![Cost Recovery Charges Collected Without Legal Authority: CESTAT Allows Refund of Entire Amount to Appellant [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/27/500x300_2108276-cost-recovery-charges-collected-legal-authority-cestat-allows-refund-entire-amount-appellant-.webp "Cost Recovery Charges Collected Without Legal Authority: CESTAT Allows Refund of Entire Amount to Appellant [Read Order]")
Cost Recovery Charges Collected Without Legal Authority: CESTAT Allows Refund of Entire Amount to Appellant [Read Order]
The Allahabad Regional Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the levy and collection of Cost...
![Copolymer vs. Homopolymer: CESTAT Raps Customs for confirming ADD on PVC Import without Verifying Material Composition [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/25/250x150_2107826-copolymer-vs-homopolymer-cestat-raps-customs-confirming-pvc-import-without-verifying-material-composition-taxscan.webp "Copolymer vs. Homopolymer: CESTAT Raps Customs for confirming ADD on PVC Import without Verifying Material Composition [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Demand Based Solely on Discrepancy Between ITR/TDS and ST-3 Returns Invalid Without Investigating Cause of Difference: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/19/250x150_2106680-cestat-allahabad-.webp "Service Tax Demand Based Solely on Discrepancy Between ITR/TDS and ST-3 Returns Invalid Without Investigating Cause of Difference: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Sets Aside Tax on Club Membership Fees, Citing Supreme Court’s Kolkata Club Decision [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/25/250x150_2107764-service-tax-collected-members-cestat-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Sets Aside Tax on Club Membership Fees, Citing Supreme Court’s Kolkata Club Decision [Read Order]")
![Water Meter Classification: CESTAT Sets Aside Order After Finding Crucial Precedents Were Not Examined [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/25/250x150_2107916-water-meter-cestat-order-crucial-precedents-taxscan.webp "Water Meter Classification: CESTAT Sets Aside Order After Finding Crucial Precedents Were Not Examined [Read Order]")
Fire Loss No Ground for Exemption: CESTAT Orders Ajanta Soya to Pay Duty on All Lost and Short Crude Palm Oil [Read Order]
The Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi, held that the destruction of Crude Palm Oil in a fire accident does not entitle an importer to retain...
![Fire Loss No Ground for Exemption: CESTAT Orders Ajanta Soya to Pay Duty on All Lost and Short Crude Palm Oil [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/25/500x300_2107772-fire-loss-no-ground-exemption-cestat-orders-ajanta-soya-pay-duty-all-lost-short-crude-palm-oil-txn.webp "Fire Loss No Ground for Exemption: CESTAT Orders Ajanta Soya to Pay Duty on All Lost and Short Crude Palm Oil [Read Order]")
Exemption Under SEZ Act Cannot Be Denied Merely for Procedural Lapses: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Demand on SEZ Supplies [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) set aside the excise duty demand raised on ACE Enterprises for supplies made to Special Economic Zones (SEZ)...
![Exemption Under SEZ Act Cannot Be Denied Merely for Procedural Lapses: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Demand on SEZ Supplies [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/500x300_2107222-sez-taxscan.webp "Exemption Under SEZ Act Cannot Be Denied Merely for Procedural Lapses: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Demand on SEZ Supplies [Read Order]")
Gujarat HC Quashes Customs SCN in Palm Kernel Oil Duty Exemption Case, End Use Condition Inapplicable [Read Order]
The Gujarat High Court has quashed a show cause notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence regarding customs duty exemptions on imported crude palm kernel oil. The court ruled that...
![Gujarat HC Quashes Customs SCN in Palm Kernel Oil Duty Exemption Case, End Use Condition Inapplicable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/25/500x300_2107724-sow-cause-notice-taxscan.webp "Gujarat HC Quashes Customs SCN in Palm Kernel Oil Duty Exemption Case, End Use Condition Inapplicable [Read Order]")
Recovery u/s 11A is Unjustified as Refund Orders Had Attained Finality Without Appeal: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the Revenue Department cannot invoke Section 11A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 to recover an...
![Recovery u/s 11A is Unjustified as Refund Orders Had Attained Finality Without Appeal: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/500x300_2107068-refund-recovery-proceedings-taxscan.webp "Recovery u/s 11A is Unjustified as Refund Orders Had Attained Finality Without Appeal: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Cost-Sharing Among Group Entities for Events Outside India Does Not Amount to Taxable Service: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has ruled that the sharing of expenses between group companies for events organized outside India did not ...
![Cost-Sharing Among Group Entities for Events Outside India Does Not Amount to Taxable Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/20/500x300_2106930-cestat-taxscan.webp "Cost-Sharing Among Group Entities for Events Outside India Does Not Amount to Taxable Service: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Sabudana Duty Quashed: CESTAT Holds 'Nil' Rate Notification on Tapioca Sago is Curative and Operates Retrospectively [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise &Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has quashed the excise duty demand on "Sabudana" (Tapioca Sago), ruling that Notification No. 12/2013-CE, ...
![Sabudana Duty Quashed: CESTAT Holds Nil Rate Notification on Tapioca Sago is Curative and Operates Retrospectively [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/20/500x300_2106905-sabudana-cestat-nil-rate-tapioca-sago-curative-retrospectively-taxscan.webp "Sabudana Duty Quashed: CESTAT Holds Nil Rate Notification on Tapioca Sago is Curative and Operates Retrospectively [Read Order]")
![NCLAT Dismisses Section 9 Application for Non-Service of Demand Notice u/s 8 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/20/500x300_2106858-nclat-ruling-corporate-debtor-taxscan.webp "NCLAT Dismisses Section 9 Application for Non-Service of Demand Notice u/s 8 [Read Order]")