Kavi Priya
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![Relief for HCL Technologies: CESTAT Rules License Fee for Right to Use Software Not Includible in Customs Valuation of Imported CDs [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/30/500x300_2092747-relief-for-hcl-technologies-hcl-technologies-cestat-taxscan.webp "Relief for HCL Technologies: CESTAT Rules License Fee for Right to Use Software Not Includible in Customs Valuation of Imported CDs [Read Order]")
Relief for HCL Technologies: CESTAT Rules License Fee for Right to Use Software Not Includible in Customs Valuation of Imported CDs [Read Order]
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the license fee paid for the right to...
![Madras HC Orders Fresh Adjudication on Former Director’s Liability for Company’s GST Dues, Treats Bank Attachment as SCN [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/30/250x150_2092620-gst-dues-scn-taxscan.webp "Madras HC Orders Fresh Adjudication on Former Director’s Liability for Company’s GST Dues, Treats Bank Attachment as SCN [Read Order]")
![Dealer Fails to Appear Due to Illness: Madras HC Quashes Sales Tax Ex Parte Order, Remands Matter on Sales of Children’s Educational Books [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/30/250x150_2092619-exparte-order-sales-tax-taxscan.webp "Dealer Fails to Appear Due to Illness: Madras HC Quashes Sales Tax Ex Parte Order, Remands Matter on Sales of Children’s Educational Books [Read Order]")
![Assistant Commissioner (ST) Found Explanations in 39 Slips “Very Satisfactory” Yet Ordered Remand Instead of Allowing: Madras HC Quashes Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/30/250x150_2092612-madras-hc-order-taxscan.webp "Assistant Commissioner (ST) Found Explanations in 39 Slips “Very Satisfactory” Yet Ordered Remand Instead of Allowing: Madras HC Quashes Order [Read Order]")
![Appeals Involving Taxability or Valuation Should Be Filed Directly Before Supreme Court u/s 35L of Central Excise Act: Delhi HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/250x150_2092485-delhi-high-court-central-excise-act-supreme-court-taxscan.webp "Appeals Involving Taxability or Valuation Should Be Filed Directly Before Supreme Court u/s 35L of Central Excise Act: Delhi HC [Read Order]")
Dealer's Voluntary Admission of Sales Tax Turnover Suppression holds Strong Evidentiary Value, Cannot be Retracted without Proof: Madras HC [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Madras High Court held that a voluntary admission of turnover suppression made by a dealer at the time of inspection carries strong evidentiary value and cannot be retracted...
![Dealers Voluntary Admission of Sales Tax Turnover Suppression holds Strong Evidentiary Value, Cannot be Retracted without Proof: Madras HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092472-dealers-voluntary-admission-sales-tax-turnover-suppression-holds-strong-evidentiary-value-cannot-retracted-proof-madras-hc.webp "Dealers Voluntary Admission of Sales Tax Turnover Suppression holds Strong Evidentiary Value, Cannot be Retracted without Proof: Madras HC [Read Order]")
Freight Charges Form Part of Sale Price When Seller Retains Responsibility Till Delivery, Taxable under TNGST Act: Madras HC [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Madras High Court held that freight charges form part of the sale price when the seller retains responsibility for the goods until delivery at the buyer’s site, and such...
![Freight Charges Form Part of Sale Price When Seller Retains Responsibility Till Delivery, Taxable under TNGST Act: Madras HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092451-freight-charges-form-part-sale-price-seller-retains-responsibility-till-delivery-taxable-under-tngst-act-madras-hc.webp "Freight Charges Form Part of Sale Price When Seller Retains Responsibility Till Delivery, Taxable under TNGST Act: Madras HC [Read Order]")
![Bright Line Test Cannot Be Used by AO to Make AMP Adjustments: Delhi HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092386-delhi-high-court-taxscan.webp "Bright Line Test Cannot Be Used by AO to Make AMP Adjustments: Delhi HC [Read Order]")
Telecom Operators Entitled to CENVAT Credit on Towers and Shelters as Capital Goods/Inputs: CESTAT in Bharti Airtel Case [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that telecom operators are entitled to avail CENVAT credit on towers and prefabricated shelters as...
![Telecom Operators Entitled to CENVAT Credit on Towers and Shelters as Capital Goods/Inputs: CESTAT in Bharti Airtel Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092227-bharti-airtel-taxscan.webp "Telecom Operators Entitled to CENVAT Credit on Towers and Shelters as Capital Goods/Inputs: CESTAT in Bharti Airtel Case [Read Order]")
Relief for Suzuki Motors: CESTAT Rules Expenses on Pre-Delivery Inspection and After-Sale Services Not Part of Assessable Value for Excise Duty [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that expenses incurred on pre-delivery inspection (PDI) and after-sale services (ASS), whether...
![Relief for Suzuki Motors: CESTAT Rules Expenses on Pre-Delivery Inspection and After-Sale Services Not Part of Assessable Value for Excise Duty [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092216-suzuki-excise-duty-taxscan.webp "Relief for Suzuki Motors: CESTAT Rules Expenses on Pre-Delivery Inspection and After-Sale Services Not Part of Assessable Value for Excise Duty [Read Order]")
Relief for Eastern Coalfields: CESTAT Rules Recovery of Liquidated Damages from Suppliers for Breach of Contract Not Declared Service [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the recovery of liquidated damages from suppliers for breach of contract is not a declared service...
![Relief for Eastern Coalfields: CESTAT Rules Recovery of Liquidated Damages from Suppliers for Breach of Contract Not Declared Service [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/28/500x300_2092027-eastern-coalfields-cestat-rules-recovery-of-liquidated-damages-declared-service-taxscan.webp "Relief for Eastern Coalfields: CESTAT Rules Recovery of Liquidated Damages from Suppliers for Breach of Contract Not Declared Service [Read Order]")