![Arranging Cane-Harvesting Workers for Farmers Without Control is Mere Facilitation, Not Taxable as Manpower Supply Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/28/2081350-site-img28-21.webp "Arranging Cane-Harvesting Workers for Farmers Without Control is Mere Facilitation, Not Taxable as Manpower Supply Service: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Arranging Cane-Harvesting Workers for Farmers Without Control is Mere Facilitation, Not Taxable as Manpower Supply Service: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that arranging cane-harvesting workers for farmers...
![Maintenance of Streetlights under Contracts Issued after 01.03.2015 Not Exempt from Service Tax: CESTAT Strictly Interprets Exemption Notifications [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/28/2081343-service-tax-notification-taxscan.webp "Maintenance of Streetlights under Contracts Issued after 01.03.2015 Not Exempt from Service Tax: CESTAT Strictly Interprets Exemption Notifications [Read Order]")
![Chlorine Supplied Free by Service Recipients not Part of Gross Amount Charged for Service Tax Calculation: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/27/2080896-chlorine-supplied-gross-amount-service-tax-cestat-taxscan.webp "Chlorine Supplied Free by Service Recipients not Part of Gross Amount Charged for Service Tax Calculation: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Cannot Be Levied on TDS Paid to Govt on Behalf of Foreign Service Provider: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/26/2080825-service-tax-tds-foreign-service-cestat-levied-on-tds-paid-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Cannot Be Levied on TDS Paid to Govt on Behalf of Foreign Service Provider: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Rules Leasing of ISO Tank Containers from Overseas Suppliers as Deemed Sale, Not Taxable Service [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/26/2080756-cestat-ahmedabad-iso-tank-containers-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Rules Leasing of ISO Tank Containers from Overseas Suppliers as Deemed Sale, Not Taxable Service [Read Order]")
CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand as Invocation of Extended Limitation under Section 73(1) Not Sustainable [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has allowed the appeal filed by Oswal Cargo Movers and set aside the demand of service tax, interest, and...
![CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand as Invocation of Extended Limitation under Section 73(1) Not Sustainable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/26/2080571-cestat-sets-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand as Invocation of Extended Limitation under Section 73(1) Not Sustainable [Read Order]")
Liquidated Damages Not Taxable as Declared Service: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand, Extended Limitation Unsustainable [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside a service tax demand of ₹2,10,11,500, holding that liquidated damages recovered for delayed...
![Liquidated Damages Not Taxable as Declared Service: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand, Extended Limitation Unsustainable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/26/2080562-cestat-liquidated-damages-taxability-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Liquidated Damages Not Taxable as Declared Service: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand, Extended Limitation Unsustainable [Read Order]")
DGH Essentiality Certificate for Petroleum Operations Required Only for Importers, Not Domestic Manufacturers: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the requirement of a Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) Essentiality Certificate applies only ...
![DGH Essentiality Certificate for Petroleum Operations Required Only for Importers, Not Domestic Manufacturers: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/25/2080484-dgh-essentiality-certificate-for-petroleum-operations-dgh-essentiality-certificate-taxscan.webp "DGH Essentiality Certificate for Petroleum Operations Required Only for Importers, Not Domestic Manufacturers: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Amprolium HCL Classifiable Under Chapter 29 as Pure Chemical, Not under Animal Feed Premixes: CESTAT Upholds Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that Amprolium HCL is a pure chemical classifiable under Chapter 29 of the Customs Tariff and not under ...
![Amprolium HCL Classifiable Under Chapter 29 as Pure Chemical, Not under Animal Feed Premixes: CESTAT Upholds Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/25/2080481-cestat-upholds-cestat-hcl-taxscan.webp "Amprolium HCL Classifiable Under Chapter 29 as Pure Chemical, Not under Animal Feed Premixes: CESTAT Upholds Demand [Read Order]")
Customs Slaps ₹12cr Penalty on Two Former UAE Consulate Officials in Kerala Gold Smuggling Case, RTI Reveals
The Customs Department has levied penalties totaling ₹12 crore against two former officials of the UAE Consulate in connection with the well-known Kerala gold smuggling case in diplomatic baggage. ...
Relief for India Cements: CESTAT Holds Innocent Buyers Cannot Be Denied DEPB Scrip Benefits for Fraudulently Obtained Licences Unless Cancelled by DGFT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, andService Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that DEPB scrip benefits cannot be denied to innocent transferee importers if the licences, though...
![Relief for India Cements: CESTAT Holds Innocent Buyers Cannot Be Denied DEPB Scrip Benefits for Fraudulently Obtained Licences Unless Cancelled by DGFT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/24/2080131-india-cements-cestat-innocent-buyers-depb-scrip-benefits-licences-dgft-taxscan.webp "Relief for India Cements: CESTAT Holds Innocent Buyers Cannot Be Denied DEPB Scrip Benefits for Fraudulently Obtained Licences Unless Cancelled by DGFT [Read Order]")
![Relief to Polycab Wires: CESTAT Quashes Demand of service tax on Ocean Freight [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/24/2080124-polycab-wires-cestat-service-tax-ocean-freight-taxscan.webp "Relief to Polycab Wires: CESTAT Quashes Demand of service tax on Ocean Freight [Read Order]")