![No Confiscation Without Authority: CESTAT Rules DRI and Customs Cannot Invalidate BRCs or DEPB Scrips Without DGFT or RBI Action [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/03/500x300_2083779-confiscation-without-authority-cestat-dri-customs-brcs-depb-scrips-dgft-rbi-action-taxscan.webp "No Confiscation Without Authority: CESTAT Rules DRI and Customs Cannot Invalidate BRCs or DEPB Scrips Without DGFT or RBI Action [Read Order]")
No Confiscation Without Authority: CESTAT Rules DRI and Customs Cannot Invalidate BRCs or DEPB Scrips Without DGFT or RBI Action [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has...
![Supreme Court Clarifies Bombay HC Erred in Treating CESTAT’s Finding on Black Firing Guns as Misdeclaration Instead of Misclassification [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/03/250x150_2083783-supreme-court-bombay-hc-cestat-black-firing-guns-taxscan.webp "Supreme Court Clarifies Bombay HC Erred in Treating CESTAT’s Finding on Black Firing Guns as Misdeclaration Instead of Misclassification [Read Order]")
![Electronic Records from Seized Devices Admissible Despite Absence of S.138C(4) Certificate if Taxpayer Admits Contents u/s 108 of Customs: Supreme Court [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/03/250x150_2083772-electronic-records-seized-devices-despite-absence-taxscan.webp "Electronic Records from Seized Devices Admissible Despite Absence of S.138C(4) Certificate if Taxpayer Admits Contents u/s 108 of Customs: Supreme Court [Read Order]")
![Export Cannot be Penalised for Dept’s Delay in Litigation: CESTAT Orders Interest on Duty Drawback from 2003 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/02/250x150_2083537-export-litigation-cestat-taxscan.webp "Export Cannot be Penalised for Dept’s Delay in Litigation: CESTAT Orders Interest on Duty Drawback from 2003 [Read Order]")
![Hotel Property Lease Exempt from ‘Renting of Immovable Property’: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax of ₹9.63L [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/02/250x150_2083528-hotel-property-lease-hotel-property-renting-of-immovable-property-taxscan.webp "Hotel Property Lease Exempt from ‘Renting of Immovable Property’: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax of ₹9.63L [Read Order]")
CENVAT Credit on Sub-Contractor’s Services Denied as Not Input for Cement Manufacture: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand on Mining Services [Read Order]
The New Delhi bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) in a batch of service tax and excise appeals filed by Prism Johnson Limited and its officers, upheld the demand...
![CENVAT Credit on Sub-Contractor’s Services Denied as Not Input for Cement Manufacture: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand on Mining Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/02/500x300_2083523-mining-service-service-tax.webp "CENVAT Credit on Sub-Contractor’s Services Denied as Not Input for Cement Manufacture: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand on Mining Services [Read Order]")
Dry Dates Found of UAE Origin Not Pakistan, Valid Documents Present and No Fraud Proven: CESTAT Sets Aside Customs Demand [Read Order]
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside the order of the Principal Commissioner of Customs, which had reclassified dry dates...
![Dry Dates Found of UAE Origin Not Pakistan, Valid Documents Present and No Fraud Proven: CESTAT Sets Aside Customs Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/02/500x300_2083521-dry-dates-taxscan.webp "Dry Dates Found of UAE Origin Not Pakistan, Valid Documents Present and No Fraud Proven: CESTAT Sets Aside Customs Demand [Read Order]")
CESTAT Sets aside Commissioner's order denying Cenvat Credit only because of absence of Nexus with Input services and Output services [Read Order]
The Bangalore bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal( CESTAT) sets aside the commissioner's order denying cenvat credit only on ground of absence of Nexus with Input...
![CESTAT Sets aside Commissioners order denying Cenvat Credit only because of absence of Nexus with Input services and Output services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/02/500x300_2083360-renting-immovable-property-services-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Sets aside Commissioners order denying Cenvat Credit only because of absence of Nexus with Input services and Output services [Read Order]")
Rule 6 of Central Excise Valuation Rules not invocable when Discount Policy is Generally Offered for all Customers: CESTAT [Read Order]
In a recent case, the Bangalore bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal( CESTAT) has held that Rule 6 of the Central Excise Valuation Rules is not invocable when a ...
![Rule 6 of Central Excise Valuation Rules not invocable when Discount Policy is Generally Offered for all Customers: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/02/500x300_2083356-central-excise-valuation-cestat-taxscan.webp "Rule 6 of Central Excise Valuation Rules not invocable when Discount Policy is Generally Offered for all Customers: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Punjab Roadways Providing Transport Services to General Public Not a Manpower Recruitment or Supply Agency: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that Punjab Roadways providing transport services to the general public is not a manpower...
![Punjab Roadways Providing Transport Services to General Public Not a Manpower Recruitment or Supply Agency: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/02/500x300_2083348-transport-service-taxscan.webp "Punjab Roadways Providing Transport Services to General Public Not a Manpower Recruitment or Supply Agency: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Services provided for Imparting Education as per University Curriculum Exempted from Service Tax: CESTAT rules in favour of Sky Lark Educational Welfare Society [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Allahabad bench in a ruling in favour of Sky Lark Educational Welfare Society held that services provided for imparting...
![Services provided for Imparting Education as per University Curriculum Exempted from Service Tax: CESTAT rules in favour of Sky Lark Educational Welfare Society [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/02/500x300_2083343-untitled-1-new.webp "Services provided for Imparting Education as per University Curriculum Exempted from Service Tax: CESTAT rules in favour of Sky Lark Educational Welfare Society [Read Order]")
![CENVAT Credit availed on input service which are used for output service cannot be denied: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/02/500x300_2083336-cenvat-credit-input-service-cestat-taxscan.webp "CENVAT Credit availed on input service which are used for output service cannot be denied: CESTAT [Read Order]")