![Service Tax Cannot Be Levied on TDS Paid to Govt on Behalf of Foreign Service Provider: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/26/500x300_2080825-service-tax-tds-foreign-service-cestat-levied-on-tds-paid-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Cannot Be Levied on TDS Paid to Govt on Behalf of Foreign Service Provider: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Service Tax Cannot Be Levied on TDS Paid to Govt on Behalf of Foreign Service Provider: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that service tax is not payable on the TDS amount...
![CESTAT Rules Leasing of ISO Tank Containers from Overseas Suppliers as Deemed Sale, Not Taxable Service [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/26/250x150_2080756-cestat-ahmedabad-iso-tank-containers-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Rules Leasing of ISO Tank Containers from Overseas Suppliers as Deemed Sale, Not Taxable Service [Read Order]")
![CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand as Invocation of Extended Limitation under Section 73(1) Not Sustainable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/26/250x150_2080571-cestat-sets-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand as Invocation of Extended Limitation under Section 73(1) Not Sustainable [Read Order]")
![Liquidated Damages Not Taxable as Declared Service: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand, Extended Limitation Unsustainable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/26/250x150_2080562-cestat-liquidated-damages-taxability-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Liquidated Damages Not Taxable as Declared Service: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand, Extended Limitation Unsustainable [Read Order]")
![DGH Essentiality Certificate for Petroleum Operations Required Only for Importers, Not Domestic Manufacturers: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/25/250x150_2080484-dgh-essentiality-certificate-for-petroleum-operations-dgh-essentiality-certificate-taxscan.webp "DGH Essentiality Certificate for Petroleum Operations Required Only for Importers, Not Domestic Manufacturers: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Amprolium HCL Classifiable Under Chapter 29 as Pure Chemical, Not under Animal Feed Premixes: CESTAT Upholds Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that Amprolium HCL is a pure chemical classifiable under Chapter 29 of the Customs Tariff and not under ...
![Amprolium HCL Classifiable Under Chapter 29 as Pure Chemical, Not under Animal Feed Premixes: CESTAT Upholds Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/25/500x300_2080481-cestat-upholds-cestat-hcl-taxscan.webp "Amprolium HCL Classifiable Under Chapter 29 as Pure Chemical, Not under Animal Feed Premixes: CESTAT Upholds Demand [Read Order]")
Customs Slaps ₹12cr Penalty on Two Former UAE Consulate Officials in Kerala Gold Smuggling Case, RTI Reveals
The Customs Department has levied penalties totaling ₹12 crore against two former officials of the UAE Consulate in connection with the well-known Kerala gold smuggling case in diplomatic baggage. ...
Relief for India Cements: CESTAT Holds Innocent Buyers Cannot Be Denied DEPB Scrip Benefits for Fraudulently Obtained Licences Unless Cancelled by DGFT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, andService Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that DEPB scrip benefits cannot be denied to innocent transferee importers if the licences, though...
![Relief for India Cements: CESTAT Holds Innocent Buyers Cannot Be Denied DEPB Scrip Benefits for Fraudulently Obtained Licences Unless Cancelled by DGFT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/24/500x300_2080131-india-cements-cestat-innocent-buyers-depb-scrip-benefits-licences-dgft-taxscan.webp "Relief for India Cements: CESTAT Holds Innocent Buyers Cannot Be Denied DEPB Scrip Benefits for Fraudulently Obtained Licences Unless Cancelled by DGFT [Read Order]")
![Relief to Polycab Wires: CESTAT Quashes Demand of service tax on Ocean Freight [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/24/500x300_2080124-polycab-wires-cestat-service-tax-ocean-freight-taxscan.webp "Relief to Polycab Wires: CESTAT Quashes Demand of service tax on Ocean Freight [Read Order]")
CESTAT quashes Customs Broker License Revocation as SCN and Order Issued Beyond Mandatory Time Limits under CBLR Regulation 17 [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) set aside the revocation order of the Customs Broker License and the forfeiture of the whole security...
![CESTAT quashes Customs Broker License Revocation as SCN and Order Issued Beyond Mandatory Time Limits under CBLR Regulation 17 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/23/500x300_2079972-cestat-quashes-customs-broker-license-revocation-scn-taxscan.webp "CESTAT quashes Customs Broker License Revocation as SCN and Order Issued Beyond Mandatory Time Limits under CBLR Regulation 17 [Read Order]")
Foreign National’s 84-gram Gold Chain Detained by Customs without SCN: Delhi HC Quashes Detention, Directs Release [Read Order]
The High Court of Delhi, quashed the detention of a foreign national’s 84-gram gold chain detained by Customs at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport without issuance of a Show Cause Notice (...
![Foreign National’s 84-gram Gold Chain Detained by Customs without SCN: Delhi HC Quashes Detention, Directs Release [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/21/500x300_2079019-84-gram-gold-customs-delhi-hc-quashes-detention-taxscan.webp "Foreign National’s 84-gram Gold Chain Detained by Customs without SCN: Delhi HC Quashes Detention, Directs Release [Read Order]")