![No AIFTA Benefit Without Valid Certificate: Madras HC Sets Aside CESTAT Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/07/500x300_2094505-india-asean-fta-taxscan.webp "No AIFTA Benefit Without Valid Certificate: Madras HC Sets Aside CESTAT Order [Read Order]")
No AIFTA Benefit Without Valid Certificate: Madras HC Sets Aside CESTAT Order [Read Order]
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court ruled that exemption under the ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement (AIFTA) cannot be granted without a valid ...
![Micronutrient-Based Products Used for Soil Fertility are Fertilizers, Not Plant Growth Regulators: CESTAT Rules No Excise Duty Payable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/06/250x150_2094398-cestat-kolkata-cestat-rules-excise-duty-taxscan.webp "Micronutrient-Based Products Used for Soil Fertility are Fertilizers, Not Plant Growth Regulators: CESTAT Rules No Excise Duty Payable [Read Order]")
![CESTAT holds Exemption under Notification 19/2009-ST as Prospective, upholds Right to Tax Option under Rule 6(7B) [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/06/250x150_2094373-cestat-cestat-holds-exemption-exemption-under-notification-taxscan.webp "CESTAT holds Exemption under Notification 19/2009-ST as Prospective, upholds Right to Tax Option under Rule 6(7B) [Read Order]")
![Revenue cannot compel Assessee to Take One of Available Options: CESTAT quashes Service Tax Demand on Transaction w/o Flow of Consideration in Terms of Money [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/06/250x150_2094358-cestat-quashes-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Revenue cannot compel Assessee to Take One of Available Options: CESTAT quashes Service Tax Demand on Transaction w/o Flow of Consideration in Terms of Money [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Makes Online Filing of Appeals Mandatory from Nov 15, 2025, Physical Filing Ends Dec 31 [Read Notification]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/06/250x150_2094457-cestat-online-filing-of-appeals-online-filing-of-appeals-mandatory-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Makes Online Filing of Appeals Mandatory from Nov 15, 2025, Physical Filing Ends Dec 31 [Read Notification]")
Cargo Space Sales and Reimbursable Expenses Not Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT Upholds Exemption for UN Peacekeeping Services [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service TaxAppellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, has upheld the Commissioner (Appeals)'s order that allowed exemption for UN peacekeeping services and held that cargo...
![Cargo Space Sales and Reimbursable Expenses Not Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT Upholds Exemption for UN Peacekeeping Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/06/500x300_2094267-cargo-space-sales-cestat-un-peacekeeping-services-taxscan.webp "Cargo Space Sales and Reimbursable Expenses Not Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT Upholds Exemption for UN Peacekeeping Services [Read Order]")
![Cropping of Grey Fabrics Does Not Constitute Manufacture, No Excise Duty Payable: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/06/500x300_2094226-grey-fabric-manufacture-excise-duty-cestat-taxscan.webp "Cropping of Grey Fabrics Does Not Constitute Manufacture, No Excise Duty Payable: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Silver Granules Not Notified Goods u/s 123 of Customs, Burden of Proof Lies With Revenue: CESTAT Quashes Confiscation of 260 Kg Silver and Vehicle [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that confiscation of silver granules cannot be sustained when the revenue fails to produce cogent evidence...
![Silver Granules Not Notified Goods u/s 123 of Customs, Burden of Proof Lies With Revenue: CESTAT Quashes Confiscation of 260 Kg Silver and Vehicle [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/06/500x300_2094243-silver-granules-customs-cestat-quashes-260-kg-silver-taxscan.webp "Silver Granules Not Notified Goods u/s 123 of Customs, Burden of Proof Lies With Revenue: CESTAT Quashes Confiscation of 260 Kg Silver and Vehicle [Read Order]")
CENVAT Credit Cannot Be Denied If Goods Are Received with Valid Invoices and Duty Is Paid and Accepted: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that CENVAT credit cannot be denied to the recipient when goods are received under valid invoices and the ...
![CENVAT Credit Cannot Be Denied If Goods Are Received with Valid Invoices and Duty Is Paid and Accepted: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/06/500x300_2094244-cenvat-credit-taxscan.webp "CENVAT Credit Cannot Be Denied If Goods Are Received with Valid Invoices and Duty Is Paid and Accepted: CESTAT [Read Order]")
DGCEI Officers Competent to Issue Duty Demands under Section 28 of Customs Act: CESTAT confirms Validity of SCN [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has upheld the competence of Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI) officers to issue show...
![DGCEI Officers Competent to Issue Duty Demands under Section 28 of Customs Act: CESTAT confirms Validity of SCN [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/04/500x300_2093833-scn-taxscan.webp "DGCEI Officers Competent to Issue Duty Demands under Section 28 of Customs Act: CESTAT confirms Validity of SCN [Read Order]")
![Extended Limitation cannot be Invoked Once Facts already Disclosed in Returns: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/04/500x300_2093832-extended-limitation-invoked-once-facts-disclosed-in-returns-cestat-taxscan.webp "Extended Limitation cannot be Invoked Once Facts already Disclosed in Returns: CESTAT [Read Order]")