![Writ Jurisdiction Cannot be Invoked to Bypass Pre-Deposit for Customs Appeal: Bombay HC Imposes ₹50K Costs [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/16/500x300_2112639-writ-jurisdiction-pre-deposit-customs-appeal-bombay-hc-taxscan.webp "Writ Jurisdiction Cannot be Invoked to Bypass Pre-Deposit for Customs Appeal: Bombay HC Imposes ₹50K Costs [Read Order]")
Writ Jurisdiction Cannot be Invoked to Bypass Pre-Deposit for Customs Appeal: Bombay HC Imposes ₹50K Costs [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court recently ruled that writ jurisdiction cannot be used to bypass the mandatory pre-deposit requirement prescribed for filing a...
![Misuse of Signed Blank Annexure-A by Third Party cannot attract Liability without Evidence: CESTAT Quashes Penalty against CHA Manager [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/08/250x150_2111024-misuse-signed-blank-annexure-third-party-attract-liability-evidence-cestat-quashes-penalty-cha-manager-taxscan.webp "Misuse of Signed Blank Annexure-A by Third Party cannot attract Liability without Evidence: CESTAT Quashes Penalty against CHA Manager [Read Order]")
![Insufficient Proof of Clandestine Removal: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand as Department Fails to Supply Seized Documents [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/250x150_2112362-insufficient-proof-clandestine-removal-cestat-sets-aside-excise-duty-demand-department-fails-supply-seized-documents-taxscan.webp "Insufficient Proof of Clandestine Removal: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand as Department Fails to Supply Seized Documents [Read Order]")
![Form 26AS Alone Cannot Sustain Service Tax Demand Without Precedent Review: CESTAT Orders Fresh Decision in One Month [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/16/250x150_2112502-form-26as-service-tax-demand-cestat-taxscan.jfif "Form 26AS Alone Cannot Sustain Service Tax Demand Without Precedent Review: CESTAT Orders Fresh Decision in One Month [Read Order]")
![Plain Packaging Not Ground to Deny Concession Duty Under India-Singapore Trade Agreement: CESTAT Quashes Denial of Benefit for HDPE Granules [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/250x150_2112280-plain-packaging-not-ground-to-deny-concession-duty-under-india-singapore-trade-agreement-cestat-quashes-hdpe-granules-taxscan-.webp "Plain Packaging Not Ground to Deny Concession Duty Under India-Singapore Trade Agreement: CESTAT Quashes Denial of Benefit for HDPE Granules [Read Order]")
Extended Limitation cannot Be Invoked for Audit-Based Demand: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand against Delphi Automotive [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that a show cause notice (SCN) issued on the basis of an audit cannot justify invocation of the extended...
![Extended Limitation cannot Be Invoked for Audit-Based Demand: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand against Delphi Automotive [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/08/500x300_2110990-extended-limitation-invoked-audit-based-demand-cestat-quashes-excise-duty-demand-delphi-automotive-taxscan.webp "Extended Limitation cannot Be Invoked for Audit-Based Demand: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand against Delphi Automotive [Read Order]")
Peanut Butter Classified as Similar to Margarine: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹1.35Cr Cenvat Credit Demand While Upholding Credit Reversal on Written-Off Inputs [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) partly allowed the appeal, holding that peanut butter is an “edible preparation similar to margarine,” making...
![Peanut Butter Classified as Similar to Margarine: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹1.35Cr Cenvat Credit Demand While Upholding Credit Reversal on Written-Off Inputs [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/10/500x300_2111269-peanut-butter-margarine-cestat-cenvat-credit-demand-credit-reversal-written-off-inputs-taxscan.webp "Peanut Butter Classified as Similar to Margarine: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹1.35Cr Cenvat Credit Demand While Upholding Credit Reversal on Written-Off Inputs [Read Order]")
Customs Commissioner Fails to issue Notice within 90 days: CESTAT Quashes Penalty over Custom Brokers License Proceedings [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) quashed Penalty against Customs Brokers as the CustomsCommissioner failed to show compliance with the mandatory...
![Customs Commissioner Fails to issue Notice within 90 days: CESTAT Quashes Penalty over Custom Brokers License Proceedings [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/500x300_2112285-customs-commissioner-fails-issue-notice-within-90-days-cestat-quashes-penalty-over-custom-brokers-license-proceedings-taxscan.webp "Customs Commissioner Fails to issue Notice within 90 days: CESTAT Quashes Penalty over Custom Brokers License Proceedings [Read Order]")
CESTAT allows CENVAT Credit to Adhunik Industries, Holds Denial based on Technical Objections Unsustainable [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) Bench at Kolkata, has granted relief in a dispute concerning denial of CENVAT credit to a steel manufacturing unit, holding that...
![CESTAT allows CENVAT Credit to Adhunik Industries, Holds Denial based on Technical Objections Unsustainable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/13/500x300_2111939-cestat-allows-cenvat-credit-taxscan.jfif "CESTAT allows CENVAT Credit to Adhunik Industries, Holds Denial based on Technical Objections Unsustainable [Read Order]")
Premium Earned from Transfer of Sugar Export Quota Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT Holds Transaction is Sale of Goods, Not BAS [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the premium received from transferring sugar export quota cannot be taxed under Business Auxiliary...
![Premium Earned from Transfer of Sugar Export Quota Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT Holds Transaction is Sale of Goods, Not BAS [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/04/500x300_2110109-sugar-export-quota-cestat-taxscan.jfif "Premium Earned from Transfer of Sugar Export Quota Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT Holds Transaction is Sale of Goods, Not BAS [Read Order]")
Commercial Chartering Services by Shipping Ministry liable to service tax on 1% commission, Extended Limitation Period Not Applicable: CESTAT
The Principal Bench ofCustoms, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, ruled that the Ministry of Shipping’s Chartering Wing provided taxable Business Support Services by...
‘Input’ vs ‘Input Service’ Mismatch in ST-3 Return a Harmless Error: CESTAT Allows Cenvat Credit Refund u/s. 142(9)(b) [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi, held that a mismatch between ‘input’ and ‘input service’ entries in an ST-3 Return is a clerical error and cannot defeat a...
![‘Input’ vs ‘Input Service’ Mismatch in ST-3 Return a Harmless Error: CESTAT Allows Cenvat Credit Refund u/s. 142(9)(b) [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/10/500x300_2111349-input-input-service-mismatch-st-3-return-harmless-error-cestat-cenvat-refund-taxscan.webp "‘Input’ vs ‘Input Service’ Mismatch in ST-3 Return a Harmless Error: CESTAT Allows Cenvat Credit Refund u/s. 142(9)(b) [Read Order]")