Sneha Sukumaran Mullakkal
Sneha Sukumaran Mullakkal is a graduate in Business Administration and Law with a keen interest in laws impacting everyday lives. She is a passionate dancer who also finds joy in singing and drawing. With a strong commitment to making legal concepts accessible and relevant to the common person, she brings a unique blend of analytical thinking and artistic expression to her work.
![CESTAT Reduces Personal Penalty to ₹2 Lakhs Based on Voluntary Offer and Revised Duty Assessment [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Penalty-Revised-Duty-Assessment-Based-on-Voluntary-Offer-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Reduces Personal Penalty to ₹2 Lakhs Based on Voluntary Offer and Revised Duty Assessment [Read Order]")
CESTAT Reduces Personal Penalty to ₹2 Lakhs Based on Voluntary Offer and Revised Duty Assessment [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) Mumbai Bench, reduced a personal penalty from ₹5 lakhs to ₹2 lakhs based on the...
![CESTAT Declares Full CENVAT Credit Admissible on Flexographic Plates in Subsequent Financial Year [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CESTAT-CESTAT-Mumbai-CENVAT-Credit-Flexographic-plates-CENVAT-credit-TAXSCAN.jpg "CESTAT Declares Full CENVAT Credit Admissible on Flexographic Plates in Subsequent Financial Year [Read Order]")
![Supreme Court & High Courts Weekly Round-up [April 19th to April 25th,2025]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Weekly-Round-up-Supreme-Court-High-Courts-Supreme-Court-High-Courts-Weekly-Round-up-Taxscan.jpeg "Supreme Court & High Courts Weekly Round-up [April 19th to April 25th,2025]")
![Dispute Over Cenvat Credit Eligibility for Capital Goods Across Multiple Plants: CESTAT Allows Appeal Based on Single Registration [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CESTAT-CESTAT-Ahmedabad-Cenvat-Credit-Cenvat-Credit-excess-TAXSCAN.jpg "Dispute Over Cenvat Credit Eligibility for Capital Goods Across Multiple Plants: CESTAT Allows Appeal Based on Single Registration [Read Order]")
![CESTAT allows Refund of Unutilized CENVAT Credit on Education Cess, Citing Transitional Provisions of CGST Act [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/education-site-img.jpg "CESTAT allows Refund of Unutilized CENVAT Credit on Education Cess, Citing Transitional Provisions of CGST Act [Read Order]")
Taxability of Mobilization Advances: CESTAT Remands Matter to Commissioner for Fresh Adjudication [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal(CESTAT) of Mumbai Bench remanded the matter to the Commissioner for fresh adjudication after the taxability of mobilization advances was...
![Taxability of Mobilization Advances: CESTAT Remands Matter to Commissioner for Fresh Adjudication [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Fresh-Adjudication.jpg "Taxability of Mobilization Advances: CESTAT Remands Matter to Commissioner for Fresh Adjudication [Read Order]")
Win for IndiGo: CESTAT Reclassifies Aircraft Engine Stands as Containers for Transport [Read Order]
The Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) recently ruled in favor of InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (IndiGo), reclassifying aircraft engine stands as containers for...
![Win for IndiGo: CESTAT Reclassifies Aircraft Engine Stands as Containers for Transport [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CESTAT-Delhi-IndiGo-Containers-for-Transport-taxscan.jpg "Win for IndiGo: CESTAT Reclassifies Aircraft Engine Stands as Containers for Transport [Read Order]")
CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Dealer Incentives, Holds Payments Not Taxable as Business Auxiliary Service [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of Customs,Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) sets aside service tax demand on dealer incentives, holding payments not taxable as business auxiliary service. Jaika...
![CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Dealer Incentives, Holds Payments Not Taxable as Business Auxiliary Service [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CESTAT-CESTAT-Mumbai-Service-Tax-Demand-on-Dealer-Incentives-TAXSCAN.jpg "CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Dealer Incentives, Holds Payments Not Taxable as Business Auxiliary Service [Read Order]")
CESTAT Dismisses Department's Appeal, Rules Fitout Lease as Deemed Sale, Not Subject to Service Tax [Read Order]
The Delhi Bench of Customs,Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal(CESTAT) dismissed the Department’s appeal, ruling that the lease of fitouts by the assessee was a “deemed sale” under Article...
![CESTAT Dismisses Departments Appeal, Rules Fitout Lease as Deemed Sale, Not Subject to Service Tax [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Deemed-Sale-CESTAT-TAXSCAN.jpg "CESTAT Dismisses Departments Appeal, Rules Fitout Lease as Deemed Sale, Not Subject to Service Tax [Read Order]")
![Adjustment of Rebate Against Unfinalized Demand Not Permissible: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Adjustment-Adjustment-of-Rebate-Against-Unfinalized-Demand-taxscan.jpg "Adjustment of Rebate Against Unfinalized Demand Not Permissible: CESTAT [Read Order]")
NCLAT Upholds IRP Initiation Against Personal Guarantor, Finds No Violation of Natural Justice [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal(NCLAT) upheld the initiation of the Insolvency Resolution Process (IRP) against the personal guarantor under Section 95 of the Insolvency...
![NCLAT Upholds IRP Initiation Against Personal Guarantor, Finds No Violation of Natural Justice [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IRP-site-img.jpg "NCLAT Upholds IRP Initiation Against Personal Guarantor, Finds No Violation of Natural Justice [Read Order]")
Setback for GACL: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand on ISO Tank Lease under Business Auxiliary Service [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad Bench of Customs,Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal(CESTAT),upheld the service tax demand against Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd. (GACL), holding that the lease of ISO tanks...
![Setback for GACL: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand on ISO Tank Lease under Business Auxiliary Service [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Setback-GACL-CESTAT-Service-Tax-Demand-ISO-Tank-Lease-Business-Auxiliary-Service-taxscan.jpg "Setback for GACL: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand on ISO Tank Lease under Business Auxiliary Service [Read Order]")