Kavi Priya
Content writer at Taxscan with a passion for clear, engaging legal content. I simplify tax and law topics while sharpening my research and communication skills.
![Laying of Telecom and Optical Fibre Cables Under or Alongside Roads Not Taxable to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/22/500x300_2113762-laying-telecom-optical-fibre-cables-under-alongside-roads-not-taxable-service-tax-cestat-taxscan.webp "Laying of Telecom and Optical Fibre Cables Under or Alongside Roads Not Taxable to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Laying of Telecom and Optical Fibre Cables Under or Alongside Roads Not Taxable to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]
TheKolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the activity of laying telecom and optical fibre...
![Excise Duty Refund on Post-Clearance Discounts Allowed Where Duty Incidence Not Passed On and Dealers are Unregistered: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/22/250x150_2113770-excise-duty-refund-post-clearance-duty-incidence-excise-duty-refund-allowed-unregistered-dealers-taxscan.webp "Excise Duty Refund on Post-Clearance Discounts Allowed Where Duty Incidence Not Passed On and Dealers are Unregistered: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Customs Cannot Withhold Provisional Release of Used Highly Specialised Equipment in Absence of Centralised Monitoring: CESTAT [Read Order]
TheKolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal(CESTAT) ruled that Customs authorities cannot withhold provisional release of used highly specialised equipment merely due...
![Customs Cannot Withhold Provisional Release of Used Highly Specialised Equipment in Absence of Centralised Monitoring: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/20/500x300_2113424-customs-cannot-withhold-provisional-release-highly-specialised-equipment-absence-centralised-monitoring-cestat-taxscan.webp "Customs Cannot Withhold Provisional Release of Used Highly Specialised Equipment in Absence of Centralised Monitoring: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Limitation Act Does Not Apply to Conversion of Shipping Bills u/s 149 of the Customs Act: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that the Limitation Act does not apply to requests for conversion of Shipping Bills made under Section 149 of...
![Limitation Act Does Not Apply to Conversion of Shipping Bills u/s 149 of the Customs Act: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/20/500x300_2113421-limitation-act-does-apply-conversion-shipping-bills-149-customs-act-cestat-taxscan.webp "Limitation Act Does Not Apply to Conversion of Shipping Bills u/s 149 of the Customs Act: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Search and Seizure Proceedings, Powers, and Procedural Safeguards in New Income Tax Act [Old vs New Income Tax Series - Article 3]
Income-tax search actions, commonly called search and seizure or raids, are among the strongest powers available to tax authorities. From 2025, these powers are reorganised under the...
![Search and Seizure Proceedings, Powers, and Procedural Safeguards in New Income Tax Act [Old vs New Income Tax Series - Article 3]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/20/500x300_2113496-new-income-tax-act-old-vs-new-taxscan.webp "Search and Seizure Proceedings, Powers, and Procedural Safeguards in New Income Tax Act [Old vs New Income Tax Series - Article 3]")
Non-Compete Fee Paid to Ward Off Competition is Revenue Expenditure, Not Capital Asset: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]
The Supreme Court of India has ruled that non-compete fees paid by an assessee to prevent competition are allowable as revenue expenditure under the Income Tax Act, 1961, and do not amount to...
![Non-Compete Fee Paid to Ward Off Competition is Revenue Expenditure, Not Capital Asset: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/20/500x300_2113472-non-compete-fee-paid-ward-off-competition-revenue-expenditure-capital-asset-supreme-court-taxscan.webp "Non-Compete Fee Paid to Ward Off Competition is Revenue Expenditure, Not Capital Asset: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]")
Cigarette Packs Lacking Mandatory Declarations Had to be Destroyed, Not Auctioned: CESTAT sets aside Forfeiture [Read Order]
Meta: Cigarette Packs Lacking Mandatory Declarations Had to be Destroyed, Not Auctioned: CESTAT Sets Aside Forfeiture The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax...
![Cigarette Packs Lacking Mandatory Declarations Had to be Destroyed, Not Auctioned: CESTAT sets aside Forfeiture [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/19/500x300_2113226-cigarette-packs-lacking-mandatory-declarations-had-destroyed-not-auctioned-cestat-sets-aside-forfeiture-taxscan.webp "Cigarette Packs Lacking Mandatory Declarations Had to be Destroyed, Not Auctioned: CESTAT sets aside Forfeiture [Read Order]")