![Plain Packaging Not Ground to Deny Concession Duty Under India-Singapore Trade Agreement: CESTAT Quashes Denial of Benefit for HDPE Granules [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/2112280-plain-packaging-not-ground-to-deny-concession-duty-under-india-singapore-trade-agreement-cestat-quashes-hdpe-granules-taxscan-.webp "Plain Packaging Not Ground to Deny Concession Duty Under India-Singapore Trade Agreement: CESTAT Quashes Denial of Benefit for HDPE Granules [Read Order]")
Plain Packaging Not Ground to Deny Concession Duty Under India-Singapore Trade Agreement: CESTAT Quashes Denial of Benefit for HDPE Granules [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that HDPE granules imported in plain bags cannot be denied...
![Extended Limitation cannot Be Invoked for Audit-Based Demand: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand against Delphi Automotive [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/08/2110990-extended-limitation-invoked-audit-based-demand-cestat-quashes-excise-duty-demand-delphi-automotive-taxscan.webp "Extended Limitation cannot Be Invoked for Audit-Based Demand: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand against Delphi Automotive [Read Order]")
![Peanut Butter Classified as Similar to Margarine: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹1.35Cr Cenvat Credit Demand While Upholding Credit Reversal on Written-Off Inputs [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/10/2111269-peanut-butter-margarine-cestat-cenvat-credit-demand-credit-reversal-written-off-inputs-taxscan.webp "Peanut Butter Classified as Similar to Margarine: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹1.35Cr Cenvat Credit Demand While Upholding Credit Reversal on Written-Off Inputs [Read Order]")
![Customs Commissioner Fails to issue Notice within 90 days: CESTAT Quashes Penalty over Custom Brokers License Proceedings [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/2112285-customs-commissioner-fails-issue-notice-within-90-days-cestat-quashes-penalty-over-custom-brokers-license-proceedings-taxscan.webp "Customs Commissioner Fails to issue Notice within 90 days: CESTAT Quashes Penalty over Custom Brokers License Proceedings [Read Order]")
![CESTAT allows CENVAT Credit to Adhunik Industries, Holds Denial based on Technical Objections Unsustainable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/13/2111939-cestat-allows-cenvat-credit-taxscan.jfif "CESTAT allows CENVAT Credit to Adhunik Industries, Holds Denial based on Technical Objections Unsustainable [Read Order]")
Premium Earned from Transfer of Sugar Export Quota Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT Holds Transaction is Sale of Goods, Not BAS [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the premium received from transferring sugar export quota cannot be taxed under Business Auxiliary...
![Premium Earned from Transfer of Sugar Export Quota Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT Holds Transaction is Sale of Goods, Not BAS [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/04/2110109-sugar-export-quota-cestat-taxscan.jfif "Premium Earned from Transfer of Sugar Export Quota Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT Holds Transaction is Sale of Goods, Not BAS [Read Order]")
Commercial Chartering Services by Shipping Ministry liable to service tax on 1% commission, Extended Limitation Period Not Applicable: CESTAT
The Principal Bench ofCustoms, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, ruled that the Ministry of Shipping’s Chartering Wing provided taxable Business Support Services by...
‘Input’ vs ‘Input Service’ Mismatch in ST-3 Return a Harmless Error: CESTAT Allows Cenvat Credit Refund u/s. 142(9)(b) [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi, held that a mismatch between ‘input’ and ‘input service’ entries in an ST-3 Return is a clerical error and cannot defeat a...
![‘Input’ vs ‘Input Service’ Mismatch in ST-3 Return a Harmless Error: CESTAT Allows Cenvat Credit Refund u/s. 142(9)(b) [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/10/2111349-input-input-service-mismatch-st-3-return-harmless-error-cestat-cenvat-refund-taxscan.webp "‘Input’ vs ‘Input Service’ Mismatch in ST-3 Return a Harmless Error: CESTAT Allows Cenvat Credit Refund u/s. 142(9)(b) [Read Order]")
Concrete Mix Manufactured at BMRCL Site Not Classifiable as Ready-Mix Concrete: CESTAT Sets aside Excise Demand and Penalties [Read Order]
The Bangalore Bench Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) set aside the Excise Duty Demand and ruled that the concrete mix manufactured by the appellant at the construction ...
![Concrete Mix Manufactured at BMRCL Site Not Classifiable as Ready-Mix Concrete: CESTAT Sets aside Excise Demand and Penalties [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/05/2110377-cestat-bangalore-bmrcl-site-taxscan.webp "Concrete Mix Manufactured at BMRCL Site Not Classifiable as Ready-Mix Concrete: CESTAT Sets aside Excise Demand and Penalties [Read Order]")
DGFT issues EODC against Imported Cars: CESTAT rules Customs cannot Demand duty Once obligation Discharged and Certified
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed the appeal, holding that once the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued the Export...
Misclassified Textile Imports Seized: Madras HC Directs Customs to Permit Re‑Export on Execution of Bond for Differential Customs Duty [Read Order]
The Madras High Court has permitted Jai Enterprises to re‑export seized textile imports from China, subject to execution of a bond covering the differential customs duty and furnishing a 20% bank...
![Misclassified Textile Imports Seized: Madras HC Directs Customs to Permit Re‑Export on Execution of Bond for Differential Customs Duty [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/13/2111915-5207d158-787f-4f61-9212-f0050e9a28a4.webp "Misclassified Textile Imports Seized: Madras HC Directs Customs to Permit Re‑Export on Execution of Bond for Differential Customs Duty [Read Order]")