![Service Tax Amount Paid under VCES Cannot be Reopened or Refunded Later: CESTAT Rules Declaration under Scheme is Final and Binding [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/01/500x300_2109149-service-tax-refund-cestat-taxscan.jfif "Service Tax Amount Paid under VCES Cannot be Reopened or Refunded Later: CESTAT Rules Declaration under Scheme is Final and Binding [Read Order]")
Service Tax Amount Paid under VCES Cannot be Reopened or Refunded Later: CESTAT Rules Declaration under Scheme is Final and Binding [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that any payment made under the Voluntary Compliance...
![Confiscation cannot be Ordered for Re-exported Goods: CESTAT quashes Absolute Confiscation Order under Customs Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/02/250x150_2109548-cestat-mumbai-re-exported-goods-taxscan.webp "Confiscation cannot be Ordered for Re-exported Goods: CESTAT quashes Absolute Confiscation Order under Customs Act [Read Order]")
![BookMyShow Only Facilitates Ticketing, Not Engaged in Trading Activity: CESTAT Rules Against Revenue [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/03/250x150_2109932-bookmyshow-trading-activity-cestat-rules-taxscan.webp "BookMyShow Only Facilitates Ticketing, Not Engaged in Trading Activity: CESTAT Rules Against Revenue [Read Order]")
![No Independent Evidence of Betel Nuts Smuggling: CESTAT Rules ARDF Report Unreliable; Sets Aside Confiscation and Customs Penalties [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/03/250x150_2109767-betel-nuts-smuggling-taxscan.jfif "No Independent Evidence of Betel Nuts Smuggling: CESTAT Rules ARDF Report Unreliable; Sets Aside Confiscation and Customs Penalties [Read Order]")
![Assumptions and Private Records from Third-Party Premises Cannot Prove Dept. Allegation: CESTAT Quashes ₹67 Cr Excise Duty [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/28/250x150_2108497-cestat-kolkata-excise-duty-taxscan.webp "Assumptions and Private Records from Third-Party Premises Cannot Prove Dept. Allegation: CESTAT Quashes ₹67 Cr Excise Duty [Read Order]")
Electronic Evidence without S.36B Certificate, Statements without S.9D Compliance cannot Sustain Clandestine Removal Allegation under Excise: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the allegation of clandestine removal of excisable goods cannot be sustained when the core evidence...
![Electronic Evidence without S.36B Certificate, Statements without S.9D Compliance cannot Sustain Clandestine Removal Allegation under Excise: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/28/500x300_2108490-electronic-evidence-clandestine-removal-excise-cestat-taxscan.webp "Electronic Evidence without S.36B Certificate, Statements without S.9D Compliance cannot Sustain Clandestine Removal Allegation under Excise: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Demand Under 'Construction of Complex' Invalid for Composite Contracts Prior to 2010: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the appellant was not liable to pay service tax for the period before 1 July 2010, and consequently...
![Demand Under Construction of Complex Invalid for Composite Contracts Prior to 2010: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/26/500x300_2108165-cestat-mumbai-service-tax-demandtaxscan.webp "Demand Under Construction of Complex Invalid for Composite Contracts Prior to 2010: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Customs Duty Cannot Be Retained when Goods are Not Cleared: Bombay HC Equates Short Landing with Pre-Clearance Loss [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court has held that Customs cannot retain duty when imported goods are never cleared, observing that both short landing and loss before clearance trigger statutory remission under...
![Customs Duty Cannot Be Retained when Goods are Not Cleared: Bombay HC Equates Short Landing with Pre-Clearance Loss [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/30/500x300_2108951-customs-duty-bombay-hc-pre-clearance-loss-taxscan.webp "Customs Duty Cannot Be Retained when Goods are Not Cleared: Bombay HC Equates Short Landing with Pre-Clearance Loss [Read Order]")
Black Tea Falls Within Agricultural Produce Definition: CESTAT Holds Service Tax on Export Brokerage Unsustainable [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that black tea qualifies as an agricultural produce and accordingly, commission paid to foreign agents...
![Black Tea Falls Within Agricultural Produce Definition: CESTAT Holds Service Tax on Export Brokerage Unsustainable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/26/500x300_2108147-service-taxexport.webp "Black Tea Falls Within Agricultural Produce Definition: CESTAT Holds Service Tax on Export Brokerage Unsustainable [Read Order]")
CESTAT Quashes Method Adopted for Refund Computation, Remands to Reassess Duty u/s 18(4) of Customs Act [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside the orders passed by the lower authorities and held that export duty must be computed strictly...
![CESTAT Quashes Method Adopted for Refund Computation, Remands to Reassess Duty u/s 18(4) of Customs Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/26/500x300_2108135-cestat-refund-computation-resasses-duty-customs-act-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Quashes Method Adopted for Refund Computation, Remands to Reassess Duty u/s 18(4) of Customs Act [Read Order]")
Construction of Railway Siding for PSU Project Eligible for Service Tax Exemption: CESTAT Affirms Broad Scope of ‘Railways’ [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Chandigarh ( CESTAT ), held that services used for constructing a railway siding for a public sector power utility qualify...
![Construction of Railway Siding for PSU Project Eligible for Service Tax Exemption: CESTAT Affirms Broad Scope of ‘Railways’ [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/28/500x300_2108572-construction-railway-siding-psu-project-eligible-service-tax-exemption-taxscan.webp "Construction of Railway Siding for PSU Project Eligible for Service Tax Exemption: CESTAT Affirms Broad Scope of ‘Railways’ [Read Order]")