![Relief to Sun Pharma Laboratories Limited: CESTAT allows Refund for Education Cess and Higher Education Cess while Exempting Excise Duty [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Customs-Duty-Sun-Pharmaceuticals-Sun-Pharmaceuticals-fine-case-Sun-Pharmaceuticals-customs-case-taxscan-2.jpg "Relief to Sun Pharma Laboratories Limited: CESTAT allows Refund for Education Cess and Higher Education Cess while Exempting Excise Duty [Read Order]")
Relief to Sun Pharma Laboratories Limited: CESTAT allows Refund for Education Cess and Higher Education Cess while Exempting Excise Duty [Read Order]
In a ruling in favour of Sun Pharma Laboratories Ltd , the Chandigarh bench of the Customs, Excise And Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT)...
![Win for Wipro: CESTAT Rules Value Reassessment Unjustified for Free Replacement of Defective Goods [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Wipro-Win-for-Wipro-CESTAT-taxscan.jpg "Win for Wipro: CESTAT Rules Value Reassessment Unjustified for Free Replacement of Defective Goods [Read Order]")
![Mutual Fund Investments Are Neither Trading Nor Service, But Non-Taxable Financial Activities: CESTAT in GMR Case [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Mutual-Fund-Investments-Non-Taxable-Financial-Activities-Financial-Activities-taxscan.jpg "Mutual Fund Investments Are Neither Trading Nor Service, But Non-Taxable Financial Activities: CESTAT in GMR Case [Read Order]")
![Finance Ministry Revises Customs Tariffs on Gold, Silver, and Crude Oil w.e.f. May 1st [Read Notification]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Customs-Tariff-Value-TAXSCAN.jpg "Finance Ministry Revises Customs Tariffs on Gold, Silver, and Crude Oil w.e.f. May 1st [Read Notification]")
Refund Once Granted Cannot Be Recovered via SCN Unless Proper Appeal u/s 35E of Central Excise Act: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that a refund once sanctioned cannot be recovered merely by issuing a show cause notice, unless the...
![Refund Once Granted Cannot Be Recovered via SCN Unless Proper Appeal u/s 35E of Central Excise Act: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/refund-site-img.jpg "Refund Once Granted Cannot Be Recovered via SCN Unless Proper Appeal u/s 35E of Central Excise Act: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Dispute Amount Paid as Excise Duty Under Protest After Clearance of Goods is Not Covered by Unjust Enrichment: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that the contested amount paid as excise duty under protest is not covered by unjust enrichment because it...
![Dispute Amount Paid as Excise Duty Under Protest After Clearance of Goods is Not Covered by Unjust Enrichment: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Clearance-of-Goods-site-img.jpg "Dispute Amount Paid as Excise Duty Under Protest After Clearance of Goods is Not Covered by Unjust Enrichment: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Relief for Huawei: CESTAT Rules Corporate Guarantee not Taxable under Service Tax in Absence of Consideration [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that a corporate guarantee extended by an associated enterprise without any consideration is not taxable...
![Relief for Huawei: CESTAT Rules Corporate Guarantee not Taxable under Service Tax in Absence of Consideration [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Relief-Huawei-CESTAT-Corporate-Guarantee-Taxable-Service-Tax-Absence-of-Consideration-taxscan.jpg "Relief for Huawei: CESTAT Rules Corporate Guarantee not Taxable under Service Tax in Absence of Consideration [Read Order]")
Consultancy Services to a Foreign University/Foreign Group Entity does not fall under “Intermediary Services”: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that consultancy services to the foreign university/foreign group entity do not fall under the category of...
![Consultancy Services to a Foreign University/Foreign Group Entity does not fall under “Intermediary Services”: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Foreign-University-site-img.jpg "Consultancy Services to a Foreign University/Foreign Group Entity does not fall under “Intermediary Services”: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Sales to Distributor Managed by Family Members Constitute Related Party Transaction: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) ruled that sales to a distributor managed by family members constituted a related party transaction and upheld...
![Sales to Distributor Managed by Family Members Constitute Related Party Transaction: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CESTAT-Family-Members-Constitute-Party-Transaction-taxscan.jpg "Sales to Distributor Managed by Family Members Constitute Related Party Transaction: CESTAT [Read Order]")
No Service Tax Payable for Construction of Residential Complexes before July 2010: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that service tax cannot be levied on composite construction of residential complexes before July 1, 2010,...
![No Service Tax Payable for Construction of Residential Complexes before July 2010: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Service-tax-CESTAT-TAXSCAN.jpeg "No Service Tax Payable for Construction of Residential Complexes before July 2010: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]")
![Failure to Verify Excise Duty Paid Before SCN: CESTAT Orders De Novo Adjudication [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Denovo-adjudication-CESTAT-TAXSCAN.jpg "Failure to Verify Excise Duty Paid Before SCN: CESTAT Orders De Novo Adjudication [Read Order]")