Saagarika Gopinath
Final year BBA LLB( Hons) law student at Government Law College
MCA imposes 3 lakhs Penalty on Private Limited Company & Directors for failure to Maintain Registered OfficeÂ
In the adjudication order passed by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) Registrar of Companies under Section 454 of the Companies Act,...
![No Service Tax on Equipment Hire Without Retained Control: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Service-Tax-Service-Tax-on-Equipment-Hire-Equipment-Hire-taxscan.jpg "No Service Tax on Equipment Hire Without Retained Control: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax Demand can be raised and confirmed based on Notional Income: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CESTAT-CESTAT-Delhi-Service-Tax-Demand-TAXSCAN-1.jpg "No Service Tax Demand can be raised and confirmed based on Notional Income: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Difference between the financial statement and ER-1 returns, insufficient to prove alleged clandestine removal: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ER-1-returns.jpg "Difference between the financial statement and ER-1 returns, insufficient to prove alleged clandestine removal: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Exemption for PGCIL Projects; Departments Appeal Beyond SCN Dismissed [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CESTAT-Service-Tax-Service-Tax-Exemption-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Exemption for PGCIL Projects; Departments Appeal Beyond SCN Dismissed [Read Order]")
Service Tax Applies to Sub-Contractor in MCD Parking Project, Mega Exemption Not Applicable: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) noted that service tax applies to sub-contractor in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) project, and that mega...
![Service Tax Applies to Sub-Contractor in MCD Parking Project, Mega Exemption Not Applicable: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Service-tax-contractor-taxscan.png "Service Tax Applies to Sub-Contractor in MCD Parking Project, Mega Exemption Not Applicable: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Holds Agricultural Warehousing and Allied Services as Tax-Exempt Composite Activity [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Agricultural-Warehousing-CESTAT-Holds-CESTAT-Delhi-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Holds Agricultural Warehousing and Allied Services as Tax-Exempt Composite Activity [Read Order]")
‘Extended Limitation Period Invalid without Deliberate Suppression by Manufacturer’: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) set aside the service tax demand by noting that the conscious and deliberate withholding of the information by the...
![‘Extended Limitation Period Invalid without Deliberate Suppression by Manufacturer’: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Extended-Limitation-Period-Invalid-without-Deliberate-Suppression-Deliberate-Suppression-taxscan.jpg "‘Extended Limitation Period Invalid without Deliberate Suppression by Manufacturer’: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
CESTAT Upholds Rejection of Refund Claim as Time-Barred, Dismisses Appeal Citing Binding Limitation Under S.102 [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has upheld the rejection of a refund claim filed by the assessee, ruling that the application was time-barred...
![CESTAT Upholds Rejection of Refund Claim as Time-Barred, Dismisses Appeal Citing Binding Limitation Under S.102 [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/refund-claim-Taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Upholds Rejection of Refund Claim as Time-Barred, Dismisses Appeal Citing Binding Limitation Under S.102 [Read Order]")
No Evidence Linking IT Disclosure to Taxable Services: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand Based on Assumptions [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) dismissed an appeal filed by the department challenging the dropping of a service tax demand  of Rs.74,16,000 on...
![No Evidence Linking IT Disclosure to Taxable Services: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand Based on Assumptions [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/no-evidence-1.jpg "No Evidence Linking IT Disclosure to Taxable Services: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand Based on Assumptions [Read Order]")
CESTAT allows Appeal Restoration on 20% Pre-Deposit in Customs Duty Case Involving Identical Imported Machine [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed the restoration of the appeal on the condition that the appellant deposit 20% of the total duty amount...
![CESTAT allows Appeal Restoration on 20% Pre-Deposit in Customs Duty Case Involving Identical Imported Machine [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Madras-High-Court-Pre-deposit-Bank-Account-proceedings-on-10-Pre-deposit-TAXSCAN.jpeg "CESTAT allows Appeal Restoration on 20% Pre-Deposit in Customs Duty Case Involving Identical Imported Machine [Read Order]")
Denial of Tax Credit Violates Articles 14 & 300A: CESTAT Holds Rejection of Transitional Credit Refund on Limitation Grounds Unsustainable [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that the denial of transitional tax credit to the appellant violated constitutional rights under Articles 14...
![Denial of Tax Credit Violates Articles 14 & 300A: CESTAT Holds Rejection of Transitional Credit Refund on Limitation Grounds Unsustainable [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/credit-refund.jpg "Denial of Tax Credit Violates Articles 14 & 300A: CESTAT Holds Rejection of Transitional Credit Refund on Limitation Grounds Unsustainable [Read Order]")