Varda Marakkar
![CESTAT quashes Service Tax Demand on Food Grain Transportation, confirms Agricultural Exemption under 2010 Notification [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Service-Tax-Service-Tax-Demand-Food-Grain-Transportation-Food-Transportation-service-tax-Service-tax-exemption-on-food-grains-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT quashes Service Tax Demand on Food Grain Transportation, confirms Agricultural Exemption under 2010 Notification [Read Order]")
CESTAT quashes Service Tax Demand on Food Grain Transportation, confirms Agricultural Exemption under 2010 Notification [Read Order]
Recently in a notable ruling, the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Eastern Zonal Bench, Kolkata, quashed a service tax...
![Motor Controllers Classifiable as Parts of Electric Motors For Import Valuation: CESTAT Upholds Customs Commissioner’s Order [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CESTAT-CESTAT-Kolkata-Parts-of-Electric-Motors-Motor-Controllers-Taxscan.jpg "Motor Controllers Classifiable as Parts of Electric Motors For Import Valuation: CESTAT Upholds Customs Commissioner’s Order [Read Order]")
![Unexplained Cash Deposit during Demonetization: ITAT directs Assessee to Establish Genuineness [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Income-Tax-Unexplained-cash-deposit-Demonetization-Unexplained-income-during-demonetization-taxscan.jpg "Unexplained Cash Deposit during Demonetization: ITAT directs Assessee to Establish Genuineness [Read Order]")
![Assessee Entitled to S.10B Income Tax Deduction even before Set-off of Unabsorbed Depreciation and b/f Losses: Madras High Court [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Madras-High-Court-Income-Tax-Income-Tax-Deduction-Unabsorbed-Depreciation-Section-10B-Income-Tax-Act-Income-Tax-Act-taxscan.jpg "Assessee Entitled to S.10B Income Tax Deduction even before Set-off of Unabsorbed Depreciation and b/f Losses: Madras High Court [Read Order]")
![Failure to Establish Service Tax Exemption Under 2010 Notification: CESTAT sends Case for Re-examination [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CESTAT-CESTAT-New-delhi-Service-Tax-Service-Tax-Exemption-Customs-Excise-and-Service-Tax-Appellate-Tribunal-taxscan-1.jpg "Failure to Establish Service Tax Exemption Under 2010 Notification: CESTAT sends Case for Re-examination [Read Order]")
Customs Duty Evasion using Fake Invoices for Imported Goods: CESTAT Orders Revised Duty Assessment [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), in a recent ruling ordered revised customs duty assessment in a case of customs duty evasion involving the undervaluation of...
![Customs Duty Evasion using Fake Invoices for Imported Goods: CESTAT Orders Revised Duty Assessment [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CESTAT-Customs-Excise-Service-Tax-Appellate-Tribunal-CESTAT-delhi-Customs-Duty-Customs-Duty-Evasion-Fake-Invoices-Imported-Goods-TAXSCAN.webp "Customs Duty Evasion using Fake Invoices for Imported Goods: CESTAT Orders Revised Duty Assessment [Read Order]")
Transactions made prior to 2008 Service Tax Rules Amendment not Liable to Rule 6 Retrospectively: CESTAT [Read Order]
Recently, the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) held that transactions made prior to the May 10, 2008 amendment of the Service Tax Rules are not liable to Rule 6...
![Transactions made prior to 2008 Service Tax Rules Amendment not Liable to Rule 6 Retrospectively: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CESTAT-Service-tax-transactions-Service-Tax-Act-TAXSCAN.jpeg "Transactions made prior to 2008 Service Tax Rules Amendment not Liable to Rule 6 Retrospectively: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Relief to Alukkas Jewellery: Settlement Commission Unauthorized to Rectify Orders Pre-2011 Income Tax Amendment, Rules Madras HC [Read Order]
In a relief to Alukkas Jewellers, the Madras High Court ruled that the Income Tax Settlement Commission had no authority to rectify its orders under Section 154 of the Income Tax Act 1961 (ITA)...
![Relief to Alukkas Jewellery: Settlement Commission Unauthorized to Rectify Orders Pre-2011 Income Tax Amendment, Rules Madras HC [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Delhi-High-Court-Income-Tax-Income-Tax-Settlement-Commission-ITSC-TAXSCAN.jpg "Relief to Alukkas Jewellery: Settlement Commission Unauthorized to Rectify Orders Pre-2011 Income Tax Amendment, Rules Madras HC [Read Order]")
S.75(5) of GST Act Violated By Denying Opportunity to be Heard: Madras HC Quashes Adverse GST Order [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Madras High Court quashed an adverse GST order against an assessee observing a violation of the GST Act's provisions regarding fair hearings. The court's decision,...
![S.75(5) of GST Act Violated By Denying Opportunity to be Heard: Madras HC Quashes Adverse GST Order [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/S.755-of-GST-Act-Madras-HC-GST-Order-TAXSCAN.jpg "S.75(5) of GST Act Violated By Denying Opportunity to be Heard: Madras HC Quashes Adverse GST Order [Read Order]")
![University’s Income from Affiliation Not Subject to Service Tax: Karnataka HC [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Karnataka-HC-Karnataka-High-Court-Universitys-Income-Universitys-Income-from-Affiliation-Service-Tax-show-cause-notices-affiliation-fees-taxscan.jpg "University’s Income from Affiliation Not Subject to Service Tax: Karnataka HC [Read Order]")
Failure to Prove University's Profit Motive: Chattisgarh HC quashes Denial of S.10(23C) Exemption Claim under Income Tax [Read Order]
Recently in a ruling, the Chhattisgarh High Court quashed the Revenue’s denial of a university's application for income tax exemption under Section 10(23C)(vi) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 ( ITA ),...
![Failure to Prove Universitys Profit Motive: Chattisgarh HC quashes Denial of S.10(23C) Exemption Claim under Income Tax [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Income-Tax-Income-Tax-Claim-Income-tax-exemption-TAXSCAN.jpg "Failure to Prove Universitys Profit Motive: Chattisgarh HC quashes Denial of S.10(23C) Exemption Claim under Income Tax [Read Order]")
CESTAT questions denial of Excise Duty Exemption for Pharmaceutical Equipment Prototypes, Orders Reassessment [Read Order]
Recently in a ruling, the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) ordered a reassessment of a ₹7 crore excise duty demand on pharmaceutical equipment prototypes, questioning...
![CESTAT questions denial of Excise Duty Exemption for Pharmaceutical Equipment Prototypes, Orders Reassessment [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CESTAT-Excise-duty-exemption-Excise-duty-Pharmaceutical-Equipment-Excise-Duty-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT questions denial of Excise Duty Exemption for Pharmaceutical Equipment Prototypes, Orders Reassessment [Read Order]")