Advika Dwivedi
![BIS Certification Not Required Where Shipment Predated Quality Control: CESTAT quashes Penalty On Import of Stainless Steel Coils [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/01/500x300_2093058-bis-quality-control-cestat-quashes-penalty-stainless-steel-coils-taxscan.webp "BIS Certification Not Required Where Shipment Predated Quality Control: CESTAT quashes Penalty On Import of Stainless Steel Coils [Read Order]")
BIS Certification Not Required Where Shipment Predated Quality Control: CESTAT quashes Penalty On Import of Stainless Steel Coils [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Ahmedabad, set aside the order of confiscation and penalty relating to the...
![Refund Cannot Be Denied for Lack of BRC/FIRC: CESTAT Sets Aside Rejection in Service Tax Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/01/250x150_2093057-cestat-service-tax-service-tax-case-rejection-in-service-tax-case-taxscan.webp "Refund Cannot Be Denied for Lack of BRC/FIRC: CESTAT Sets Aside Rejection in Service Tax Case [Read Order]")
![Absence of PAN Alone Doesn’t Make Sales Unexplained if RTO Records Prove Transfer: ITAT Deletes Addition u/s. 68 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/30/250x150_2092785-itat-directs-ao-itat-taxscan.webp "Absence of PAN Alone Doesn’t Make Sales Unexplained if RTO Records Prove Transfer: ITAT Deletes Addition u/s. 68 [Read Order]")
![Net Taxable Interest Higher Than Expense Bars Disallowance u/s. 14A: ITAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/30/250x150_2092772-net-taxable-interest-expense-bars-disallowance-itat-taxscan.webp "Net Taxable Interest Higher Than Expense Bars Disallowance u/s. 14A: ITAT [Read Order]")
![ITAT grants Relief to Wadhwagroup Holdings Deleting Disallowances Amounting ₹213.04 crore [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/30/250x150_2092760-disallowance-taxscan.webp "ITAT grants Relief to Wadhwagroup Holdings Deleting Disallowances Amounting ₹213.04 crore [Read Order]")
Compounding Fees from Illegal Mining Treated as ‘Transfer of Rights’: ITAT confirms TCS Liability u/s 206C(1C) of Income Tax Act Against Mining Officer [Read Order]
The Raipur bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, has ruled that compounding fees collected from illegal mining, transportation, and storage of minerals constitute a ‘transfer of rights’ and...
![Compounding Fees from Illegal Mining Treated as ‘Transfer of Rights’: ITAT confirms TCS Liability u/s 206C(1C) of Income Tax Act Against Mining Officer [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/30/500x300_2092781-compounding-fees-from-illegal-mining-itat-tcs-income-tax-act-taxscan.webp "Compounding Fees from Illegal Mining Treated as ‘Transfer of Rights’: ITAT confirms TCS Liability u/s 206C(1C) of Income Tax Act Against Mining Officer [Read Order]")
![Delay in Issuing S.143(2) Notice: ITAT quashes Income Tax Reassessment Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/30/500x300_2092794-reassessment-order-itat-taxscan.webp "Delay in Issuing S.143(2) Notice: ITAT quashes Income Tax Reassessment Order [Read Order]")
Trucks Registered in Partners’ Names Still Eligible for Depreciation: ITAT Upholds Relief to Surat Road King in Income Tax Appeal [Read Order]
The bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai, held that depreciation on trucks registered in the names of partners but purchased and used by the partnership firm is allowable, thereby...
![Trucks Registered in Partners’ Names Still Eligible for Depreciation: ITAT Upholds Relief to Surat Road King in Income Tax Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/30/500x300_2092756-trucks-registered-itat-surat-road-income-tax-appeal-taxscan.webp "Trucks Registered in Partners’ Names Still Eligible for Depreciation: ITAT Upholds Relief to Surat Road King in Income Tax Appeal [Read Order]")
Service Tax Demand of ₹87.76 Lakh on Mutual Fund Investments Quashed: CESTAT Rules Activity Not “Trading of Goods” under Finance Act [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi, set aside a service tax demand raised on the ground that investment in mutual funds amounted to “trading of goods.”...
![Service Tax Demand of ₹87.76 Lakh on Mutual Fund Investments Quashed: CESTAT Rules Activity Not “Trading of Goods” under Finance Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092387-service-tax-demand-mutual-fund-finance-act-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand of ₹87.76 Lakh on Mutual Fund Investments Quashed: CESTAT Rules Activity Not “Trading of Goods” under Finance Act [Read Order]")
Service Tax Paid by Mistake on Residential Construction Treated as Revenue Deposit: CESTAT Orders 12% Interest on Refund [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi, held that where service tax was deposited by mistake on exempt construction services, the amount was in the nature...
![Service Tax Paid by Mistake on Residential Construction Treated as Revenue Deposit: CESTAT Orders 12% Interest on Refund [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092382-cestat-refund-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Paid by Mistake on Residential Construction Treated as Revenue Deposit: CESTAT Orders 12% Interest on Refund [Read Order]")
Refund of Unutilized Cenvat Credit on Closure of Factory Not Permissible: CESTAT Rejects Motonic India Automotive’s Appeal in Excise Dispute [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Chennai, has ruled that refund of unutilized Cenvat credit is not permissible under the Central Excise Act, 1944 or the Cenvat...
![Refund of Unutilized Cenvat Credit on Closure of Factory Not Permissible: CESTAT Rejects Motonic India Automotive’s Appeal in Excise Dispute [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092374-refund-unutilized-cenvat-credit-closure-factory-not-permissible-cestat-rejects-motonic-india-automotives-taxscan.webp "Refund of Unutilized Cenvat Credit on Closure of Factory Not Permissible: CESTAT Rejects Motonic India Automotive’s Appeal in Excise Dispute [Read Order]")
Confiscation of 22,120 Kgs of Smuggled Black Pepper Upheld: CESTAT Reduces Penalty under Customs Law [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Kolkata, has upheld the confiscation of 22,120 kilograms of smuggled black pepper of foreign origin while reducing the...
![Confiscation of 22,120 Kgs of Smuggled Black Pepper Upheld: CESTAT Reduces Penalty under Customs Law [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092353-cestat-kolkata-black-pepper-taxscan.webp "Confiscation of 22,120 Kgs of Smuggled Black Pepper Upheld: CESTAT Reduces Penalty under Customs Law [Read Order]")