![Service Tax Paid by Mistake on Residential Construction Treated as Revenue Deposit: CESTAT Orders 12% Interest on Refund [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/2092382-cestat-refund-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Paid by Mistake on Residential Construction Treated as Revenue Deposit: CESTAT Orders 12% Interest on Refund [Read Order]")
Service Tax Paid by Mistake on Residential Construction Treated as Revenue Deposit: CESTAT Orders 12% Interest on Refund [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi, held that where service tax was deposited by mistake on exempt...
![Refund of Unutilized Cenvat Credit on Closure of Factory Not Permissible: CESTAT Rejects Motonic India Automotive’s Appeal in Excise Dispute [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/2092374-refund-unutilized-cenvat-credit-closure-factory-not-permissible-cestat-rejects-motonic-india-automotives-taxscan.webp "Refund of Unutilized Cenvat Credit on Closure of Factory Not Permissible: CESTAT Rejects Motonic India Automotive’s Appeal in Excise Dispute [Read Order]")
![Confiscation of 22,120 Kgs of Smuggled Black Pepper Upheld: CESTAT Reduces Penalty under Customs Law [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/2092353-cestat-kolkata-black-pepper-taxscan.webp "Confiscation of 22,120 Kgs of Smuggled Black Pepper Upheld: CESTAT Reduces Penalty under Customs Law [Read Order]")
![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/2025/09/29/2092423-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/2025/09/29/2092352-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]
The bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Ahmedabad, has held that liquidated damages collected by a company from its contractors and vendors do not fall under the...
![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/2025/09/29/2092398-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]
The bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Kolkata, has ruled that lease rentals collected by a port authority for temporary use of land and sheds do not fall ...
![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/2025/09/29/2092338-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/2025/09/29/2092317-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/2025/09/29/2092329-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/2025/09/29/2092350-2069893-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/2025/09/29/2092321-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/2025/09/29/2092227-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]")