![Ignorantia Juris Non Excusat: CESTAT says Plea Of Confusion No Defence, Upholds Service Tax on Work Contract [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/500x300_2106176-service-tax-liability-cestat-taxscan.webp "Ignorantia Juris Non Excusat: CESTAT says Plea Of Confusion No Defence, Upholds Service Tax on Work Contract [Read Order]")
Ignorantia Juris Non Excusat: CESTAT says Plea Of Confusion No Defence, Upholds Service Tax on Work Contract [Read Order]
The Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi, affirmed the demand of service tax on works contract...
![Supreme Court Ruling Invalidates CVD Refund Claims on CNG/LPG Vehicle Kits: CESTAT Upholds Recovery of ₹1.79 Cr Refund With Interest [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/14/250x150_2105232-cestat-cvd-refund-supreme-court-taxscan.webp "Supreme Court Ruling Invalidates CVD Refund Claims on CNG/LPG Vehicle Kits: CESTAT Upholds Recovery of ₹1.79 Cr Refund With Interest [Read Order]")
![Lease Premium Taxable as Renting of Immovable Property: CESTAT Upholds ₹2.88Cr Service Tax Demand on Ghaziabad Development Authority [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/250x150_2106392-cestat-allahabad-ghaziabad-development-authority-lease-premium-taxable-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Lease Premium Taxable as Renting of Immovable Property: CESTAT Upholds ₹2.88Cr Service Tax Demand on Ghaziabad Development Authority [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_2106687-service-tax-demand-taxscan.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 Excise Duty Demand on Sub-Contractor’s Road/Flyover Job-Work as Time-Barred [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/500x300_2106179-cestat-exise-duty-demand-order-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand on Sub-Contractor’s Road/Flyover Job-Work as Time-Barred [Read Order]")
Imported Goods Detained by Customs due to Alleged BIS Certification & Labelling Defects: Chhattisgarh HC Directs Adjudicating Authority to Decide [Read Order]
The High Court of Chhattisgarh addressed a writ petition filed by an importer seeking release of imported goods detained by customs authorities on alleged BIS certification and labelling defects....
![Imported Goods Detained by Customs due to Alleged BIS Certification & Labelling Defects: Chhattisgarh HC Directs Adjudicating Authority to Decide [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/500x300_2106184-imported-goods-customs-bis-certification-chattisgarh-hc-taxscan.webp "Imported Goods Detained by Customs due to Alleged BIS Certification & Labelling Defects: Chhattisgarh HC Directs Adjudicating Authority to Decide [Read Order]")
Rehabilitating or Renewing Railway Wagons Qualifies as “Original Works”, Exempt from Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), held that the activities such as rehabilitation and renewal of railway wagons fall within the definition of...
![Rehabilitating or Renewing Railway Wagons Qualifies as “Original Works”, Exempt from Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/500x300_2106167-cestat-service-tax-railway-wagons-renewing-railway-wagons-taxscan.webp "Rehabilitating or Renewing Railway Wagons Qualifies as “Original Works”, Exempt from Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CESTAT Remands Customs Penalty Case Over Gold Jewellery Diversion, Cites Non-Disclosure of Documents and Contradictory Findings [Read Order]
The principal bench of the Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, has recently remanded a Customs penalty case for fresh adjudication after identifying significant...
![CESTAT Remands Customs Penalty Case Over Gold Jewellery Diversion, Cites Non-Disclosure of Documents and Contradictory Findings [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/500x300_2106289-gold-jewellery-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Remands Customs Penalty Case Over Gold Jewellery Diversion, Cites Non-Disclosure of Documents and Contradictory Findings [Read Order]")
Extended Period Not Invocable for Lack of Willful Suppression: CESTAT Quashes ₹1.86Cr Service Tax Demand on UP Electronics Corporation [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed the appeal filed by U.P. Electronics Corporation Ltd., a Uttar Pradesh Government undertaking, holding...
![Extended Period Not Invocable for Lack of Willful Suppression: CESTAT Quashes ₹1.86Cr Service Tax Demand on UP Electronics Corporation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/500x300_2106224-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Extended Period Not Invocable for Lack of Willful Suppression: CESTAT Quashes ₹1.86Cr Service Tax Demand on UP Electronics Corporation [Read Order]")
Pre-2015 Flight Ticket Reimbursements Not Subject to Service Tax: CESTAT Allows Refund for CA Firm [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled in favour of a Chartered Accountants firm, clarifying that client-reimbursed flight ticket expenses...
![Pre-2015 Flight Ticket Reimbursements Not Subject to Service Tax: CESTAT Allows Refund for CA Firm [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/17/500x300_2105972-service-tax-refund-taxscan.webp "Pre-2015 Flight Ticket Reimbursements Not Subject to Service Tax: CESTAT Allows Refund for CA Firm [Read Order]")
Importing E-Rikshaw Parts w/out 5 Key Assemblies not CKD/SKD: CESTAT Quashes Misdeclaration Claims & Higher CKD/SKD Customs Duty
The Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) at New Delhi recently held that importing e-rikshaw parts without the five critical assemblies that...
