![Commission Income from Business Auxiliary Services Liable to Service Tax, Not Covered under Negative List: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/08/2103292-business-auxilary-service-taxscan.webp "Commission Income from Business Auxiliary Services Liable to Service Tax, Not Covered under Negative List: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Commission Income from Business Auxiliary Services Liable to Service Tax, Not Covered under Negative List: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Principal Bench, New Delhi upheld the levy of service tax on commission income...
![Non-Filing of ST-3 is Positive Act of of Evading tax: CESTAT holds Extended Limitation Rightly Invoked [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/08/2103291-non-filing-of-st-3-evading-tax-cestat-limitation-rightly-invoked-taxscan.webp "Non-Filing of ST-3 is Positive Act of of Evading tax: CESTAT holds Extended Limitation Rightly Invoked [Read Order]")
![Delhi HC Condemns Customs for Unlawful Disposal of Seized Gold: Orders CBIC and Delhi Police Inquiry, Directs Payment of Market Value to Passengers [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/07/2103039-delhi-high-court-seized-gold-delhi-hc-condemns-customs-taxscan.webp "Delhi HC Condemns Customs for Unlawful Disposal of Seized Gold: Orders CBIC and Delhi Police Inquiry, Directs Payment of Market Value to Passengers [Read Order]")
![Notice u/s 28(6) of Customs Act Mandatory when Officer Finds Short Payment of Duty or Penalty: CESTAT sets aside order against L&T [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/08/2103282-larsen-turbo-cestat-taxscan.webp "Notice u/s 28(6) of Customs Act Mandatory when Officer Finds Short Payment of Duty or Penalty: CESTAT sets aside order against L&T [Read Order]")
Adjournments Cannot Be Granted Mechanically When Appellant Untraceable: CESTAT Dismisses Appeal for Default under Rule 20 [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) dismissed the appeal for default under Rule 20 of the CESTAT (Procedure) Rules, 1982, observing that adjournments...
![Adjournments Cannot Be Granted Mechanically When Appellant Untraceable: CESTAT Dismisses Appeal for Default under Rule 20 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/07/2103021-cestat-chennai-cestat-dismisses-cestat-dismisses-appeal-taxscan.webp "Adjournments Cannot Be Granted Mechanically When Appellant Untraceable: CESTAT Dismisses Appeal for Default under Rule 20 [Read Order]")
Import of Yogurt Flavoured Milk Drinks through Unauthorized Port Violates Livestock Import Norms: CESTAT Upholds Redemption Fine [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) upheld the redemption fine imposed under Section 111(d) of the Customs Act, 1962 and held that the import of...
![Import of Yogurt Flavoured Milk Drinks through Unauthorized Port Violates Livestock Import Norms: CESTAT Upholds Redemption Fine [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/07/2103034-redemption-fine-taxscan.webp "Import of Yogurt Flavoured Milk Drinks through Unauthorized Port Violates Livestock Import Norms: CESTAT Upholds Redemption Fine [Read Order]")
No Service Tax Liability on Tournament Subsidy Received for Sponsorship: CESTAT Sets Aside Demand Against Punjab Cricket Association [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) set aside the service tax demand and held that the tournament subsidy received was in the nature of...
![No Service Tax Liability on Tournament Subsidy Received for Sponsorship: CESTAT Sets Aside Demand Against Punjab Cricket Association [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/07/2103040-service-tax-liability-tournament-subsidy-received-sponsorship-cestat-demand-punjab-cricket-association-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax Liability on Tournament Subsidy Received for Sponsorship: CESTAT Sets Aside Demand Against Punjab Cricket Association [Read Order]")
No Customs Penalty for Misdeclaring Goods in Airway Bills: CESTAT sets aside ₹2L Penalty on Ajanta Pharma [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) recently allowed an appeal filed by Ajanta Pharma Ltd. and set aside a penalty of ₹2,00,000 imposed under...
![No Customs Penalty for Misdeclaring Goods in Airway Bills: CESTAT sets aside ₹2L Penalty on Ajanta Pharma [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/06/2102739-customs-penalty-ajanta-pharma-no-customs-penalty-taxscan.webp "No Customs Penalty for Misdeclaring Goods in Airway Bills: CESTAT sets aside ₹2L Penalty on Ajanta Pharma [Read Order]")
No Gross Negligence or Lack of Bona Fides by Importer: Delhi HC Condones Delay in Filing Appeal Before CESTAT [Read Order]
The Delhi High Court has condoned the delay in filing an appeal before the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) by Siddhi Vinayak Importers, observing that there was no ...
![No Gross Negligence or Lack of Bona Fides by Importer: Delhi HC Condones Delay in Filing Appeal Before CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/05/2102498-bona-fides-delhi-hc-condones-delay-cestat-taxscan.webp "No Gross Negligence or Lack of Bona Fides by Importer: Delhi HC Condones Delay in Filing Appeal Before CESTAT [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 after finding a factual error in the denial of a ...
![CESTAT Finds Factual Error in Denial of Duty Exemption on Imported Clinical Trial Drugs, Remands Matter [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/05/2102474-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]")
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]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court held that under the Income Tax Act, 1961, interest on delayed payment of tax under Section 220(2) becomes payable only if the tax is not paid within the period...
![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/2025/11/05/2102561-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]")