![Extended Period of Limitation for Service Tax Not Invocable in Lack of Suppression of Facts: CESTAT Sets Aside Demand under Finance Act, 1994 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/11/500x300_2095591-cestat-cestat-chandigarh-non-imposition-of-penalty-penalty-excise-customs-taxscan.webp "Extended Period of Limitation for Service Tax Not Invocable in Lack of Suppression of Facts: CESTAT Sets Aside Demand under Finance Act, 1994 [Read Order]")
Extended Period of Limitation for Service Tax Not Invocable in Lack of Suppression of Facts: CESTAT Sets Aside Demand under Finance Act, 1994 [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) Bench at Mumbai set aside the demand of service tax and penalty, holding that the...
![Transfer of Development Rights Does Not Attract Service Tax as It Amounts to Transfer of Immovable Property: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/10/250x150_2095394-service-tax-not-leviable-demand-confirmed-basis-difference-between-figures-returns-balance-sheets-cestat-taxscan.webp "Transfer of Development Rights Does Not Attract Service Tax as It Amounts to Transfer of Immovable Property: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![No Excise Duty on Pipeline Intermixing of for-PDS Kerosene and Petroleum Products: Supreme Court Upholds Relief to Bharat Petroleum [Read Judgement]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/08/250x150_2094936-excise-duty-pipeline-intermixing-pds-petroleum-products-supreme-court-bharat-petroleum-taxscan.webp "No Excise Duty on Pipeline Intermixing of for-PDS Kerosene and Petroleum Products: Supreme Court Upholds Relief to Bharat Petroleum [Read Judgement]")
![Benefit of Customs Duty Exemption on Imported Drugs applicable to Bulk Drugs Also: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/08/250x150_2094892-benefit-customs-duty-exemption-imported-drugs-applicable-bulk-drugs-cestat-taxscan.webp "Benefit of Customs Duty Exemption on Imported Drugs applicable to Bulk Drugs Also: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT allows Suo-Moto Re-Credit of Cenvat Credit without Refund Procedure u/s 11B, quashes Order, Penalty and Interest [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/08/250x150_2094893-cestat-suo-moto-re-credit-cenvat-credit-refund-procedure-quashes-order-taxscan.webp "CESTAT allows Suo-Moto Re-Credit of Cenvat Credit without Refund Procedure u/s 11B, quashes Order, Penalty and Interest [Read Order]")
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) System Glitches: CESTAT remands Refund Claim on CVD Paid for Fresh Adjudication [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has remanded the refund claims of two Imp-Ex Companies for fresh adjudication, directing the original authority to...
![Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) System Glitches: CESTAT remands Refund Claim on CVD Paid for Fresh Adjudication [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/08/500x300_2094826-technical-glitches-taxscan.webp "Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) System Glitches: CESTAT remands Refund Claim on CVD Paid for Fresh Adjudication [Read Order]")
Non-Verification of Electronic Evidence with Corroborating Statements as per S.9D of Central Excise Act: CESTAT quashes Demand Order on Alleged Clandestine Movement of M S Ingots [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai, has set aside a demand order concerning the alleged clandestine movement of M.S. Ingots, ruling that...
![Non-Verification of Electronic Evidence with Corroborating Statements as per S.9D of Central Excise Act: CESTAT quashes Demand Order on Alleged Clandestine Movement of M S Ingots [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/08/500x300_2094774-larger-period-of-limitation-central-excise-act-holder-for-valuable-consideration-excise-customs-service-tax-taxscan.webp "Non-Verification of Electronic Evidence with Corroborating Statements as per S.9D of Central Excise Act: CESTAT quashes Demand Order on Alleged Clandestine Movement of M S Ingots [Read Order]")
Penalty not Justified for Procedural Lapses like Late Filing of Returns in Absence of Fraud, Negligence or Intent to Evade Taxes: CESTAT [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that penalties cannot be automatically imposed for procedural lapses such as late filing of returns when...
![Penalty not Justified for Procedural Lapses like Late Filing of Returns in Absence of Fraud, Negligence or Intent to Evade Taxes: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/08/500x300_2094771-penalty-fraud-evade-taxes-cestat-taxscan.webp "Penalty not Justified for Procedural Lapses like Late Filing of Returns in Absence of Fraud, Negligence or Intent to Evade Taxes: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Customs Broker Not Liable for Exporters’ Fraudulent Activities If Documents Were Verified and Actions Taken in Good Faith: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that a customs broker cannot be held liable for fraudulent activities committed by exporters if the broker...
![Customs Broker Not Liable for Exporters’ Fraudulent Activities If Documents Were Verified and Actions Taken in Good Faith: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/08/500x300_2094815-customs-broker-liability-cestat-customs-broker-ruling-export-fraud-case-cestat-customs-brokers-licensing-regulations.webp "Customs Broker Not Liable for Exporters’ Fraudulent Activities If Documents Were Verified and Actions Taken in Good Faith: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Appeal Maintainable against Anti-Dumping Duty on Ophthalmic Lenses as Finance Act, 2023 Amendments Not Yet in Force: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, held that an appeal challenging anti-dumping duty on semi-finished ophthalmic lenses is maintainable...
![Appeal Maintainable against Anti-Dumping Duty on Ophthalmic Lenses as Finance Act, 2023 Amendments Not Yet in Force: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/08/500x300_2094809-anti-dumping-duty-taxscan.webp "Appeal Maintainable against Anti-Dumping Duty on Ophthalmic Lenses as Finance Act, 2023 Amendments Not Yet in Force: CESTAT [Read Order]")
BIS Certificate Exemption for MSMEs: Madras HC Directs Customs to Clear Plywood Imports Without Registration Requirement [Read Order]
The Madras High Court has ruled that Customs authorities cannot insist on a Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) registration certificate for plywood imports made by micro enterprises, where the...
![BIS Certificate Exemption for MSMEs: Madras HC Directs Customs to Clear Plywood Imports Without Registration Requirement [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/08/500x300_2094799-plywood-bis.webp "BIS Certificate Exemption for MSMEs: Madras HC Directs Customs to Clear Plywood Imports Without Registration Requirement [Read Order]")
Customs Dept lets go of 33 Vehicles Seized under Operation Numkhor, Cars of Actors Dulquer Salmaan and Amit Still in Custody
The Commissionerate of Customs (Preventive), Kochi, has released 33 of the 39 luxury vehicles seized during Operation Numkhor to their owners for safe custody under Section 110A of the Customs Act,...
