![Supreme Court Dismisses ₹244-Crore Service Tax Demand Against Bharti Airtel Over Employee Call allowance Scheme [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/05/500x300_2102493-employee-call-allowance-scheme-service-tax-demand-supreme-court-taxscan.webp "Supreme Court Dismisses ₹244-Crore Service Tax Demand Against Bharti Airtel Over Employee Call allowance Scheme [Read Order]")
Supreme Court Dismisses ₹244-Crore Service Tax Demand Against Bharti Airtel Over Employee Call allowance Scheme [Read Order]
In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court dismissed the Rs. 244 crores service tax demand raised against Bharti Airtel Ltd., upholding the order of...
![Non-Service of SCN: Gauhati HC Sets Aside ₹16.37 Lakh Service Tax Demand, Orders Fresh Adjudication [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/04/250x150_2102204-fresh-adjudication-taxscan.webp "Non-Service of SCN: Gauhati HC Sets Aside ₹16.37 Lakh Service Tax Demand, Orders Fresh Adjudication [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Demand u/s 73(1) of Finance Act: Calcutta HC allows Payment in 8 Instalments, Lifts Account Attachment Subject to Conditions [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/04/250x150_2102160-calcutta-high-court-service-tax-demand-finance-act-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand u/s 73(1) of Finance Act: Calcutta HC allows Payment in 8 Instalments, Lifts Account Attachment Subject to Conditions [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Not Payable on Use of Foreign Technology or Trademarks Not Registered Under Indian Law: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/03/250x150_2101876-cestat-chennai-service-tax-foreign-technology-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Not Payable on Use of Foreign Technology or Trademarks Not Registered Under Indian Law: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax on Book Reversal Entries, Security and Electricity Deposits u/s Section 67 of Finance Act: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/31/250x150_2101299-service-tax-reversal-entries-electricity-deposits-deposits-section-67-of-finance-act-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Book Reversal Entries, Security and Electricity Deposits u/s Section 67 of Finance Act: CESTAT [Read Order]")
No Service Tax without Proper Categorisation of Services: CESTAT Quashes Demands against HIMUDA for Vagueness and Lack of Specific Classification [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Chandigarh Bench, has quashed service tax demands raised against the Himachal Pradesh Housing and Urban Development Authority...
![No Service Tax without Proper Categorisation of Services: CESTAT Quashes Demands against HIMUDA for Vagueness and Lack of Specific Classification [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/31/500x300_2101286-cestat-chandigarh-himuda-service-tax-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax without Proper Categorisation of Services: CESTAT Quashes Demands against HIMUDA for Vagueness and Lack of Specific Classification [Read Order]")
Service Provided to Foreign Airline Amounts to Export of Service under Finance Act: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the overriding commission received by a General Sales Agent (GSA) from a foreign airline in...
![Service Provided to Foreign Airline Amounts to Export of Service under Finance Act: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/31/500x300_2101243-service-tax-demand-cestat-chennai-export-of-service-taxscan.webp "Service Provided to Foreign Airline Amounts to Export of Service under Finance Act: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on Reimbursable Expenses or Crane and Forklift Hire Prior to 16.05.2008: CESTAT Allows Appeal under Finance Act [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai, has ruled in favour of appellant holding that reimbursable expenses and charges for crane/forklift hire cannot be included...
![No Service Tax on Reimbursable Expenses or Crane and Forklift Hire Prior to 16.05.2008: CESTAT Allows Appeal under Finance Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/31/500x300_2101249-service-tax-reimbursable-expenses-forklift-hire-cestat-finance-act-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Reimbursable Expenses or Crane and Forklift Hire Prior to 16.05.2008: CESTAT Allows Appeal under Finance Act [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on Army Housing Projects before 01. 07.2010: CESTAT Grants Partial Relief to Sub-Contractor under Finance Act [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that service tax is not leviable on the construction of residential quarters for...
![No Service Tax on Army Housing Projects before 01. 07.2010: CESTAT Grants Partial Relief to Sub-Contractor under Finance Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/31/500x300_2101221-service-tax-army-housing-projects-cestat-grants-partial-relief-sub-contractor-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Army Housing Projects before 01. 07.2010: CESTAT Grants Partial Relief to Sub-Contractor under Finance Act [Read Order]")
Rajasthan State Road Transport Corp Not Liable for Service Tax on Display of Govt Advertisements on Buses : CESTAT [Read Order]
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) observed that the appellant, being a government-owned transport undertaking, was not liable to pay...
![Rajasthan State Road Transport Corp Not Liable for Service Tax on Display of Govt Advertisements on Buses : CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/31/500x300_2101199-rajasthan-state-road-transport-corporation-charitable-nature-itat-taxscan.webp "Rajasthan State Road Transport Corp Not Liable for Service Tax on Display of Govt Advertisements on Buses : CESTAT [Read Order]")
Rent to Foreign Government Office Taxable Without MEA Certificate: CESTAT Confirms Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Bangalore Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that renting property to a foreign government office is taxable unless the assessee produces a...
![Rent to Foreign Government Office Taxable Without MEA Certificate: CESTAT Confirms Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/30/500x300_2101058-rent-to-foreign-government-office-foreign-government-office-foreign-government-taxscan.webp "Rent to Foreign Government Office Taxable Without MEA Certificate: CESTAT Confirms Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit on Service Tax Paid for Construction Services as Exclusion Applied Only from April 1, 2011 [Read Order]
The Bangalore Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) allowed CENVAT credit on service tax paid for construction services, holding that the exclusion of such services ...
![CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit on Service Tax Paid for Construction Services as Exclusion Applied Only from April 1, 2011 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/30/500x300_2101028-cestat-bangalore-cenvat-credit-service-tax-paid-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit on Service Tax Paid for Construction Services as Exclusion Applied Only from April 1, 2011 [Read Order]")