![Customs Valuation Rejected for Timber Import: CESTAT Quashes Customs Duty Demand for Non-Compliance with Rule 12 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/12/500x300_2111648-customs-valuation-rejected-timber-import-cestat-quashes-customs-duty-demand-non-compliance-rule-12-taxscan.webp "Customs Valuation Rejected for Timber Import: CESTAT Quashes Customs Duty Demand for Non-Compliance with Rule 12 [Read Order]")
Customs Valuation Rejected for Timber Import: CESTAT Quashes Customs Duty Demand for Non-Compliance with Rule 12 [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) set aside the enhanced customs valuation on timber imports after...
![Relief for Godrej Consumer: CESTAT Rules Sending Imported Goods to Job Worker is Not Violation of Target Plus Scheme Condition [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/12/250x150_2111605-goderaj-consumer-cestat-rules-imported-goods-job-worker-not-violation-target-plus-scheme-condition-taxscan.webp "Relief for Godrej Consumer: CESTAT Rules Sending Imported Goods to Job Worker is Not Violation of Target Plus Scheme Condition [Read Order]")
![Failure of Due Diligence Not Enough to Invoke Extended Period for CENVAT Demand: CESTAT Gives Relief to Krishna Art Silk [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/10/250x150_2111254-failure-due-diligence-not-enough-invoke-extended-period-cenvat-demand-cestat-gives-relief-krishna-art-silk-taxscan.webp "Failure of Due Diligence Not Enough to Invoke Extended Period for CENVAT Demand: CESTAT Gives Relief to Krishna Art Silk [Read Order]")
![Mobilization Advances Not Taxable Prior to POT Rules, 2011: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/10/250x150_2111260-cestat-hyderabad-service-tax-demand-mobilization-not-taxable-pot-rules-2011-taxscan.webp "Mobilization Advances Not Taxable Prior to POT Rules, 2011: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
![Freight Enhancement Unsustainable: CESTAT Follows Earlier Ruling, Deletes Penalties on Co-Noticees [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/04/250x150_2110078-cestat-mumbai-deletes-penalties-taxscan.webp "Freight Enhancement Unsustainable: CESTAT Follows Earlier Ruling, Deletes Penalties on Co-Noticees [Read Order]")
No Consignment Note, No GTA Tax: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demands on Indian Tobacco Traders [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Hyderabad (CESTAT), set aside Service Tax which cannot be levied under Goods Transport Agency (GTA) in the absence of a consignment note,...
![No Consignment Note, No GTA Tax: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demands on Indian Tobacco Traders [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/06/500x300_2110467-indian-tobacco-traders-taxscan.jfif "No Consignment Note, No GTA Tax: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demands on Indian Tobacco Traders [Read Order]")
Testing and Technical Support Not Intermediary Services: CESTAT Grants Relief to Wacker Chemie on Refund Denial [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ruled that services provided by an Indian subsidiary to its foreign group company amounted to export of services and could...
![Testing and Technical Support Not Intermediary Services: CESTAT Grants Relief to Wacker Chemie on Refund Denial [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/04/500x300_2110063-cestat-wacker-chemie-refund-denial-taxscan.webp "Testing and Technical Support Not Intermediary Services: CESTAT Grants Relief to Wacker Chemie on Refund Denial [Read Order]")
Absence of Time Limit in Notification allows Exemption Claim “At Any Stage” under Finance Act: CESTAT Rules in Favour of Mars International [Read Order]
The Tribunal ruled that Exemption Can be sought Throughout proceedings if an Exemption Notification does Not include Time Limit or Procedural Restriction In a major relief to Mars...
![Absence of Time Limit in Notification allows Exemption Claim “At Any Stage” under Finance Act: CESTAT Rules in Favour of Mars International [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/06/500x300_2110460-absence-time-limit-notification-allows-exemption-claim-taxscan.webp "Absence of Time Limit in Notification allows Exemption Claim “At Any Stage” under Finance Act: CESTAT Rules in Favour of Mars International [Read Order]")
Input-Output Ratio Insufficient to Prove Clandestine Removal of Pig Iron: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand and Penalties [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal set aside an excise duty demand exceeding ₹5.10 crore relating to alleged clandestine clearance of pig iron, holding...
![Input-Output Ratio Insufficient to Prove Clandestine Removal of Pig Iron: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand and Penalties [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/04/500x300_2110065-00a34278-880f-43b1-a210-4642ee27da66.webp "Input-Output Ratio Insufficient to Prove Clandestine Removal of Pig Iron: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand and Penalties [Read Order]")
Dept Relied Only on Third-Party Material to Allege Clandestine Sponge Iron Clearance: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal set aside an excise duty demand alleging clandestine clearance of sponge iron, holding that the proceedings were ...
![Dept Relied Only on Third-Party Material to Allege Clandestine Sponge Iron Clearance: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/03/500x300_2109910-job-work-undertaken-job-work-undertaken-cenvated-inputs-taxscan.webp "Dept Relied Only on Third-Party Material to Allege Clandestine Sponge Iron Clearance: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]")
Customs cannot Re-Confiscate Mercedes Car citing Import Misdeclaration when Subsequent Buyer is Unaware of Allegation: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) recently held that the customs cannot re-confiscate a vehicle and slap penalties on a subsequent purchaser...
![Customs cannot Re-Confiscate Mercedes Car citing Import Misdeclaration when Subsequent Buyer is Unaware of Allegation: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/10/500x300_2111244-disabled-car-buyers-gst.webp "Customs cannot Re-Confiscate Mercedes Car citing Import Misdeclaration when Subsequent Buyer is Unaware of Allegation: CESTAT [Read Order]")
