![No Service Tax on Export Cargo Handling, Unaccompanied Baggage, and Abandoned Cargo: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/500x300_2067125-service-tax.webp "No Service Tax on Export Cargo Handling, Unaccompanied Baggage, and Abandoned Cargo: CESTAT [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on Export Cargo Handling, Unaccompanied Baggage, and Abandoned Cargo: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Bangalore Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) recently allowed two appeals and held that no service...
![Finalized Customs Assessments Cannot Be Reopened for Refund Claims: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/250x150_2067075-customs-assessments-taxscan.webp "Finalized Customs Assessments Cannot Be Reopened for Refund Claims: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Provisions of IPC not directly applicable to Customs Act: CESTAT Drops Penalty imposed u/s 112(a) of Customs Act in absence of intention to evade tax [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/250x150_2067129-delhi-high-court-gold-seizure-case-taxscan-1.webp "Provisions of IPC not directly applicable to Customs Act: CESTAT Drops Penalty imposed u/s 112(a) of Customs Act in absence of intention to evade tax [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demands on Vocational Training Services, Rules Activities Exempt and Barred by Limitation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/250x150_2066881-cestat-kolkata-cestat-quashes-service-tax-demands-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demands on Vocational Training Services, Rules Activities Exempt and Barred by Limitation [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Sets Aside Ex Parte Rejection of Compounding Plea, Directs Fresh Hearing Post Duty Adjudication [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/250x150_2066873-cestat-cestat-sets-aside-ex-parte-rejection-ex-parte-rejection-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Sets Aside Ex Parte Rejection of Compounding Plea, Directs Fresh Hearing Post Duty Adjudication [Read Order]")
Relief for Hindustan Zinc: CESTAT Rules Liquidated Damages and Penalties for Contract Breach Not Taxable as Service [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that liquidated damages and penalties collected by Hindustan Zinc Limited for breach of contract are not...
![Relief for Hindustan Zinc: CESTAT Rules Liquidated Damages and Penalties for Contract Breach Not Taxable as Service [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/500x300_2067057-hindustan-zinc-aar-case.webp "Relief for Hindustan Zinc: CESTAT Rules Liquidated Damages and Penalties for Contract Breach Not Taxable as Service [Read Order]")
Calcutta HC Slams Customs Authorities for Judicial Overreach, Relief to Importer in 27-Year-Old ‘Prawn Feed’ Classification Dispute [Read Order]
The Calcutta High Court has allowed the appeal filed by the petitioner, setting aside both the 2017 de novo adjudication order and a subsequent Customs Appellate Tribunal ruling dated June 26,...
![Calcutta HC Slams Customs Authorities for Judicial Overreach, Relief to Importer in 27-Year-Old ‘Prawn Feed’ Classification Dispute [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/500x300_2067055-calcutta-hc-slams-prawn-feed-customs-authorities-taxscan.webp "Calcutta HC Slams Customs Authorities for Judicial Overreach, Relief to Importer in 27-Year-Old ‘Prawn Feed’ Classification Dispute [Read Order]")
Relief for Hindustan Unilever: CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit on Job Work Related Services Based on Earlier Rulings [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) allowed CENVAT credit to Hindustan Unilever Ltd. on various input services related to job work, citing earlier ...
![Relief for Hindustan Unilever: CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit on Job Work Related Services Based on Earlier Rulings [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/500x300_2066821-relief-for-hindustan-unilever-hindustan-unilever-cestat-cestat-allows-cenvat-credit-taxscan.webp "Relief for Hindustan Unilever: CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit on Job Work Related Services Based on Earlier Rulings [Read Order]")
Setback for HCL Technologies: CESTAT Denies CENVAT Credit Refund on Gym, Yoga, Laundry, and Guest House Services [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that HCL Technologies Limited is not entitled to a CENVAT credit refund for services such as GYM...
![Setback for HCL Technologies: CESTAT Denies CENVAT Credit Refund on Gym, Yoga, Laundry, and Guest House Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/500x300_2067048-hcl-technologies-taxscan.webp "Setback for HCL Technologies: CESTAT Denies CENVAT Credit Refund on Gym, Yoga, Laundry, and Guest House Services [Read Order]")
Delhi HC Allows Release of Seized Gold Items After Traveller Agrees to Pay Fine and Customs Duty [Read Order]
The Delhi High Court has directed the Customs Department to release two seized gold ornaments after the petitioner agreed to pay the customs duty, penalty, and redemption fine as determined by the ...
![Delhi HC Allows Release of Seized Gold Items After Traveller Agrees to Pay Fine and Customs Duty [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/500x300_2067043-delhi-high-court-gold-seizure-case-taxscan.webp "Delhi HC Allows Release of Seized Gold Items After Traveller Agrees to Pay Fine and Customs Duty [Read Order]")
Relief for Hindustan Petroleum: CESTAT Rules Intermixing of Petroleum Products in Pipelines Is Not Manufacture, No Higher Duty Payable [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that intermixing of petroleum products during pipeline transfer does not amount to manufacture and cannot...
![Relief for Hindustan Petroleum: CESTAT Rules Intermixing of Petroleum Products in Pipelines Is Not Manufacture, No Higher Duty Payable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/500x300_2067045-relief-for-hindustan-petroleum-hindustan-petroleum-cestat-cestat-rule-taxscan.webp "Relief for Hindustan Petroleum: CESTAT Rules Intermixing of Petroleum Products in Pipelines Is Not Manufacture, No Higher Duty Payable [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Waives excess amount more than 10 % deposited u/s 35 F of Excise Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/500x300_2066806-cestat-excise-act-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Waives excess amount more than 10 % deposited u/s 35 F of Excise Act [Read Order]")