Entrepreneur’s Airport Ordeal in Delhi Sparks Debate on Customs Harassment and Trade Hurdles
A tense 90-minute standoff at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport has sparked debate over India’s customs enforcement after a well-known...
![Relief for AGS Health: CESTAT Rules Registration Not Mandatory for Refund of Unutilized CENVAT Credit on Exported Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/21/250x150_2098778-relief-for-ags-health-ags-health-cestat-cestat-rules-mandatory-for-refund-taxscan.webp "Relief for AGS Health: CESTAT Rules Registration Not Mandatory for Refund of Unutilized CENVAT Credit on Exported Services [Read Order]")
![Commercial Invoices Without SAD Endorsement Still Eligible for Refund under Notification: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/21/250x150_2098665-commercial-invoices-taxscan.webp "Commercial Invoices Without SAD Endorsement Still Eligible for Refund under Notification: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Trade, Cash, Turnover, and Other Discounts Actually Passed on to Buyers are Permissible Deductions in Excise Valuation: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/21/250x150_2098642-trade-cash-turnover-excise-valuation-cestat-taxscan.webp "Trade, Cash, Turnover, and Other Discounts Actually Passed on to Buyers are Permissible Deductions in Excise Valuation: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Relief for Indian Acrylic Ltd: CESTAT Rules Subscription and Membership Fees Paid to Foreign Associations Not OIDAR Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/21/250x150_2098693-indian-acrylic-limited-taxscan.webp "Relief for Indian Acrylic Ltd: CESTAT Rules Subscription and Membership Fees Paid to Foreign Associations Not OIDAR Services [Read Order]")
Relief for Dell India: CESTAT Rules Marketing and Support Services to Foreign Affiliates Constitute Export of Services [Read Order]
The Bangalore Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the marketing and support services provided by Dell India Pvt. Ltd. to its foreign affiliates qualify...
![Relief for Dell India: CESTAT Rules Marketing and Support Services to Foreign Affiliates Constitute Export of Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/21/500x300_2098674-dell-india-taxscan.webp "Relief for Dell India: CESTAT Rules Marketing and Support Services to Foreign Affiliates Constitute Export of Services [Read Order]")
CESTAT upholds Valuation of Physician Samples Based on Transaction Value under Section 4 of Central Excise Act [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Bangalore Bench, has ruled in favour of M/s Srushti Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd., holding that the valuation of physician samples sold...
![CESTAT upholds Valuation of Physician Samples Based on Transaction Value under Section 4 of Central Excise Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/21/500x300_2098540-physician-sample-taxscan.webp "CESTAT upholds Valuation of Physician Samples Based on Transaction Value under Section 4 of Central Excise Act [Read Order]")
Interest Payable on Differential Duty Even if Paid Before Finalisation of Provisional Assessment: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Bangalore Bench, comprising P.A. Augustian (Judicial Member) and Pullela Nageswara Rao (Technical Member), has ruled that interest...
![Interest Payable on Differential Duty Even if Paid Before Finalisation of Provisional Assessment: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/21/500x300_2098524-provisional-assessment-taxscan.webp "Interest Payable on Differential Duty Even if Paid Before Finalisation of Provisional Assessment: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CENVAT Credit on Inputs from 100% Export-Oriented-Unit Allowable: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/21/500x300_2098506-cenvat-credit-taxscan.webp "CENVAT Credit on Inputs from 100% Export-Oriented-Unit Allowable: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Time Barred SCN Beyond Statutory One-Year Period: CESTAT allows Cum-Duty Benefit and sets aside Time-Barred Excise Demand [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Bangalore Regional Bench, has ruled that one of the two excise duty demands was time-barred and that the assessee is entitled to...
![Time Barred SCN Beyond Statutory One-Year Period: CESTAT allows Cum-Duty Benefit and sets aside Time-Barred Excise Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/21/500x300_2098479-excise-duty-demand-taxscan.webp "Time Barred SCN Beyond Statutory One-Year Period: CESTAT allows Cum-Duty Benefit and sets aside Time-Barred Excise Demand [Read Order]")
Revenue cannot Retain Illegally recovered Tax without Interest: CESTAT allows Service Tax Appeal [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) service tax appeal filed holding that revenue cannot retain illegally recovered tax without interest. The Adjudicating Authority was...
![Revenue cannot Retain Illegally recovered Tax without Interest: CESTAT allows Service Tax Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/20/500x300_2098360-service-tax-appeal-taxscan.webp "Revenue cannot Retain Illegally recovered Tax without Interest: CESTAT allows Service Tax Appeal [Read Order]")
Win for ITC Limited: CESTAT sets aside Departmental Order on rule 16(2) of Central Excise Rules demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Regional Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the revenue failed to establish willful suppression to invoke the extended limitation period....
![Win for ITC Limited: CESTAT sets aside Departmental Order on rule 16(2) of Central Excise Rules demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/20/500x300_2098354-win-for-itc-limited-cestat-departmental-central-excise-rules-demand-taxscan.webp "Win for ITC Limited: CESTAT sets aside Departmental Order on rule 16(2) of Central Excise Rules demand [Read Order]")