: Bombay HC Quashes Excise SCNs Linked to NPV Sales Tax Retention [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/250x150_2112243-bombay-highcourt-taxscan.webp "Revenue Cannot Rely on Call Book to Justify 9-Year Delay: Bombay HC Quashes Excise SCNs Linked to NPV Sales Tax Retention [Read Order]")
![Extended Limitation cannot Be Invoked for Audit-Based Demand: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand against Delphi Automotive [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/08/250x150_2110990-extended-limitation-invoked-audit-based-demand-cestat-quashes-excise-duty-demand-delphi-automotive-taxscan.webp "Extended Limitation cannot Be Invoked for Audit-Based Demand: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand against Delphi Automotive [Read Order]")
![Peanut Butter Classified as Similar to Margarine: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹1.35Cr Cenvat Credit Demand While Upholding Credit Reversal on Written-Off Inputs [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/10/250x150_2111269-peanut-butter-margarine-cestat-cenvat-credit-demand-credit-reversal-written-off-inputs-taxscan.webp "Peanut Butter Classified as Similar to Margarine: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹1.35Cr Cenvat Credit Demand While Upholding Credit Reversal on Written-Off Inputs [Read Order]")
![DGFT Exempts Diamond Imprest Authorisation Imports from IGST, Duties & Compensation Cess [Read Circular]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/10/250x150_2111348-dgft-exempts-diamond-imprest-authorisation-imports-igst-duties-compensation-cess-taxscan.webp "DGFT Exempts Diamond Imprest Authorisation Imports from IGST, Duties & Compensation Cess [Read Circular]")
![DGFT Exempts Diamond Imprest Authorisation Imports from IGST, Duties & Compensation Cess [Read Circular]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/10/500x300_2111348-dgft-exempts-diamond-imprest-authorisation-imports-igst-duties-compensation-cess-taxscan.webp "DGFT Exempts Diamond Imprest Authorisation Imports from IGST, Duties & Compensation Cess [Read Circular]")
![Issuing GST MOV-07 and MOV-09 on Same Date is Unsustainable: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/500x300_2112383-punjab-haryana-hc-taxscan.jfif "Issuing GST MOV-07 and MOV-09 on Same Date is Unsustainable: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Order]")
![Once GST Demand Quashed and Remanded, Provisional Attachment cannot Survive: Delhi HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/500x300_2112316-gst-demand-quashed-remanded-provisional-attachment-survive-delhi-hc-taxscan.webp "Once GST Demand Quashed and Remanded, Provisional Attachment cannot Survive: Delhi HC [Read Order]")
Income Tax Dept Sends ‘Nudge’ Intimations on ITR-AIS Mismatches and High-Value Transactions: What Taxpayers Must Do
The Income Tax Department has stepped up its data-driven “NUDGE” campaign, sending alerts to taxpayers over ITR–AIS mismatches, high-value transactions and suspected bogus deduction claims.
![Service Tax Demand Based only on ITR–ST-3 Mismatch Unsustainable: CESTAT Holds Revenue must Establish Taxable Value before Levy [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/06/750x450_2110562-service-tax-demand-trst-3-cestat-taxable-value-before-levy-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand Based only on ITR–ST-3 Mismatch Unsustainable: CESTAT Holds Revenue must Establish Taxable Value before Levy [Read Order]")
![When Dept Admits No Service Tax Liability, It cannot Deny Refund of Deposit made during Investigation on Limitation: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/08/500x300_2111017-chhattisgarh-hc-taxscan.jfif "When Dept Admits No Service Tax Liability, It cannot Deny Refund of Deposit made during Investigation on Limitation: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]")
![Construction of Govt. Residential Quarters to GSPHCL Not Taxable: CESTAT Drops Service Tax Demand on Works Contract but Upholds GTA Liability [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/07/500x300_2110695-construction-govt-residential-quarters-gsphcl-taxable-cestat-drops-service-tax-demand-works-contract-upholds-gta-liability.webp "Construction of Govt. Residential Quarters to GSPHCL Not Taxable: CESTAT Drops Service Tax Demand on Works Contract but Upholds GTA Liability [Read Order]")
![Karnataka HC Quashes OIA Since Issue Already Settled by Coordinate Bench, Remands Service Tax Dispute on Labour Charges [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/01/500x300_2109295-karnataka-hc-taxscan.jfif "Karnataka HC Quashes OIA Since Issue Already Settled by Coordinate Bench, Remands Service Tax Dispute on Labour Charges [Read Order]")
![Copolymer vs. Homopolymer: CESTAT Raps Customs for confirming ADD on PVC Import without Verifying Material Composition [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/25/500x300_2107826-copolymer-vs-homopolymer-cestat-raps-customs-confirming-pvc-import-without-verifying-material-composition-taxscan.webp "Copolymer vs. Homopolymer: CESTAT Raps Customs for confirming ADD on PVC Import without Verifying Material Composition [Read Order]")
![Extended Limitation cannot Be Invoked for Audit-Based Demand: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand against Delphi Automotive [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/08/750x450_2110990-extended-limitation-invoked-audit-based-demand-cestat-quashes-excise-duty-demand-delphi-automotive-taxscan.webp "Extended Limitation cannot Be Invoked for Audit-Based Demand: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand against Delphi Automotive [Read Order]")
S.19 of Contempt of Courts Act Limited to Punishment Orders: NCLAT Rejects Appeal Against Dismissal of Contempt [Read Order]
The Tribunal clarified that mere dismissal of contempt petitions does not fall within the appellate scope of Section 19. While acknowledging Section 425 of the Companies Act, 2013 confers contempt powers on NCLT and NCLAT, the Bench noted that the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC) does not expressly incorporate these provisions, leaving their applicability in insolvency proceedings unresolved.
Kavi Priya
![Service Tax Not Payable on liquidated damages collected from supplier on account of non-performance of the contracts: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CESTAT-CESTAT-Bangalore-Service-Tax-liquidated-damages-Taxscan.jpg "Service Tax Not Payable on liquidated damages collected from supplier on account of non-performance of the contracts: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Yogitha S. Yogesh
Rupesh Sharma
Saagarika Gopinath
S.19 of Contempt of Courts Act Limited to Punishment Orders: NCLAT Rejects Appeal Against Dismissal of Contempt [Read Order]
The Tribunal clarified that mere dismissal of contempt petitions does not fall within the appellate scope of Section 19. While acknowledging Section 425 of the Companies Act, 2013 confers contempt powers on NCLT and NCLAT, the Bench noted that the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC) does not expressly incorporate these provisions, leaving their applicability in insolvency proceedings unresolved.
![Revenue Cannot Rely on Call Book to Justify 9-Year Delay: Bombay HC Quashes Excise SCNs Linked to NPV Sales Tax Retention [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/750x450_2112243-bombay-highcourt-taxscan.webp "Revenue Cannot Rely on Call Book to Justify 9-Year Delay: Bombay HC Quashes Excise SCNs Linked to NPV Sales Tax Retention [Read Order]")
![Supreme Court Orders SBI, PNB to Clarify Loan Status After Man Alleges Wrongful Negative CIBIL Score [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/500x300_2112257-supreme-court-orders-sbi-pnb-clarify-loan-status-man-wrongful-negative-cibil-score-taxscan.webp "Supreme Court Orders SBI, PNB to Clarify Loan Status After Man Alleges Wrongful Negative CIBIL Score [Read Order]")
![Commercial Tribunal allows ITC Solely on Seller’s Registration Ignoring Core Finding of Circular Money Transactions: Allahabad HC Remands Matter [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/500x300_2112250-allahabad-hc-commercial-tribunal-itc-solely-sellers-registration-ignoring-core-finding-money-transactions-taxscan.webp "Commercial Tribunal allows ITC Solely on Seller’s Registration Ignoring Core Finding of Circular Money Transactions: Allahabad HC Remands Matter [Read Order]")
