Kavi Priya
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![GST Assessment Order Passed Against Unregistered Contractor Due to Identical Name Confusion on WAMIS & Income Tax Portal Data Quashed: Orissa HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/28/2122226-orissa-high-court-wamis-portal-gst-assessment-order-quashed-orissa-high-court-gst-case-taxscan.webp "GST Assessment Order Passed Against Unregistered Contractor Due to Identical Name Confusion on WAMIS & Income Tax Portal Data Quashed: Orissa HC [Read Order]")
GST Assessment Order Passed Against Unregistered Contractor Due to Identical Name Confusion on WAMIS & Income Tax Portal Data Quashed: Orissa HC [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Orissa High Court quashed a GST assessment order passed against an unregistered contractor after finding that the...
![Royalty & Dead Rent Collected for Grant of Mining Leases Not Taxable as ‘Renting Of Immovable Property’: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/28/2122216-royalty-dead-rent-collected-grant-of-mining-leases-not-taxable-as-renting-of-immovable-property-cestat-taxscan.webp "Royalty & Dead Rent Collected for Grant of Mining Leases Not Taxable as ‘Renting Of Immovable Property’: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Penalty Not Sustainable Where Service Tax Under RCM Paid Before SCN & No Intent to Evade Shown: CESTAT in Reliance Cellulose Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/27/2122080-penalty-not-sustainable-where-service-tax-under-rcm-paid-before-scn-no-intent-evade-shown-cestat-reliance-cellulose-case-taxscan.webp "Penalty Not Sustainable Where Service Tax Under RCM Paid Before SCN & No Intent to Evade Shown: CESTAT in Reliance Cellulose Case [Read Order]")
Discount Claims Cannot Be Rejected on Assumption that Octroi Not Levied in Some States: CESTAT in Hawkins Cooker Case [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that discount claims cannot be rejected merely on the assumption that Octroi is not...
![Discount Claims Cannot Be Rejected on Assumption that Octroi Not Levied in Some States: CESTAT in Hawkins Cooker Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/27/2122065-cestat-in-hawkins-cooker-case-taxscan.jfif "Discount Claims Cannot Be Rejected on Assumption that Octroi Not Levied in Some States: CESTAT in Hawkins Cooker Case [Read Order]")
CA Certificate on Discounts Using Actual Data Cannot Be Disregarded Without Reasoned Contradiction: CESTAT in Hawkins Case [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that a Chartered Accountant certificate on discounts prepared using actual data cannot...
![CA Certificate on Discounts Using Actual Data Cannot Be Disregarded Without Reasoned Contradiction: CESTAT in Hawkins Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/27/2122051-ca-certificate-on-discounts-using-actual-data-cannot-disregarded-reasoned.webp "CA Certificate on Discounts Using Actual Data Cannot Be Disregarded Without Reasoned Contradiction: CESTAT in Hawkins Case [Read Order]")
Cost of Barrels Used at Depot Cannot Be Deducted from Sale Price of Barreled Bitumen for Excise Valuation: CESTAT in Nayara Energy Case [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal(CESTAT) ruled that barrels cost used for packing Bitumen at depots cannot be deducted from sale price of barreled...
![Cost of Barrels Used at Depot Cannot Be Deducted from Sale Price of Barreled Bitumen for Excise Valuation: CESTAT in Nayara Energy Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/27/2122045-cost-of-barrels-used-depot-cannot-be-deducted-from-sale-price-barreled-bitumen-excise-valuation-cestat-nayara-energy-case-taxscan.webp "Cost of Barrels Used at Depot Cannot Be Deducted from Sale Price of Barreled Bitumen for Excise Valuation: CESTAT in Nayara Energy Case [Read Order]")
All Six Income Tax Final Assessment Orders Passed Beyond Limitation u/s 144C: ITAT Quashes Proceedings Against Coca-Cola India [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal quashed income tax proceedings against Coca-Cola India Inc. because all six final assessment orders were passed beyond the legal time limit...
![All Six Income Tax Final Assessment Orders Passed Beyond Limitation u/s 144C: ITAT Quashes Proceedings Against Coca-Cola India [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/24/2121752-all-six-income-tax-final-assessment-orders-passed-beyond-limitation-144c-itat-quashes-proceedings-against-coca-cola-india-taxscan.webp "All Six Income Tax Final Assessment Orders Passed Beyond Limitation u/s 144C: ITAT Quashes Proceedings Against Coca-Cola India [Read Order]")
SLP Filed Merely to Get ‘Stamp of this Court’: Supreme Court Rejects Income Tax Dept Plea Against Adani Power [Read Judgement]
The Supreme Court refused to consider the Income Tax Department’s Special Leave Petition against Adani Power Limited, saying that “it appears that the instant special leave petition has been filed...
![SLP Filed Merely to Get ‘Stamp of this Court’: Supreme Court Rejects Income Tax Dept Plea Against Adani Power [Read Judgement]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/24/2121739-supreme-court-rejects-slp-taxscan.webp "SLP Filed Merely to Get ‘Stamp of this Court’: Supreme Court Rejects Income Tax Dept Plea Against Adani Power [Read Judgement]")
