![Kerala HC sets aside SCN imposing Penalty u/s 117 of Customs Act without stating any Reason [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/scn-Kerala-HC-imposing-Penalty-TAXSCAN.jpg "Kerala HC sets aside SCN imposing Penalty u/s 117 of Customs Act without stating any Reason [Read Order]")
Kerala HC sets aside SCN imposing Penalty u/s 117 of Customs Act without stating any Reason [Read Order]
The Kerala High Court sets aside the show cause notice imposing penalty under section 117 of the Customs Act, 1962 which was made without stating any...
![Delhi HC Quashes Customs Order Over 10-Year Delay and Procedural Lapse [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Customs-Order-Delhi-HC-Procedural-Lapse-taxscan.jpg "Delhi HC Quashes Customs Order Over 10-Year Delay and Procedural Lapse [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Favors Berger Paints: Ethyl Benzene Recognized as Xylene Isomer in Customs Classification Dispute [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Berger-Paints.jpg "CESTAT Favors Berger Paints: Ethyl Benzene Recognized as Xylene Isomer in Customs Classification Dispute [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Sets aside Penalty imposed on IOCL, Excise duty Evasion cannot be Alleged against a PSU [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Indian-Oil-Corporation-Limited.jpg "CESTAT Sets aside Penalty imposed on IOCL, Excise duty Evasion cannot be Alleged against a PSU [Read Order]")
![Adjudicating Authority Cannot Override CESTAT Remand Directions: Gujarat HC Imposes ₹1,000 Token Cost [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/gujarat-hc.jpg "Adjudicating Authority Cannot Override CESTAT Remand Directions: Gujarat HC Imposes ₹1,000 Token Cost [Read Order]")
CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit for SEZ Developer Supplies, Citing High Court Rulings & Export Treatment [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Chandigarh Bench, has allowed the appeal filed by the appellant, holding that CENVAT credit is not required to be reversed in...
![CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit for SEZ Developer Supplies, Citing High Court Rulings & Export Treatment [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CENVAT-Credit-CESTAT-SEZ-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit for SEZ Developer Supplies, Citing High Court Rulings & Export Treatment [Read Order]")
CESTAT Rules in Favor of Maruti Suzuki: Allows Cenvat Credit on Catering for Business Events, Denies for Factory Workers Post-2011 Amendment [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has partly allowed appeals filed by Maruti Suzuki concerning the admissibility of Cenvat credit on outdoor...
![CESTAT Rules in Favor of Maruti Suzuki: Allows Cenvat Credit on Catering for Business Events, Denies for Factory Workers Post-2011 Amendment [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CESTAT-CESTAT-Rules-CESTAT-Rules-in-Favor-of-Maruti-Suzuki-Maruti-Suzuki-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Rules in Favor of Maruti Suzuki: Allows Cenvat Credit on Catering for Business Events, Denies for Factory Workers Post-2011 Amendment [Read Order]")
CESTAT Rules Food Sales at PVR Cinemas Counters Not Taxable as Services, Except in Gold Class Category [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that no service tax is leviable on food and beverages sold at cinema counters within PVR multiplexes,...
![CESTAT Rules Food Sales at PVR Cinemas Counters Not Taxable as Services, Except in Gold Class Category [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pvr.jpg "CESTAT Rules Food Sales at PVR Cinemas Counters Not Taxable as Services, Except in Gold Class Category [Read Order]")
![No Penalty for Indian Oil: CESTAT Finds No Mens Rea in Duty Payment Case [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Indian-Oil-No-Penalty-for-Indian-Oil-Penalty-taxscan.jpg "No Penalty for Indian Oil: CESTAT Finds No Mens Rea in Duty Payment Case [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Bars Recovery u/s 73 Without Prior Revision of Refund Orders u/s 84 [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CESTAT-Bars-Recovery-TAXSCAN.jpg "CESTAT Bars Recovery u/s 73 Without Prior Revision of Refund Orders u/s 84 [Read Order]")
CESTAT Lacks Jurisdiction on Appeal Over Goods Imported or Exported as Domestic Baggage as per S. 129A(1) of Customs Act [Read Order]
Recently, the Chennai Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) clarified that there cannot be a presumption that the baggage that is carried by a person arriving from a domestic...
![CESTAT Lacks Jurisdiction on Appeal Over Goods Imported or Exported as Domestic Baggage as per S. 129A(1) of Customs Act [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Bag-jpg.jpg "CESTAT Lacks Jurisdiction on Appeal Over Goods Imported or Exported as Domestic Baggage as per S. 129A(1) of Customs Act [Read Order]")
Right to Cross Examination under Customs Act : Madras HC directs to pass a speaking order on request of DRI Officer's Cross Examination [Read Order]
The High Court of Madras, directed the adjudicating authority under the Customs Act to pass a speaking order on the petitioner's request to cross-examine specific Directorate of Revenue...
![Right to Cross Examination under Customs Act : Madras HC directs to pass a speaking order on request of DRI Officers Cross Examination [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Customs-Act-Cross-Examination-DRI-taxscan.jpg "Right to Cross Examination under Customs Act : Madras HC directs to pass a speaking order on request of DRI Officers Cross Examination [Read Order]")