![Win for BSNL: CESTAT Rules Free Telecom Services to Employees Not Taxable as It Constitutes Service to Self [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/14/500x300_2063592-bsnl-cestat-rules-free-telecom-services-employees-service-self-taxscan.webp "Win for BSNL: CESTAT Rules Free Telecom Services to Employees Not Taxable as It Constitutes Service to Self [Read Order]")
Win for BSNL: CESTAT Rules Free Telecom Services to Employees Not Taxable as It Constitutes Service to Self [Read Order]
The Delhi Bench of Customs,Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) ruled in favour of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), holding that...
![CESTAT Quashes ₹1.5 Crore Penalty on Customs Officer in Red Sanders Smuggling Case Due to Lack of Corroborative Evidence [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/14/250x150_2063570-penalty-inaccurate-particulars-of-income-inaccurate-particulars-of-income-are-furnished-by-the-assessee-income-itat-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Quashes ₹1.5 Crore Penalty on Customs Officer in Red Sanders Smuggling Case Due to Lack of Corroborative Evidence [Read Order]")
![CESTAT WEEKLY ROUND-UP [July 06, 2025 to July 12, 2025]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/13/250x150_2063349-cestat-weekly-round-up-taxscan.webp "CESTAT WEEKLY ROUND-UP [July 06, 2025 to July 12, 2025]")
![Service Tax Payable Only on Service Portion in Works Contract Where VAT Already Paid on Goods: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/12/250x150_2062962-works-contract-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Payable Only on Service Portion in Works Contract Where VAT Already Paid on Goods: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Bagasse is Not A Manufactured Final Product: CESTAT Quashes Central Excise Duty Demand Under Rule 6 of CCR [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/11/250x150_2062880-bagasse-manufactured-final-product-cestat-central-excise-duty-demand-ccr-taxscan.webp "Bagasse is Not A Manufactured Final Product: CESTAT Quashes Central Excise Duty Demand Under Rule 6 of CCR [Read Order]")
Education Consultant Services to Foreign Universities Qualify as Export, Not Intermediary Services: CESTAT [Read Order]
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that services provided by education consultants to foreign universities qualify as export of...
![Education Consultant Services to Foreign Universities Qualify as Export, Not Intermediary Services: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/11/500x300_2062868-education-consultant-services-foreign-universities-export-intermediary-services-cestat-taxscan.webp "Education Consultant Services to Foreign Universities Qualify as Export, Not Intermediary Services: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Styrene-Butadiene Copolymer to Be Classified as ‘Polymers of Styrene’, Not Synthetic Rubber: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that Styrene-Butadiene Copolymer (SBC) should be classified under “Polymers of Styrene” and not under...
![Styrene-Butadiene Copolymer to Be Classified as ‘Polymers of Styrene’, Not Synthetic Rubber: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/11/500x300_2062847-cestat-polymers-styrene-taxscan.webp "Styrene-Butadiene Copolymer to Be Classified as ‘Polymers of Styrene’, Not Synthetic Rubber: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CESTAT Upholds classification of Activity by Adjudicating authority under ‘works contract service’ as assessee paid service tax by opting scheme as per State VAT Rules [Read Order]
In a recent case, the Bangalore bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT)upheld the classification of Activity by the Adjudicating authority under ‘works contract ...
![CESTAT Upholds classification of Activity by Adjudicating authority under ‘works contract service’ as assessee paid service tax by opting scheme as per State VAT Rules [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/11/500x300_2062779-work-contract-service-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Upholds classification of Activity by Adjudicating authority under ‘works contract service’ as assessee paid service tax by opting scheme as per State VAT Rules [Read Order]")
Road Construction Receipts for CSR Activities not part of Taxable Value: CESTAT grants Relief to Eastern India Enterprise [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has upheld that the receipts which related to road constructions under the CorporateSocial Responsibility (CSR)...
![Road Construction Receipts for CSR Activities not part of Taxable Value: CESTAT grants Relief to Eastern India Enterprise [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/10/500x300_2062395-road-construction.webp "Road Construction Receipts for CSR Activities not part of Taxable Value: CESTAT grants Relief to Eastern India Enterprise [Read Order]")
CESTAT Allows Adjustment and Refund of ₹22.37 Lakh Excess Service Tax to Eastern India Enterprise and Sets Aside Penalties [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has allowed an appeal, permitting adjustment and refund of the excess service tax amounting to ₹22,37,334....
![CESTAT Allows Adjustment and Refund of ₹22.37 Lakh Excess Service Tax to Eastern India Enterprise and Sets Aside Penalties [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/10/500x300_2062397-service-tax-refund-service-tax-service-tax-refund-cannot-be-denied-to-any-person-who-has-borne-the-incidence-of-tax-incidence-of-tax-cestat-customs-excise-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Allows Adjustment and Refund of ₹22.37 Lakh Excess Service Tax to Eastern India Enterprise and Sets Aside Penalties [Read Order]")
SBI Wins Before CESTAT on Service Tax Demand for Interchange and Free ATM Services: Supreme Court to Hear Related Appeal Together [Read Judgement]
In a recent ruling,the Supreme Court of India, noted State Bank of India (SBI )’s win before Customs,Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) on service tax demand for interchange and...
![SBI Wins Before CESTAT on Service Tax Demand for Interchange and Free ATM Services: Supreme Court to Hear Related Appeal Together [Read Judgement]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/10/500x300_2062340-cestat-service-tax-demand-sbi-taxscan.webp "SBI Wins Before CESTAT on Service Tax Demand for Interchange and Free ATM Services: Supreme Court to Hear Related Appeal Together [Read Judgement]")
![Excise Demands Extinguished by NCLT Order: Telangana HC Disposes CESTAT Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/09/500x300_2061989-nclt-order-taxscan.webp "Excise Demands Extinguished by NCLT Order: Telangana HC Disposes CESTAT Appeal [Read Order]")