![Moisture and Ash Content Not Tested Properly for Areca Nuts’ Raw or Roasted Classification: Madras HC Remands Matter to Customs Commissioner [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/13/500x300_2043785-madras-hc-areca-nuts-raw-roasted-customs-commissioner-taxscan.webp "Moisture and Ash Content Not Tested Properly for Areca Nuts’ Raw or Roasted Classification: Madras HC Remands Matter to Customs Commissioner [Read Order]")
Moisture and Ash Content Not Tested Properly for Areca Nuts’ Raw or Roasted Classification: Madras HC Remands Matter to Customs Commissioner [Read Order]
The Madurai bench of Madras High Court has remanded the matter involving the import of areca nuts back to the Customs Commissioner for fresh...
![Plea for Provisional Release of Goods: Madras HC Orders Customs to Decide Representation Based on SCs Navshakti Industries Ruling [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/13/250x150_2043784-plea-for-provisional-release-provisional-release-of-goods-madras-hc-taxscan.webp "Plea for Provisional Release of Goods: Madras HC Orders Customs to Decide Representation Based on SCs Navshakti Industries Ruling [Read Order]")
![Extended Limitation Period Not Sustainable Without Suppression: CESTAT Faults Department for Failing to Scrutinize Returns [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/13/250x150_2043623-extended-limitation-period-extended-limitation-period-not-sustainable-taxscan.webp "Extended Limitation Period Not Sustainable Without Suppression: CESTAT Faults Department for Failing to Scrutinize Returns [Read Order]")
![Madras HC Quashes Customs Order for Denial of Duty Drawback Claim of 2015 Without Issuing Mandatory Deficiency Memo u/r 13(3)(a) [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/13/250x150_2043684-customs-order-madras-hc-mandatory-deficiency-memo-taxscan.webp "Madras HC Quashes Customs Order for Denial of Duty Drawback Claim of 2015 Without Issuing Mandatory Deficiency Memo u/r 13(3)(a) [Read Order]")
Finance Ministry Revises Customs Tariff Values for Palm Oil, Soya Bean Oil, Gold and Silver, and Areca Nuts
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), under the Ministry of Finance, has issued Notification No. 42/2025-Customs (N.T.), dated June 11, 2025, updating the customs tariff value...
Service Tax Demand on Ad Space Sales Pre-2014 Not Sustainable Under Section 66D(g): CESTAT [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that the service tax demand on advertisement space sales prior to 2014 is not sustainable under Section 66D(g)...
![Service Tax Demand on Ad Space Sales Pre-2014 Not Sustainable Under Section 66D(g): CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/13/500x300_2043631-service-tax-demad-site-img.webp "Service Tax Demand on Ad Space Sales Pre-2014 Not Sustainable Under Section 66D(g): CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Demand on Ad Space Sales Pre-2014 Not Sustainable Under Section 66D(g): CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/13/500x300_2043609-cestat-service-tax-demand-service-tax-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand on Ad Space Sales Pre-2014 Not Sustainable Under Section 66D(g): CESTAT [Read Order]")
Fulfilment of Conditions of Customs Notification Not Applicable When goods imported were destroyed in fire: CESTAT Allows Customs Duty Redemption to Piramal Enterprises [Read Order]
In a recent case, the Chennai bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed the customs duty redemption to Piramal Enterprises as the fulfilment of Conditions...
![Fulfilment of Conditions of Customs Notification Not Applicable When goods imported were destroyed in fire: CESTAT Allows Customs Duty Redemption to Piramal Enterprises [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/13/500x300_2043551-customs-notification-cestat-taxscan.webp "Fulfilment of Conditions of Customs Notification Not Applicable When goods imported were destroyed in fire: CESTAT Allows Customs Duty Redemption to Piramal Enterprises [Read Order]")
Refund Claim Filed Under Regular Notification Instead of SEZ One Treated as Procedural Lapse: CESTAT Allows ₹2.92 Cr Refund [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT )allowed a refund claim of ₹2.92 crore, holding that filing under the regular notification instead of the Special ...
![Refund Claim Filed Under Regular Notification Instead of SEZ One Treated as Procedural Lapse: CESTAT Allows ₹2.92 Cr Refund [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/12/500x300_2043026-refund-claim-sez-cestat-taxscan.webp "Refund Claim Filed Under Regular Notification Instead of SEZ One Treated as Procedural Lapse: CESTAT Allows ₹2.92 Cr Refund [Read Order]")
CESTAT Allows Refund of Rs.1.67 Cr for Fit-Out Services Used in Office Renovation, Holds Them as Eligible Input Services
The Chandigarh Bench of Customs,Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) allowed a refund of Rs.1.67 crore to the assessee, holding that fit-out services used for renovating a leased...
![Refund of CENVAT Credit Cannot Be Denied Merely for Non-Registration of Unit: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/12/500x300_2043008-cenvat-credit-cestat-orders-demand-exempted-and-dutiable-goods-taxscan.webp "Refund of CENVAT Credit Cannot Be Denied Merely for Non-Registration of Unit: CESTAT [Read Order]")