![CESTAT Finds Factual Error in Denial of Duty Exemption on Imported Clinical Trial Drugs, Remands Matter [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/05/500x300_2102474-cestat-duty-exemption-imported-clinical-trial-drugs.webp "CESTAT Finds Factual Error in Denial of Duty Exemption on Imported Clinical Trial Drugs, Remands Matter [Read Order]")
CESTAT Finds Factual Error in Denial of Duty Exemption on Imported Clinical Trial Drugs, Remands Matter [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) remanded the case of Lambda Therapeutic Research Limited...
![Interest under Income Tax payable if unpaid within Period Specified in Demand Notice, While GST, Excise & Customs Impose Immediate Liability: P&H HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/05/250x150_2102561-punjab-and-haryana-high-court-demand-notice-income-tax-payable-excise-customs-taxscan.webp "Interest under Income Tax payable if unpaid within Period Specified in Demand Notice, While GST, Excise & Customs Impose Immediate Liability: P&H HC [Read Order]")
![Electricity Charges Collected by Maintenance Firm Not Taxable Under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/05/250x150_2102421-electricity-charges-maintenance-firm-taxable-under-service-tax-cestat-taxscan.webp "Electricity Charges Collected by Maintenance Firm Not Taxable Under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Supreme Court to Decide Customs Appeal for Dispute of Classification of Fish Oil Ethyl Esters [Read Judgement]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/04/250x150_2102270-supreme-court-customs-appeal-fish-oil-ethyl-esters-taxscan.webp "Supreme Court to Decide Customs Appeal for Dispute of Classification of Fish Oil Ethyl Esters [Read Judgement]")
Identical Gold Chains Not Personal Effects: Delhi HC says Travellers Liable to Declare and Pay Duty [Read Order]
The Delhi High Court has held that gold chains carried by passengers returning from Dubai cannot be treated as “personal effects” to be exempt from declaration under customs law. Thus, the...
![Identical Gold Chains Not Personal Effects: Delhi HC says Travellers Liable to Declare and Pay Duty [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/04/500x300_2102207-identical-gold-chains-delhi-hc-travellers-liable-pay-duty-taxscan.webp "Identical Gold Chains Not Personal Effects: Delhi HC says Travellers Liable to Declare and Pay Duty [Read Order]")
Supreme Court to Decide Validity of Customs Duty Exemption Granted to Samsung for LED Display Imports [Read Judgement]
In a recent case, the Supreme Court of India took up an appeal filed by the Commissioner of Customs, Chennai-II, challenging a CESTAT order that granted Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd. customs...
![Supreme Court to Decide Validity of Customs Duty Exemption Granted to Samsung for LED Display Imports [Read Judgement]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/04/500x300_2102165-supreme-court-customs-duty-customs-duty-exemption-samsung-led-display-taxscan.webp "Supreme Court to Decide Validity of Customs Duty Exemption Granted to Samsung for LED Display Imports [Read Judgement]")
Customs Wrongly Encashed Bank Guarantee during Appeal Pendency: CESTAT Directs Refund, Rejects Limitation Claim [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) recently directed the Customs department to refund a bank guarantee that was encashed by them during the...
![Customs Wrongly Encashed Bank Guarantee during Appeal Pendency: CESTAT Directs Refund, Rejects Limitation Claim [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/03/500x300_2102001-customs-encashed-bank-guarantee-appeal-pendency-cestat-refund-taxscan.webp "Customs Wrongly Encashed Bank Guarantee during Appeal Pendency: CESTAT Directs Refund, Rejects Limitation Claim [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on Reimbursement of Electricity Charges Collected on Actual Consumption Basis: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that reimbursement of electricity charges collected from occupiers on the basis of actual consumption...
![No Service Tax on Reimbursement of Electricity Charges Collected on Actual Consumption Basis: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/03/500x300_2101917-no-service-tax-reimbursement-electricity-charges-actual-consumption-basis-cestat-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Reimbursement of Electricity Charges Collected on Actual Consumption Basis: CESTAT [Read Order]")
999-Year Lease not “Renting of Immovable Property” but Permanent Transfer: CESTAT Holds No Service Tax on One-Time Premium [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) recently held that amounts that are received as a one-time premium for transfer of leasehold rights for 999...
![999-Year Lease not “Renting of Immovable Property” but Permanent Transfer: CESTAT Holds No Service Tax on One-Time Premium [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/03/500x300_2101905-lease-renting-of-immovable-property-cestat-service-tax-taxscan.webp "999-Year Lease not “Renting of Immovable Property” but Permanent Transfer: CESTAT Holds No Service Tax on One-Time Premium [Read Order]")
Permanent Assignment of Commercial Space with Right on Leasehold Land Not ‘Lease’: CESTAT Rejects Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that the permanent assignment of commercial space together with proportionate rights on leasehold land...
![Permanent Assignment of Commercial Space with Right on Leasehold Land Not ‘Lease’: CESTAT Rejects Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/03/500x300_2101888-permanent-assignment-commercial-space-right-on-leasehold-land-lease-cestat-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Permanent Assignment of Commercial Space with Right on Leasehold Land Not ‘Lease’: CESTAT Rejects Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")