![Old Lead Acid Batteries Recovered from Ship Breaking Not Excisable: CESTAT Holds Removal Does Not Amount to Manufacture [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/01/2093003-old-lead-acid-batteries-taxscan.webp "Old Lead Acid Batteries Recovered from Ship Breaking Not Excisable: CESTAT Holds Removal Does Not Amount to Manufacture [Read Order]")
Old Lead Acid Batteries Recovered from Ship Breaking Not Excisable: CESTAT Holds Removal Does Not Amount to Manufacture [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that old Lead Acid Batteries recovered from ship...
![Old and Used Lead Acid Batteries Recovered from Ship Breaking Classifiable Under Heading 8507, Not as Lead Waste and Scrap: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/01/2093013-cestat-lead-acid-batteries-gst-old-batteries-classification-taxscan.webp "Old and Used Lead Acid Batteries Recovered from Ship Breaking Classifiable Under Heading 8507, Not as Lead Waste and Scrap: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT’s Remand Order Not a Final Decision: Delhi HC Rules Taxpayer Eligible for SVLDRS Relief [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/01/2093051-svldrs-relief-taxscan.webp "CESTAT’s Remand Order Not a Final Decision: Delhi HC Rules Taxpayer Eligible for SVLDRS Relief [Read Order]")
![OTN Cards and Modules Incapable of Independent Operation Classifiable as Parts, Not Apparatus: CESTAT Upholds Classification under ‘Parts’ Heading [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/01/2092987-otn-cards-cestat-upholds-taxscan.webp "OTN Cards and Modules Incapable of Independent Operation Classifiable as Parts, Not Apparatus: CESTAT Upholds Classification under ‘Parts’ Heading [Read Order]")
![Electronic Download of Software Not Liable to Customs Duty: CESTAT Rules in HCL Technologies Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/30/2092790-customs-duty-customs-duty-leviable-on-twin-vision-scanner-twin-vision-scanner-scanner-products-cestat-taxscan.webp "Electronic Download of Software Not Liable to Customs Duty: CESTAT Rules in HCL Technologies Case [Read Order]")
Sand Lime Bricks is Type of Fly Ash Bricks, Eligible for Excise Exemption: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand of Rs. 2.6 crores [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Kolkata has set aside a central excise duty demand of ₹2.67 crore along with penalties against bricks manufacturer and its...
![Sand Lime Bricks is Type of Fly Ash Bricks, Eligible for Excise Exemption: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand of Rs. 2.6 crores [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/30/2092805-type-of-fly-ash-bricks-eligible-for-excise-exemption-taxscan.webp "Sand Lime Bricks is Type of Fly Ash Bricks, Eligible for Excise Exemption: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand of Rs. 2.6 crores [Read Order]")
Freight Forwarder Not Liable for Service Tax When Acting as Principal for Goods Exported Outside India: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT) ruled that a freight forwarder arranging transport of goods abroad is not liable for Service Tax when acting as a...
![Freight Forwarder Not Liable for Service Tax When Acting as Principal for Goods Exported Outside India: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/30/2092700-freight-forwarder-cestat-service-tax-principal-for-goods-exported-taxscan.webp "Freight Forwarder Not Liable for Service Tax When Acting as Principal for Goods Exported Outside India: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Relief for HCL Technologies: CESTAT Rules License Fee for Right to Use Software Not Includible in Customs Valuation of Imported CDs [Read Order]
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the license fee paid for the right to use software cannot be included in the customs...
![Relief for HCL Technologies: CESTAT Rules License Fee for Right to Use Software Not Includible in Customs Valuation of Imported CDs [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/30/2092747-relief-for-hcl-technologies-hcl-technologies-cestat-taxscan.webp "Relief for HCL Technologies: CESTAT Rules License Fee for Right to Use Software Not Includible in Customs Valuation of Imported CDs [Read Order]")
Customs Duty Exemption on Imported Parts for Lithium-Ion Batteries allowed for Ambrane India as Assembly Qualifies as ‘Manufacture’: Supreme Court Upholds CESTAT Order [Read Order]
The Supreme Court of India, upheld the Customs,Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT ) order allowing customs duty exemption on imported parts used to manufacture Lithium-ion batteries...
![Customs Duty Exemption on Imported Parts for Lithium-Ion Batteries allowed for Ambrane India as Assembly Qualifies as ‘Manufacture’: Supreme Court Upholds CESTAT Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/30/2092643-customs-duty-exemption-taxscan.webp "Customs Duty Exemption on Imported Parts for Lithium-Ion Batteries allowed for Ambrane India as Assembly Qualifies as ‘Manufacture’: Supreme Court Upholds CESTAT Order [Read Order]")
No Service Tax Applicable on “Cleaning Service” Provided to Railway Prior to 01.07.2012: CESTAT sets aside Demand [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Kolkata has held that cleaning and sanitation services provided to the Indian Railways prior to 1st July 2012 do not fall within...
![No Service Tax Applicable on “Cleaning Service” Provided to Railway Prior to 01.07.2012: CESTAT sets aside Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/2092535-activities-of-management-service-housekeeping-falls-cleaning-service-manpower-supply-services-cestat-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax Applicable on “Cleaning Service” Provided to Railway Prior to 01.07.2012: CESTAT sets aside Demand [Read Order]")
Service Tax Demand of ₹87.76 Lakh on Mutual Fund Investments Quashed: CESTAT Rules Activity Not “Trading of Goods” under Finance Act [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi, set aside a service tax demand raised on the ground that investment in mutual funds amounted to “trading of goods.”...
![Service Tax Demand of ₹87.76 Lakh on Mutual Fund Investments Quashed: CESTAT Rules Activity Not “Trading of Goods” under Finance Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/2092387-service-tax-demand-mutual-fund-finance-act-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand of ₹87.76 Lakh on Mutual Fund Investments Quashed: CESTAT Rules Activity Not “Trading of Goods” under Finance Act [Read Order]")
Appeals Involving Taxability or Valuation Should Be Filed Directly Before Supreme Court u/s 35L of Central Excise Act: Delhi HC [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Delhi High Court held that appeals involving questions of taxability or valuation must be filed directly before the Supreme Court under Section 35L of the Central Excise Act,...
![Appeals Involving Taxability or Valuation Should Be Filed Directly Before Supreme Court u/s 35L of Central Excise Act: Delhi HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/2092485-delhi-high-court-central-excise-act-supreme-court-taxscan.webp "Appeals Involving Taxability or Valuation Should Be Filed Directly Before Supreme Court u/s 35L of Central Excise Act: Delhi HC [Read Order]")