![Customs Authorities Can Issue Notices Even If a Trade Agreement Exists: Bombay HC Upholds SCN Against Importers [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/18/500x300_2049970-customs-customs-authorities-issue-notices-trade-agreement-exists-taxscan.webp "Customs Authorities Can Issue Notices Even If a Trade Agreement Exists: Bombay HC Upholds SCN Against Importers [Read Order]")
Customs Authorities Can Issue Notices Even If a Trade Agreement Exists: Bombay HC Upholds SCN Against Importers [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Bombay High Court held that the customs department has the power to issue show cause notices (SCNs) even when a Free Trade...
![Use of Imported Raw Materials Does Not Disqualify Customs Exemption If DTA Goods Are Made from Indigenous Inputs: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/18/250x150_2049955-imported-raw-materials.webp "Use of Imported Raw Materials Does Not Disqualify Customs Exemption If DTA Goods Are Made from Indigenous Inputs: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Customs House Agent Cannot Be Penalized Without Direct Evidence or Involvement in Alleged Undervaluation: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/18/250x150_2049947-cestat-mumbai-customs-house-penalized-taxscan.webp "Customs House Agent Cannot Be Penalized Without Direct Evidence or Involvement in Alleged Undervaluation: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Madras HC Strikes Down Central Excise R.8(4) Ultra Vires, Quashes Demand Orders With Fresh Hearing [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/18/250x150_2050001-cdc7d6e5-d824-4c7f-9a74-7a7ef9c5ac5b.jfif "Madras HC Strikes Down Central Excise R.8(4) Ultra Vires, Quashes Demand Orders With Fresh Hearing [Read Order]")
![Mere wrong availment of Cenvat Credit cannot be equated with suppression of fact, fraud intent to evade duty: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/18/250x150_2049756-cenvat-credit-cestat-taxscan.webp "Mere wrong availment of Cenvat Credit cannot be equated with suppression of fact, fraud intent to evade duty: CESTAT [Read Order]")
26 pieces of Gold Biscuit Smuggling: CESTAT Sets aside Penalty imposed under Customs Act In Absence of Documentory Evidence Showing Involvement [Read Order]
In a recent case, the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) set aside the penalty imposed under the Customs Act, 1962 without documentary evidence showing involvement. ...
![26 pieces of Gold Biscuit Smuggling: CESTAT Sets aside Penalty imposed under Customs Act In Absence of Documentory Evidence Showing Involvement [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/18/500x300_2049789-gold-biscuit-smuggling-taxscan.webp "26 pieces of Gold Biscuit Smuggling: CESTAT Sets aside Penalty imposed under Customs Act In Absence of Documentory Evidence Showing Involvement [Read Order]")
Relief to Retired Central Excise Officer: Madras HC Bars Dept from Acting on Caste Certificate Allegations [Read Order]
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently granted relief to a retired Central Excise officer by quashing an order that community doubt on the validity of his caste certificate from 1977,...
![Relief to Retired Central Excise Officer: Madras HC Bars Dept from Acting on Caste Certificate Allegations [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/17/500x300_2046259-relief-to-retired-central-excise-officer-central-excise-officer-excise-officer-taxscan.webp "Relief to Retired Central Excise Officer: Madras HC Bars Dept from Acting on Caste Certificate Allegations [Read Order]")
Club Providing Ad Display Space Doesn’t Qualify as Advertising Agency, May Attract BAS: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that a club merely allowing space for advertisement display is not an “advertising agency” under Section...
![Club Providing Ad Display Space Doesn’t Qualify as Advertising Agency, May Attract BAS: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/17/500x300_2045970-ad-display-space-taxscan.webp "Club Providing Ad Display Space Doesn’t Qualify as Advertising Agency, May Attract BAS: CESTAT [Read Order]")
No Service Tax Exemption for Roofs Over Mandi Roads: CESTAT Rules Structure Not Meant for General Public Use [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that there is no service tax exemption for roofs built over mandi roads, as these structures are not meant...
![No Service Tax Exemption for Roofs Over Mandi Roads: CESTAT Rules Structure Not Meant for General Public Use [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/17/500x300_2045927-cestat-cestat-delhi-service-tax-exemption-mandi-road-roofing-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax Exemption for Roofs Over Mandi Roads: CESTAT Rules Structure Not Meant for General Public Use [Read Order]")
No Special Treatment for Government Bodies u/s 73 of Finance Act: CESTAT Upholds Extended Limitation for Service Tax Evasion [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that no special treatment is mentioned for government bodies under Section 73 of the Finance Act, 1994, and...
![No Special Treatment for Government Bodies u/s 73 of Finance Act: CESTAT Upholds Extended Limitation for Service Tax Evasion [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/17/500x300_2045907-cestat-cestat-delhi-service-tax-evasion-taxscan.webp "No Special Treatment for Government Bodies u/s 73 of Finance Act: CESTAT Upholds Extended Limitation for Service Tax Evasion [Read Order]")
CESTAT denies Service Tax Exemption for Mandi Constructions as Market Structures Fall Under 'Business or Commerce' [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) denied the service tax exemption for mandi constructions, as market structures fall under 'business or commerce' ...
![CESTAT denies Service Tax Exemption for Mandi Constructions as Market Structures Fall Under Business or Commerce [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/17/500x300_2045890-cestat-cestat-delhi-service-tax-mandi-construction-taxscan.webp "CESTAT denies Service Tax Exemption for Mandi Constructions as Market Structures Fall Under Business or Commerce [Read Order]")
CGST Officers Empowered to Act on Pre-GST Service Tax Matters: CESTAT Dismisses Jurisdictional Challenge [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) dismissed the appeal in which one of the grounds was relating to the jurisdiction of the Assistant Commissioner...
![CGST Officers Empowered to Act on Pre-GST Service Tax Matters: CESTAT Dismisses Jurisdictional Challenge [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/17/500x300_2045867-cestat-cestat-delhi-pre-gst-service-tax-taxscan.webp "CGST Officers Empowered to Act on Pre-GST Service Tax Matters: CESTAT Dismisses Jurisdictional Challenge [Read Order]")