![No SCN Issued Post-Seizure of Goods: Madras HC Orders Customs to Decide Representation Promptly [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/22/500x300_2067734-gst-scn-unshared-verification-report-madras-hc-scn-orders-report-taxscan.webp "No SCN Issued Post-Seizure of Goods: Madras HC Orders Customs to Decide Representation Promptly [Read Order]")
No SCN Issued Post-Seizure of Goods: Madras HC Orders Customs to Decide Representation Promptly [Read Order]
The Madras High Court directed the Customs Department to expeditiously decide on the representation filed by the petitioner concerning seized...
![Denial of CENVAT Credit for Non-Manufacture Activity: CESTAT Sets Aside Order as Duty Was Paid on All Goods [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/22/250x150_2067568-cestat-mumbai-denial-of-cenvat-credit-taxscan.webp "Denial of CENVAT Credit for Non-Manufacture Activity: CESTAT Sets Aside Order as Duty Was Paid on All Goods [Read Order]")
![CESTAT dismisses Mittal Corp’s appeal despite CIRP Proceedings, upholds Excise Duty and Penalty for Clandestine Removal of Goods [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/22/250x150_2067550-cestat-dismisses-mittal-corps-appeal-cestat-mittal-corps-limited-taxscan.webp "CESTAT dismisses Mittal Corp’s appeal despite CIRP Proceedings, upholds Excise Duty and Penalty for Clandestine Removal of Goods [Read Order]")
![Relief for SAIL: CESTAT Holds By-Products Not Liable Under Rule 6 of CCR, Accepts Proportionate Reversal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/22/250x150_2067573-cestat-kolkata-rule-6-ccr-accepts-proportionate-reversal-taxscan.webp "Relief for SAIL: CESTAT Holds By-Products Not Liable Under Rule 6 of CCR, Accepts Proportionate Reversal [Read Order]")
Work Involving Unloading and Marking for SAIL Treated as Cargo Handling: CESTAT Limits Demand to Normal Period, Sets Aside Penalties [Read Order]
The Bangalore Bench of Customs,Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) held that the unloading, hand shunting, painting, and marking work was carried out for Steel Authority of India...
![Work Involving Unloading and Marking for SAIL Treated as Cargo Handling: CESTAT Limits Demand to Normal Period, Sets Aside Penalties [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/22/500x300_2067595-cargo-handling-taxscan.webp "Work Involving Unloading and Marking for SAIL Treated as Cargo Handling: CESTAT Limits Demand to Normal Period, Sets Aside Penalties [Read Order]")
Services rendered by FASPL to Foreign Companies classifiable under BSS, Tax Not leviable as it is Export of Service: CESTAT [Read Order]
In a recent case, the Chennai bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that services rendered by Fifth Avenue Sourcing Pvt. Ltd. (FASPL) to foreign...
![Services rendered by FASPL to Foreign Companies classifiable under BSS, Tax Not leviable as it is Export of Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/500x300_2067153-services-rendered-by-faspl-faspl-to-foreign-companies-foreign-companies-taxscan.webp "Services rendered by FASPL to Foreign Companies classifiable under BSS, Tax Not leviable as it is Export of Service: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax on Export Cargo Handling, Unaccompanied Baggage, and Abandoned Cargo: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/500x300_2067125-service-tax.webp "No Service Tax on Export Cargo Handling, Unaccompanied Baggage, and Abandoned Cargo: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Finalized Customs Assessments Cannot Be Reopened for Refund Claims: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/500x300_2067075-customs-assessments-taxscan.webp "Finalized Customs Assessments Cannot Be Reopened for Refund Claims: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Provisions of IPC not directly applicable to Customs Act: CESTAT Drops Penalty imposed u/s 112(a) of Customs Act in absence of intention to evade tax [Read Order]
In a recent case, the Chennai bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal(CESTAT) held that provisions of the IPC are not directly applicable to the Customs Act and dropped...
![Provisions of IPC not directly applicable to Customs Act: CESTAT Drops Penalty imposed u/s 112(a) of Customs Act in absence of intention to evade tax [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/500x300_2067129-delhi-high-court-gold-seizure-case-taxscan-1.webp "Provisions of IPC not directly applicable to Customs Act: CESTAT Drops Penalty imposed u/s 112(a) of Customs Act in absence of intention to evade tax [Read Order]")
CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demands on Vocational Training Services, Rules Activities Exempt and Barred by Limitation [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside service tax demands totalling around Rs. 52 lakhs, noting that the company’s skill development...
![CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demands on Vocational Training Services, Rules Activities Exempt and Barred by Limitation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/500x300_2066881-cestat-kolkata-cestat-quashes-service-tax-demands-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demands on Vocational Training Services, Rules Activities Exempt and Barred by Limitation [Read Order]")
CESTAT Sets Aside Ex Parte Rejection of Compounding Plea, Directs Fresh Hearing Post Duty Adjudication [Read Order]
The Mumbai bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Mumbai, has quashed the ex parte rejection of a compounding application filed under Section 137(3) of the...
![CESTAT Sets Aside Ex Parte Rejection of Compounding Plea, Directs Fresh Hearing Post Duty Adjudication [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/500x300_2066873-cestat-cestat-sets-aside-ex-parte-rejection-ex-parte-rejection-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Sets Aside Ex Parte Rejection of Compounding Plea, Directs Fresh Hearing Post Duty Adjudication [Read Order]")