![CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax demand on Insurance Surveyor, Cites No Suppression [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/28/500x300_2100461-cestat-new-delhi-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax demand on Insurance Surveyor, Cites No Suppression [Read Order]")
CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax demand on Insurance Surveyor, Cites 'No Suppression' [Read Order]
The New Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed an appeal, holding that a service tax demand based...
![Service Tax on Renting of Immovable Property: CESTAT Holds Demand Time-Barred Amid Conflicting Judicial Views [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/28/250x150_2100397-service-tax-immovable-property-cestat-conflicting-judicial-views-taxscan.webp "Service Tax on Renting of Immovable Property: CESTAT Holds Demand Time-Barred Amid Conflicting Judicial Views [Read Order]")
![Madras HC quashes Customs Order for Violating 90-Day Limitation Under CBLR [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/28/250x150_2100446-madras-high-court-under-cblr-customs-order-taxscan.webp "Madras HC quashes Customs Order for Violating 90-Day Limitation Under CBLR [Read Order]")
![Rs. 2.58 Cr Gold Smuggling Case: Madras HC Grants Bail to Accused Arrested under Customs Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/28/250x150_2100439-gold-smuggling-case-madras-hc-bail-accused-arrested-customs-act-taxscan.webp "Rs. 2.58 Cr Gold Smuggling Case: Madras HC Grants Bail to Accused Arrested under Customs Act [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Has No Jurisdiction to Hear Appeals Involving Goods Imported as Baggage as Explicitly Barred by S. 129A(1) of Customs Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/28/250x150_2100391-cestat-jurisdiction-hear-appeals-involving-goods-imported-baggage-explicitly-customs-act-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Has No Jurisdiction to Hear Appeals Involving Goods Imported as Baggage as Explicitly Barred by S. 129A(1) of Customs Act [Read Order]")
DRI Officials Recognized as 'Proper Officers' Under Customs Act: Delhi HC Disposes of Petition Challenging Jurisdiction [Read Order]
In a significant order, the Delhi High Court has disposed of a writ petition challenging the jurisdiction of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials to act as ‘proper officers’ under the...
![DRI Officials Recognized as Proper Officers Under Customs Act: Delhi HC Disposes of Petition Challenging Jurisdiction [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/28/500x300_2100313-dri-officers-taxscan.webp "DRI Officials Recognized as Proper Officers Under Customs Act: Delhi HC Disposes of Petition Challenging Jurisdiction [Read Order]")
Customs Dept appeals CESTAT Order in favour of Lulu International Malls in Trampoline Import Case: Supreme Court takes up Matter [Read Order]
The Supreme Court has considered the appeal filed by the Commissioner of Customs, Kochi, challenging the order of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax AppellateTribunal ( CESTAT ), which had ruled in...
![Customs Dept appeals CESTAT Order in favour of Lulu International Malls in Trampoline Import Case: Supreme Court takes up Matter [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/27/500x300_2100260-customs-dept-appeals-cestat-order-lulu-international-malls-trampoline-import-case-supreme-court-taxscan.webp "Customs Dept appeals CESTAT Order in favour of Lulu International Malls in Trampoline Import Case: Supreme Court takes up Matter [Read Order]")
UAE Ministry of Finance proposes Legislative Amendments to Implement Updated Excise Tax Policy on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
The Ministry of Finance has completed a set of proposed legislative amendments to embed the UAE’s updated excise tax policy on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) into national legislation, aligning...
Reassessment u/s 28 Valid Despite Finalised Bills of Entry: CESTAT Upholds Duty Demand for Misclassification of Door Handle Parts [Read Order]
In a significant ruling on the scope of reassessment under the Customs Act, the CESTAT Principal Bench, New Delhi, has upheld the validity of a demand under Section 28(1) even where Bills of Entry...
![Reassessment u/s 28 Valid Despite Finalised Bills of Entry: CESTAT Upholds Duty Demand for Misclassification of Door Handle Parts [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/27/500x300_2100180-reassessment-finalised-bills-cestat-duty-demand-door-handle-parts-taxscan.webp "Reassessment u/s 28 Valid Despite Finalised Bills of Entry: CESTAT Upholds Duty Demand for Misclassification of Door Handle Parts [Read Order]")
Door Handle “Cap Sub-Assembly” Held Classifiable as Part of Vehicle Body: CESTAT Denies 5% Concessional Duty Benefit [Read Order]
In a detailed classification ruling, the CESTAT Principal Bench, New Delhi, has held that the imported “Cap Sub-Assembly for Door Outside Handle” possesses the essential character of a finished door...
![Door Handle “Cap Sub-Assembly” Held Classifiable as Part of Vehicle Body: CESTAT Denies 5% Concessional Duty Benefit [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/27/500x300_2100155-door-handle-cap-sub-assembly-vehicle-body-cestat-taxscan.webp "Door Handle “Cap Sub-Assembly” Held Classifiable as Part of Vehicle Body: CESTAT Denies 5% Concessional Duty Benefit [Read Order]")
Value Loading on Solar Imports Unjustified Without Proof of Related-Party Dealings: CESTAT Dismisses Revenue Appeal in Customs Valuation Case [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai, held that in the absence of evidence showing an international transaction between related parties, there is...
![Value Loading on Solar Imports Unjustified Without Proof of Related-Party Dealings: CESTAT Dismisses Revenue Appeal in Customs Valuation Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/27/500x300_2100138-solar-imports-unjustified-cestat-revenue-appeal-customs-valuation-case-taxscan.webp "Value Loading on Solar Imports Unjustified Without Proof of Related-Party Dealings: CESTAT Dismisses Revenue Appeal in Customs Valuation Case [Read Order]")
Extended Limitation Period Not Invocable when Service Tax Demand Based on Differences in Audit Records: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) recently held that the extended period of limitation under the Finance Act, 1994, cannot be invoked when the...
![Extended Limitation Period Not Invocable when Service Tax Demand Based on Differences in Audit Records: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/27/500x300_2100072-extended-limitaion-period-taxscan.webp "Extended Limitation Period Not Invocable when Service Tax Demand Based on Differences in Audit Records: CESTAT [Read Order]")