![Customs uses Australian Weapons Law to Seize Gun-Shaped Lighters in India: CESTAT exposes Blunder, Overturns Seizure [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/30/500x300_2082165-gun-shaped-lighters.webp "Customs uses Australian Weapons Law to Seize Gun-Shaped Lighters in India: CESTAT exposes Blunder, Overturns Seizure [Read Order]")
Customs uses Australian Weapons Law to Seize Gun-Shaped Lighters in India: CESTAT exposes Blunder, Overturns Seizure [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of The Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside the confiscation of a consignment of gun-shaped...
![CESTAT Rules Old Cenvat Rule 6(5) Still Applicable, Orders Recalculation on Decade-Old Service Tax Credit Dispute [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/30/250x150_2082174-cestat-old-cenvat-rule-old-service-tax-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Rules Old Cenvat Rule 6(5) Still Applicable, Orders Recalculation on Decade-Old Service Tax Credit Dispute [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Remands Case, Slams Authority for Blindly Trusting Income Tax Return Over Evidence [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/30/250x150_2082160-cestat-slams-authority-income-tax-return-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Remands Case, Slams Authority for Blindly Trusting Income Tax Return Over Evidence [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Overturns Diesel Seizure, Rules Lab Test Trumps Confession in Classification Dispute [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/30/250x150_2082153-diesel-seizure-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Overturns Diesel Seizure, Rules Lab Test Trumps Confession in Classification Dispute [Read Order]")
CESTAT Dismisses Transport Finance Company's Plea, Confirms Taxability of Financial Collection Services [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of The Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) dismissed an appeal filed by a non-banking financial company, upholding a substantial service tax demand on fees...
![CESTAT Dismisses Transport Finance Companys Plea, Confirms Taxability of Financial Collection Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/30/500x300_2082158-cestat-dismisses-transport-finance-companys-plea-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Dismisses Transport Finance Companys Plea, Confirms Taxability of Financial Collection Services [Read Order]")
Refund cannot be adjusted against Disputed Penalty when 25% Reduced Penalty Paid within Time: CESTAT Orders Refund with Interest [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside the adjustment of refund against a disputed penalty, ruling that revenue cannot deny refund on...
![Refund cannot be adjusted against Disputed Penalty when 25% Reduced Penalty Paid within Time: CESTAT Orders Refund with Interest [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/30/500x300_2082172-refund-cestat-refund-interest-taxscan.webp "Refund cannot be adjusted against Disputed Penalty when 25% Reduced Penalty Paid within Time: CESTAT Orders Refund with Interest [Read Order]")
Syntel Wins Key Tax Refund Case as CESTAT Backs SEZ Unit on Input Service Classification [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Mumbai Bench has allowed an appeal filed by Syntel Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd., directing the tax authorities to refund an amount of ...
![Syntel Wins Key Tax Refund Case as CESTAT Backs SEZ Unit on Input Service Classification [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/30/500x300_2082170-sez-unit-taxscan.webp "Syntel Wins Key Tax Refund Case as CESTAT Backs SEZ Unit on Input Service Classification [Read Order]")
Relief for ITC Ltd: CESTAT Rules Quicklime with 92% Purity Classifiable under ‘Quicklime’, Not as ‘Other Inorganic Chemicals’ [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that quicklime with 92% purity is classifiable under “Quicklime” (Customs Tariff Item 2522 1000) and not as...
![Relief for ITC Ltd: CESTAT Rules Quicklime with 92% Purity Classifiable under ‘Quicklime’, Not as ‘Other Inorganic Chemicals’ [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/30/500x300_2082106-quicklime-taxscan.webp "Relief for ITC Ltd: CESTAT Rules Quicklime with 92% Purity Classifiable under ‘Quicklime’, Not as ‘Other Inorganic Chemicals’ [Read Order]")
Denial of Refund by Invoking Rule 9(1)(b) of Cenvat Credit Rules Without Fraud or Suppression is Invalid: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the denial of a refund by invoking Rule 9(1)(b) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004, without any ...
![Denial of Refund by Invoking Rule 9(1)(b) of Cenvat Credit Rules Without Fraud or Suppression is Invalid: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/30/500x300_2082103-cenvat-credit-taxscan.webp "Denial of Refund by Invoking Rule 9(1)(b) of Cenvat Credit Rules Without Fraud or Suppression is Invalid: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Customs Duty on Imports Mistakenly Paid Twice on Same Bills of Entry: CESTAT Orders Refund of Second Payment [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Mumbai has allowed a refund claim after holding that the company had paid customs duty twice on the same imports, which could...
![Customs Duty on Imports Mistakenly Paid Twice on Same Bills of Entry: CESTAT Orders Refund of Second Payment [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/29/500x300_2081895-customs-duty-cestat-refund-cestat-orders-customs-duty-on-imports-mistakenly-taxscan.webp "Customs Duty on Imports Mistakenly Paid Twice on Same Bills of Entry: CESTAT Orders Refund of Second Payment [Read Order]")