Ministry of Finance Permits Voluntary Aadhaar Authentication for IBPS Candidates in Examinations and Recruitment Processes
The Ministry of Finance has brought forth a revised policy decision, authorizing the use of voluntary Aadhaar authentication for candidates...
![Benefit of Exemption Claim u/s 12A of Income Tax Act should not have Denied merely on account of delay in furnishing audit report: Orissa HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/250x150_2055092-income-tax-audit-delay.webp "Benefit of Exemption Claim u/s 12A of Income Tax Act should not have Denied merely on account of delay in furnishing audit report: Orissa HC [Read Order]")
![CESTAT sets aside Excise Duty Demand based on Private Diaries and Loose Sheets [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/250x150_2055082-private-diaries-and-loose-sheets.webp "CESTAT sets aside Excise Duty Demand based on Private Diaries and Loose Sheets [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax on License Fee /spectrum charges which are service tax w.e.f. 01.04.2016: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/250x150_2055065-license-fee.webp "No Service Tax on License Fee /spectrum charges which are service tax w.e.f. 01.04.2016: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Royalty and Dead Rent Collected by State for Mining Rights Not Taxable as Services Under Finance Act: CESTAT [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that royalty and dead rent collected by the State Government for granting mining rights do not amount to...
![Royalty and Dead Rent Collected by State for Mining Rights Not Taxable as Services Under Finance Act: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/500x300_2055076-royalty-royalty-and-dead-rent-dead-rent-collected-by-state-for-mining-rights-state-for-mining-rights-taxscan.webp "Royalty and Dead Rent Collected by State for Mining Rights Not Taxable as Services Under Finance Act: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Compliant u/s 132 of HPGST Act cannot be quashed simply because investigation was not made with GST Authorities at Delhi: Himachal Pradesh HC [Read Order]
In a recent case, the Himachal Pradesh High Court ruled that compliant under section 132 of Himachal Pradesh Goods and Services Tax (HPGST)/Central Goods and Services Tax CGST Act, 2017 cannot be...
![Compliant u/s 132 of HPGST Act cannot be quashed simply because investigation was not made with GST Authorities at Delhi: Himachal Pradesh HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/500x300_2055054-himachal-pradesh-hc-revision-petition-directing-re-adjudication-itat-taxscan.webp "Compliant u/s 132 of HPGST Act cannot be quashed simply because investigation was not made with GST Authorities at Delhi: Himachal Pradesh HC [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax Payable on affiliation fees collected from Affiliated colleges: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/500x300_2055060-cestat-cestat-new-delhi-service-tax-exemption-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax Payable on affiliation fees collected from Affiliated colleges: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Relief to Taj SATS Air Catering, No Service Tax Leviable When VAT was paid on sale of food & beverages: CESTAT [Read Order]
In a ruling in favor of Taj Sats Air Catering Limited, the New Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that service tax is not leviable when VAT was...
![Relief to Taj SATS Air Catering, No Service Tax Leviable When VAT was paid on sale of food & beverages: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/500x300_2055078-cestat-taj-sats-air-catering-service-tax-taxscan.webp "Relief to Taj SATS Air Catering, No Service Tax Leviable When VAT was paid on sale of food & beverages: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT upholds order denying condonation of Excise Appeal preferred after One Year [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/500x300_2055047-denying-condonation.webp "CESTAT upholds order denying condonation of Excise Appeal preferred after One Year [Read Order]")
Penalty u/s 11AC(1)(c) Not Invokable in Absence of substantive evidence to Prove Deliberate Non-payment of Excise duty: CESTAT [Read Order]
In a recent case, the Hyderabad bench of Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that penalty under section 11AC(1)(c) is not invokable in the absence of substantive...
![Penalty u/s 11AC(1)(c) Not Invokable in Absence of substantive evidence to Prove Deliberate Non-payment of Excise duty: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/500x300_2055042-cestat-cestat-hyderabad-penalty-taxscan.webp "Penalty u/s 11AC(1)(c) Not Invokable in Absence of substantive evidence to Prove Deliberate Non-payment of Excise duty: CESTAT [Read Order]")