![Second CRCL Report Prepared without Drawing Fresh Samples of Exported Products: Delhi HC Questions Customs [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/24/500x300_2114492-second-crcl-report-prepared-without-drawing-fresh-samples-of-exported-products-delhi-hc-questions-customs-taxscan.webp "Second CRCL Report Prepared without Drawing Fresh Samples of Exported Products: Delhi HC Questions Customs [Read Order]")
Second CRCL Report Prepared without Drawing Fresh Samples of Exported Products: Delhi HC Questions Customs [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Delhi High Court questioned the Customs Department for relying on a second CRCL report that was prepared without drawing any...
![No Interest on Belated Excise Duty where Situation is Revenue-Neutral: Calcutta HC Upholds CESTAT Order in SAIL Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/24/250x150_2114466-interest-belated-excise-duty-revenue-neutral-calcutta-hc-upholds-cestat-order-sail-case-taxscan.webp "No Interest on Belated Excise Duty where Situation is Revenue-Neutral: Calcutta HC Upholds CESTAT Order in SAIL Case [Read Order]")
![Audi Alteram Partem Prevails: Kerala HC Holds Failure to Record Statement u/s 108 No Bar to Defence, Sets Aside Penalties in Gold Smuggling Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/23/250x150_2114193-audi-alteram-partem-prevails-kerala-hc-holds-failure-to-record-statement-us-108-no-bar-to-defence-sets-aside-penalties-in-gold-smuggling-case-taxscan.webp "Audi Alteram Partem Prevails: Kerala HC Holds Failure to Record Statement u/s 108 No Bar to Defence, Sets Aside Penalties in Gold Smuggling Case [Read Order]")
![Excise Refund Claim cannot be Reopened Once Earlier Appellate Findings Attains Finality: CESTAT Dismisses BHEL Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/23/250x150_2114163-excise-refund-claim-cannot-be-reopened-taxscan.jfif "Excise Refund Claim cannot be Reopened Once Earlier Appellate Findings Attains Finality: CESTAT Dismisses BHEL Appeal [Read Order]")
![Relief for Reliance Industries: CESTAT allows Proportionate CENVAT Credit on Insurance Services Spanning Pre-And Post-Taxable Period [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/23/250x150_2114140-relief-for-reliance-industries-cestat-allows-proportionate-cenvat-credit-taxscan.webp "Relief for Reliance Industries: CESTAT allows Proportionate CENVAT Credit on Insurance Services Spanning Pre-And Post-Taxable Period [Read Order]")
Extended Limitation Not Invocable when CENVAT Credit Availed was Disclosed in Returns: CESTAT Grants Relief to HCL Technologies [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) held that the extended period of limitation cannot be invoked for recovery of CENVAT credit when the credit...
![Extended Limitation Not Invocable when CENVAT Credit Availed was Disclosed in Returns: CESTAT Grants Relief to HCL Technologies [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/23/500x300_2114141-extended-limitation-invocable-cenvat-credit-availed-disclosed-returns-cestat-grants-relief-hcl-technologies-taxscan.webp "Extended Limitation Not Invocable when CENVAT Credit Availed was Disclosed in Returns: CESTAT Grants Relief to HCL Technologies [Read Order]")
Statements u/s 108 of Customs Act Not Admissible Evidence Without S. 138B Compliance: Kerala HC Sets Aside Penalties in Gold Smuggling Case [Read Order]
The Kerala High Court has refused to interfere with the decision of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) arising from the alleged smuggling of gold through Cochin...
![Statements u/s 108 of Customs Act Not Admissible Evidence Without S. 138B Compliance: Kerala HC Sets Aside Penalties in Gold Smuggling Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/23/500x300_2114178-statements-us-108-of-customs-act-not-admissible-evidence-without-s-138b-compliance-kerala-hc-sets-aside-penalties-in-gold-smuggling-case-taxscan.webp "Statements u/s 108 of Customs Act Not Admissible Evidence Without S. 138B Compliance: Kerala HC Sets Aside Penalties in Gold Smuggling Case [Read Order]")
Penalty on CHA Not Sustainable When Classification Dispute is Settled in Favour of Importer and No Misdeclaration is Established: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that penalty on a Customs House Agent (CHA) is not sustainable when the classification dispute is settled...
![Penalty on CHA Not Sustainable When Classification Dispute is Settled in Favour of Importer and No Misdeclaration is Established: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/22/500x300_2113773-penalty-cha-not-sustainable-taxscan.jfif "Penalty on CHA Not Sustainable When Classification Dispute is Settled in Favour of Importer and No Misdeclaration is Established: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Sale of Food And Beverages at Cinema Counters Not a Taxable Service: CESTAT in Cinepolis India Case [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that sale of food and beverages at cinema counters does not amount to a taxable service under the...
![Sale of Food And Beverages at Cinema Counters Not a Taxable Service: CESTAT in Cinepolis India Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/23/500x300_2114179-sale-food-beverages-cinema-counters-not-taxable-service-cestat-cinepolis-india-case-taxscan.webp "Sale of Food And Beverages at Cinema Counters Not a Taxable Service: CESTAT in Cinepolis India Case [Read Order]")
Relief to Indiamart: CESTAT Rules Refund of Excess Service Tax Paid on Unused Subscription Amounts Not Time-Barred Post-GST [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that the refund of excess service tax paid on amounts refunded to customers is not time-barred where the...
![Relief to Indiamart: CESTAT Rules Refund of Excess Service Tax Paid on Unused Subscription Amounts Not Time-Barred Post-GST [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/23/500x300_2114184-relief-indiamart-cestat-rules-refund-excess-service-tax-paid-unused-subscription-amounts-time-barred-post-gst-taxscan.webp "Relief to Indiamart: CESTAT Rules Refund of Excess Service Tax Paid on Unused Subscription Amounts Not Time-Barred Post-GST [Read Order]")
Customs Cannot Reject Declared Value of LED TVs Based on Third-Party Documents Without Independent Evidence: CESTAT [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that Customs authorities cannot reject the declared transaction value of imported LED TVs based solely...
![Customs Cannot Reject Declared Value of LED TVs Based on Third-Party Documents Without Independent Evidence: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/23/500x300_2114180-customs-reject-declared-value-led-tvs-third-party-documents-independent-evidence-cestat-taxscan.webp "Customs Cannot Reject Declared Value of LED TVs Based on Third-Party Documents Without Independent Evidence: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CVD on Castings Imported for Wind Electricity Generators: CESTAT Directs Fresh Valuation, Appeals Against Provisional Assessment Valid [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that Countervailing Duty (CVD) is leviable on castings imported as parts of sub-assemblies or components of ...
![CVD on Castings Imported for Wind Electricity Generators: CESTAT Directs Fresh Valuation, Appeals Against Provisional Assessment Valid [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/19/500x300_2113297-cvd-cestat-taxscan.jfif "CVD on Castings Imported for Wind Electricity Generators: CESTAT Directs Fresh Valuation, Appeals Against Provisional Assessment Valid [Read Order]")