Navasree A.M
Navasree A M, B.B.A., LL.B. (Hons), a lawyer with over 2.5 years of experience as a researcher and content writer at Taxscan, specializing in Indirect Taxes and Corporate Laws.
![Service Tax Cannot be Levied on TDS on Foreign Remittances Paid under Income Tax Act: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/02/500x300_2093235-service-tax-tds-on-foreign-remittances-tds-income-tax-act-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Cannot be Levied on TDS on Foreign Remittances Paid under Income Tax Act: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Service Tax Cannot be Levied on TDS on Foreign Remittances Paid under Income Tax Act: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai, has held that service tax cannot be levied on the Tax Deducted at Source...
![CBIC Withdraws Circular on Evidence Mechanism under Section 15(3)(b)(ii) of CGST Act by Suppliers [Read Circular]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/02/250x150_2093225-cbic-taxscan.webp "CBIC Withdraws Circular on Evidence Mechanism under Section 15(3)(b)(ii) of CGST Act by Suppliers [Read Circular]")
![Mere Audit Report Omission of Transaction alone Cannot Support Addition when Books are Proper and AO Fails to Prove Undisclosed Source: ITAT Deletes Addition [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/01/250x150_2092984-audit-reports-omission-taxscan.webp "Mere Audit Report Omission of Transaction alone Cannot Support Addition when Books are Proper and AO Fails to Prove Undisclosed Source: ITAT Deletes Addition [Read Order]")
![Revenue Wrongly Treated Assessee’s Immovable Property Sale as Purchase: ITAT Deletes Addition, Criticises AO and CIT(A) [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/01/250x150_2092958-property-sale-purchase-itat-taxscan.webp "Revenue Wrongly Treated Assessee’s Immovable Property Sale as Purchase: ITAT Deletes Addition, Criticises AO and CIT(A) [Read Order]")
![Jewellery Trader’s ‘Job-Work’ Defence Rejected as Afterthought: Madras HC upholds AO’s Findings of Purchase and Sales Suppression [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/01/250x150_2092942-jewellery-traders-taxscan.webp "Jewellery Trader’s ‘Job-Work’ Defence Rejected as Afterthought: Madras HC upholds AO’s Findings of Purchase and Sales Suppression [Read Order]")
Jurisdiction of S. 148 Challenged: HP HC Refuses to Interfere as Similar Matters Pending Before SC, Stays proceedings [Read Order]
The Himachal Pradesh High Court, declined to adjudicate upon the challenge to reassessment proceedings initiated under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, holding that an identical issue is...
![Jurisdiction of S. 148 Challenged: HP HC Refuses to Interfere as Similar Matters Pending Before SC, Stays proceedings [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/01/500x300_2092936-himachal-pradesh-hc.webp "Jurisdiction of S. 148 Challenged: HP HC Refuses to Interfere as Similar Matters Pending Before SC, Stays proceedings [Read Order]")
GST Registration Lasted under Two Years sufficient to Believe that Company was Created to Pass Fraudulent ITC: Delhi HC Directs Firm to Statutory Appeal [Read Order]
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition observing that the company’s short-lived GST ( Goods and Services Tax ) registration barely spanning two financial years provided sufficient grounds ...
![GST Registration Lasted under Two Years sufficient to Believe that Company was Created to Pass Fraudulent ITC: Delhi HC Directs Firm to Statutory Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/01/500x300_2092933-itc-fake-gst-taxscan.webp "GST Registration Lasted under Two Years sufficient to Believe that Company was Created to Pass Fraudulent ITC: Delhi HC Directs Firm to Statutory Appeal [Read Order]")
Sand Lime Bricks is Type of Fly Ash Bricks, Eligible for Excise Exemption: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand of Rs. 2.6 crores [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Kolkata has set aside a central excise duty demand of ₹2.67 crore along with penalties against bricks manufacturer and its...
![Sand Lime Bricks is Type of Fly Ash Bricks, Eligible for Excise Exemption: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand of Rs. 2.6 crores [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/30/500x300_2092805-type-of-fly-ash-bricks-eligible-for-excise-exemption-taxscan.webp "Sand Lime Bricks is Type of Fly Ash Bricks, Eligible for Excise Exemption: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand of Rs. 2.6 crores [Read Order]")
No Service Tax Applicable on “Cleaning Service” Provided to Railway Prior to 01.07.2012: CESTAT sets aside Demand [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Kolkata has held that cleaning and sanitation services provided to the Indian Railways prior to 1st July 2012 do not fall within...
![No Service Tax Applicable on “Cleaning Service” Provided to Railway Prior to 01.07.2012: CESTAT sets aside Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092535-activities-of-management-service-housekeeping-falls-cleaning-service-manpower-supply-services-cestat-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax Applicable on “Cleaning Service” Provided to Railway Prior to 01.07.2012: CESTAT sets aside Demand [Read Order]")
GST Commissioner’s Forged Signature used to Facilitate Credit Withdrawal to Bank: Punjab & Haryana HC Grants Conditional Bail [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh granted conditional bail to an exporter, who was accused of orchestrating a conspiracy involving the forged signature of the...
![GST Commissioner’s Forged Signature used to Facilitate Credit Withdrawal to Bank: Punjab & Haryana HC Grants Conditional Bail [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092517-gst-gst-commissioners-gst-commissioners-forged-signature-taxscan.webp "GST Commissioner’s Forged Signature used to Facilitate Credit Withdrawal to Bank: Punjab & Haryana HC Grants Conditional Bail [Read Order]")
GSTIN Inactivity Blocks Appeal Process: Calcutta HC Steps Directs Reactivation of Ashirvad Food Products’ GST Portal [Read Order]
The Calcutta High Court has directed the GST ( Goods and Services Tax ) department to reactivate the GSTIN (Goods and Services Tax Identification Number) of the Ashirvad Food Products for paying...
![GSTIN Inactivity Blocks Appeal Process: Calcutta HC Steps Directs Reactivation of Ashirvad Food Products’ GST Portal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092509-ashirvad-foods.webp "GSTIN Inactivity Blocks Appeal Process: Calcutta HC Steps Directs Reactivation of Ashirvad Food Products’ GST Portal [Read Order]")
Fictitious Firm, Fake GST ITC, False E-Way Bills & Wrong Bank Accounts: Punjab & Haryana HC Refuses Anticipatory Bail due to Non-Cooperation [Read Order]
The Punjab & Haryana High Court refused to grant anticipatory bail to a proprietor, who was facing allegations of conducting a large-scale fake input tax credit (ITC) fraud under the GST ( Goods...
![Fictitious Firm, Fake GST ITC, False E-Way Bills & Wrong Bank Accounts: Punjab & Haryana HC Refuses Anticipatory Bail due to Non-Cooperation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092499-fake-gst-itc-taxscan.webp "Fictitious Firm, Fake GST ITC, False E-Way Bills & Wrong Bank Accounts: Punjab & Haryana HC Refuses Anticipatory Bail due to Non-Cooperation [Read Order]")