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![CESTAT quashes Excise Demand, Rules CENVAT Credit Restrictions Unconstitutional [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CESTAT-CESTAT-Quashes-Excise-Demand-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT quashes Excise Demand, Rules CENVAT Credit Restrictions Unconstitutional [Read Order]")
CESTAT quashes Excise Demand, Rules CENVAT Credit Restrictions Unconstitutional [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai, recently quashed a duty demand against a manufacturer, ruling that the...
![CESTAT Overturns CENVAT Denial, Rules 11 Input Services Eligible Despite Departments Objections [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CENVAT-Credit-Printing-Machine-Cylinders-taxscan-1-1.jpg "CESTAT Overturns CENVAT Denial, Rules 11 Input Services Eligible Despite Departments Objections [Read Order]")
![Booking cancellation charges are compensation, No Service tax Demandable: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/site-img27-2.jpg "Booking cancellation charges are compensation, No Service tax Demandable: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Sub-contractor of Works Contract was also exempt from Service Tax if main contractor was exempt from it: CESTAT Sets aside Demand of Service Tax [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CESTAT-CESTAT-Allahabad-Service-Tax-TAXSCAN.jpg "Sub-contractor of Works Contract was also exempt from Service Tax if main contractor was exempt from it: CESTAT Sets aside Demand of Service Tax [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax on Equipment Hire Without Retained Control: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Service-Tax-Service-Tax-on-Equipment-Hire-Equipment-Hire-taxscan.jpg "No Service Tax on Equipment Hire Without Retained Control: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax Demand can be raised and confirmed based on Notional Income: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CESTAT-CESTAT-Delhi-Service-Tax-Demand-TAXSCAN-1.jpg "No Service Tax Demand can be raised and confirmed based on Notional Income: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Difference between the financial statement and ER-1 returns, insufficient to prove alleged clandestine removal: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that the difference between the financial statement and ER-1 returns was insufficient to prove alleged...
![Difference between the financial statement and ER-1 returns, insufficient to prove alleged clandestine removal: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ER-1-returns.jpg "Difference between the financial statement and ER-1 returns, insufficient to prove alleged clandestine removal: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Exemption for PGCIL Projects; Department's Appeal Beyond SCN Dismissed [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) upheld the service tax exemption for M/s Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL) projects and noted that the...
![CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Exemption for PGCIL Projects; Departments Appeal Beyond SCN Dismissed [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CESTAT-Service-Tax-Service-Tax-Exemption-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Exemption for PGCIL Projects; Departments Appeal Beyond SCN Dismissed [Read Order]")
![Customs Officers Cannot Alter FOB Value as It Reflects Buyer-Seller Agreement: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fob.jpg "Customs Officers Cannot Alter FOB Value as It Reflects Buyer-Seller Agreement: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Value of Imported Goods Cannot Be Enhanced Solely Based on DRI Alert: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DRI-Alert.jpg "Value of Imported Goods Cannot Be Enhanced Solely Based on DRI Alert: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Quashes ₹49.6 Lakh Customs Duty Demand Over Unproven Diversion of Imported Goods [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/05/30/500x300_2040697-cestat-cestat-allahabad-cestat-quashes-496-lakh-customs-duty-demand-customs-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Quashes ₹49.6 Lakh Customs Duty Demand Over Unproven Diversion of Imported Goods [Read Order]")
Service Tax Applies to Sub-Contractor in MCD Parking Project, Mega Exemption Not Applicable: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) noted that service tax applies to sub-contractor in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) project, and that mega...
![Service Tax Applies to Sub-Contractor in MCD Parking Project, Mega Exemption Not Applicable: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Service-tax-contractor-taxscan.png "Service Tax Applies to Sub-Contractor in MCD Parking Project, Mega Exemption Not Applicable: CESTAT [Read Order]")