![Commissioners Report, Toll Barrier Receipts Shows Manufacturing Activity Verified: CESTAT Rejects Clandestine Removal Allegation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/20/500x300_2106916-cestat-chandigarh-toll-barrier-receipts-evidence-taxscan.webp "Commissioners Report, Toll Barrier Receipts Shows Manufacturing Activity Verified: CESTAT Rejects Clandestine Removal Allegation [Read Order]")
Commissioner's Report, Toll Barrier Receipts Shows Manufacturing Activity Verified: CESTAT Rejects Clandestine Removal Allegation [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has quashed the excise duty demand and ruled that the...
![Interest Not Payable from 2008 Deposit: CESTAT Holds Sugar Manufacturer Not Entitled to Interest on Investigative Deposit [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/20/250x150_2106836-fa80a3f0-beb7-4f16-b45e-10733eba48aa.webp "Interest Not Payable from 2008 Deposit: CESTAT Holds Sugar Manufacturer Not Entitled to Interest on Investigative Deposit [Read Order]")
![Tugs Classified under Chapter 89, Not ‘Machinery or Equipment’: CESTAT Rejects Exemption Claim but Allows Drawback [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/20/250x150_2106841-cestat-ahmedbad-cestat-rejects-exemption-claim-taxscan.webp "Tugs Classified under Chapter 89, Not ‘Machinery or Equipment’: CESTAT Rejects Exemption Claim but Allows Drawback [Read Order]")
![NCLAT Upholds CCI’s Jurisdiction Under Section 4 of the Competition Act to Probe WhatsApp–Meta Data-Sharing Practices [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/20/250x150_2106818-whatsapps-data-sharing-policy-data-sharing-policy-taxscan.webp "NCLAT Upholds CCI’s Jurisdiction Under Section 4 of the Competition Act to Probe WhatsApp–Meta Data-Sharing Practices [Read Order]")
![Extended Period Not Invokable: CESTAT Rules Constitutional Validity of Renting of Immovable Property Levy is Still Pending Before SC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/19/250x150_2106703-0fd93a7c-1912-4bc4-a80f-34076556d195.webp "Extended Period Not Invokable: CESTAT Rules Constitutional Validity of Renting of Immovable Property Levy is Still Pending Before SC [Read Order]")
Extended Period Not Invocable as All Activities Were Declared in ST-3 Returns: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), set aside the service tax demand, holding that the extended period of limitation was wrongly invoked when...
![Extended Period Not Invocable as All Activities Were Declared in ST-3 Returns: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/500x300_2106400-cestat-allahabad-serice-tax-demand-cestat-quashes-taxscan.webp "Extended Period Not Invocable as All Activities Were Declared in ST-3 Returns: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Education Cess Being Surcharge Cannot Be Charged Twice on Clearances to DTA: CESTAT sets aside Differential Duty Demand [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has held that Education Cess and Secondary & Higher Education Cess are in the nature of a surcharge and ...
![Education Cess Being Surcharge Cannot Be Charged Twice on Clearances to DTA: CESTAT sets aside Differential Duty Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/19/500x300_2106688-education-cess-surcharge-clearances-dta-cestat-taxscan.webp "Education Cess Being Surcharge Cannot Be Charged Twice on Clearances to DTA: CESTAT sets aside Differential Duty Demand [Read Order]")
Taxpayer Already Paid Liability Under Work Contract Services: CESTAT set Asides Service Tax Demand on Earth Excavation Services [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has set aside a service tax demand on Earth Excavation Services and observed that the taxpayer had already ...
![Taxpayer Already Paid Liability Under Work Contract Services: CESTAT set Asides Service Tax Demand on Earth Excavation Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/500x300_2107038-cestat-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Taxpayer Already Paid Liability Under Work Contract Services: CESTAT set Asides Service Tax Demand on Earth Excavation Services [Read Order]")
![Dam and Powerhouse Construction Not Taxable: CESTAT Directs Refund to Be Processed u/s 11B [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/500x300_2107207-dam-powerhouse-construction-cestat-refund-taxscan.webp "Dam and Powerhouse Construction Not Taxable: CESTAT Directs Refund to Be Processed u/s 11B [Read Order]")
CESTAT Quashes Customs Broker Licence Suspension, Holding No Mens Rea or Procedural Lapse Proven [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) quashed the suspension of the Customs Broker Licence of Karan Logistics, holding that no mens rea, collusion,...
![CESTAT Quashes Customs Broker Licence Suspension, Holding No Mens Rea or Procedural Lapse Proven [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/22/500x300_2107300-cestat-chandigarh-customs-broker-licence-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Quashes Customs Broker Licence Suspension, Holding No Mens Rea or Procedural Lapse Proven [Read Order]")
Commercial Construction for Government Bodies Not Exempt: CESTAT Upholds Rs. 3.11 Crore Service Tax Demand on Works Contract Services [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise andService Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has upheld a major Service Tax demand of approximately Rs. 3.11 Crore and ruled that "Works Contract Services"...
![Commercial Construction for Government Bodies Not Exempt: CESTAT Upholds Rs. 3.11 Crore Service Tax Demand on Works Contract Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/500x300_2107093-work-contract-service-cestat-allahabad-tax-news-service-tax-demand-under-work-contract-service-taxscan.webp "Commercial Construction for Government Bodies Not Exempt: CESTAT Upholds Rs. 3.11 Crore Service Tax Demand on Works Contract Services [Read Order]")