![Confiscation of 22,120 Kgs of Smuggled Black Pepper Upheld: CESTAT Reduces Penalty under Customs Law [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092353-cestat-kolkata-black-pepper-taxscan.webp "Confiscation of 22,120 Kgs of Smuggled Black Pepper Upheld: CESTAT Reduces Penalty under Customs Law [Read Order]")
Confiscation of 22,120 Kgs of Smuggled Black Pepper Upheld: CESTAT Reduces Penalty under Customs Law [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Kolkata, has upheld the confiscation of 22,120 kilograms of smuggled...
![Operation Numkhor: 7 Central Agencies to Probe Bhutan Car Smuggling Case as Dulquer Salmaan Challenges Customs Seizure in Kerala HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/250x150_2092423-operation-numkhor-7-central-agencies-probe-bhutan-car-smuggling-case-dulquer-salmaan-customs-seizure-kerala-hc-taxscan.webp "Operation Numkhor: 7 Central Agencies to Probe Bhutan Car Smuggling Case as Dulquer Salmaan Challenges Customs Seizure in Kerala HC [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand on Manpower Supply Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/250x150_2092352-cestat-service-tax-service-tax-demand-manpower-supply-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand on Manpower Supply Services [Read Order]")
![Liquidated Damages Not Taxable as Declared Service: CESTAT Allows Gujarat Industries’s Appeal on Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/250x150_2092398-liquidated-damages-taxable-declared-service-cestat-gujarat-industriess-appeal-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Liquidated Damages Not Taxable as Declared Service: CESTAT Allows Gujarat Industries’s Appeal on Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
![Lease Rentals Not Taxable as Port Services Prior to June 2007: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Kolkata Port Trust [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/250x150_2092338-cestat-kolkata-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Lease Rentals Not Taxable as Port Services Prior to June 2007: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Kolkata Port Trust [Read Order]")
![Refund of Pre-Deposit Must Include Interest: CESTAT Rules in Customs Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092317-refund-pre-deposit-interest-cestat-cestat-rules-customs-case-taxscan.webp "Refund of Pre-Deposit Must Include Interest: CESTAT Rules in Customs Case [Read Order]")
Penalty Quantum u/s 114A for Misdeclared Fabric Consignment: CESTAT directs Reassessment in Customs Duty Dispute [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai, remanded a dispute concerning penalty quantum under the Customs Act, 1962. The Tribunal held that the...
![Penalty Quantum u/s 114A for Misdeclared Fabric Consignment: CESTAT directs Reassessment in Customs Duty Dispute [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092329-customs-duty.webp "Penalty Quantum u/s 114A for Misdeclared Fabric Consignment: CESTAT directs Reassessment in Customs Duty Dispute [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Restores Licence with Reduced Penalty in GST-linked Export Fraud [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092350-2069893-gst-penalty-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Restores Licence with Reduced Penalty in GST-linked Export Fraud [Read Order]")
CESTAT Remands Service Tax Dispute on Construction Services for Fresh Computation of Demand [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Ahmedabad, has remanded a service tax dispute concerning alleged non-payment of tax on construction-related services for...
![CESTAT Remands Service Tax Dispute on Construction Services for Fresh Computation of Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092321-construction-services-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Remands Service Tax Dispute on Construction Services for Fresh Computation of Demand [Read Order]")
Telecom Operators Entitled to CENVAT Credit on Towers and Shelters as Capital Goods/Inputs: CESTAT in Bharti Airtel Case [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that telecom operators are entitled to avail CENVAT credit on towers and prefabricated shelters as...
![Telecom Operators Entitled to CENVAT Credit on Towers and Shelters as Capital Goods/Inputs: CESTAT in Bharti Airtel Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092227-bharti-airtel-taxscan.webp "Telecom Operators Entitled to CENVAT Credit on Towers and Shelters as Capital Goods/Inputs: CESTAT in Bharti Airtel Case [Read Order]")
Relief for Suzuki Motors: CESTAT Rules Expenses on Pre-Delivery Inspection and After-Sale Services Not Part of Assessable Value for Excise Duty [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that expenses incurred on pre-delivery inspection (PDI) and after-sale services (ASS), whether...
![Relief for Suzuki Motors: CESTAT Rules Expenses on Pre-Delivery Inspection and After-Sale Services Not Part of Assessable Value for Excise Duty [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092216-suzuki-excise-duty-taxscan.webp "Relief for Suzuki Motors: CESTAT Rules Expenses on Pre-Delivery Inspection and After-Sale Services Not Part of Assessable Value for Excise Duty [Read Order]")
Relief for Eastern Coalfields: CESTAT Rules Recovery of Liquidated Damages from Suppliers for Breach of Contract Not Declared Service [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the recovery of liquidated damages from suppliers for breach of contract is not a declared service...
![Relief for Eastern Coalfields: CESTAT Rules Recovery of Liquidated Damages from Suppliers for Breach of Contract Not Declared Service [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/28/500x300_2092027-eastern-coalfields-cestat-rules-recovery-of-liquidated-damages-declared-service-taxscan.webp "Relief for Eastern Coalfields: CESTAT Rules Recovery of Liquidated Damages from Suppliers for Breach of Contract Not Declared Service [Read Order]")