![License to Run Duty-Free Shops Constitutes Renting of Immovable Property, Not Liable to Service Tax under Airport Service Before 2010: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/20/500x300_2078666-license-to-run-duty-free-shops-duty-free-shops-taxscan.webp "License to Run Duty-Free Shops Constitutes Renting of Immovable Property, Not Liable to Service Tax under Airport Service Before 2010: CESTAT [Read Order]")
License to Run Duty-Free Shops Constitutes Renting of Immovable Property, Not Liable to Service Tax under Airport Service Before 2010: CESTAT [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that granting a license to operate duty-free shops at...
![Relief for Trust: Delhi HC Rules Trading in Land and Immovable Property Without Fixed Remuneration Does Not Attract Service Tax [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/18/250x150_2077859-demand-service-tax-scn-cestat-taxscan.webp "Relief for Trust: Delhi HC Rules Trading in Land and Immovable Property Without Fixed Remuneration Does Not Attract Service Tax [Read Order]")
![Failure to Prove Service of Show-Cause Notice of Service Tax Demand: Gauhati HC sets aside ₹16.37 Lakh Demand Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/14/250x150_2076766-demand-order-service-tax-demand-show-cause-notice-taxscan.webp "Failure to Prove Service of Show-Cause Notice of Service Tax Demand: Gauhati HC sets aside ₹16.37 Lakh Demand Order [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax on Packing of Bulk pack into Retail Packs as Job Work, amounts to Manufacture: CESTAT deletes Demand, Penalty and Interest [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/14/250x150_2076724-service-tax-service-tax-on-packing-of-bulk-pack-into-retail-packs-as-job-work-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Packing of Bulk pack into Retail Packs as Job Work, amounts to Manufacture: CESTAT deletes Demand, Penalty and Interest [Read Order]")
![Excess Service Tax Paid can be Adjusted Beyond Immediate Succeeding Month or Quarter u/r 6(4A): CESTAT in BSNL Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/13/250x150_2076472-excess-service-tax-kolkata-cestat-taxscan.webp "Excess Service Tax Paid can be Adjusted Beyond Immediate Succeeding Month or Quarter u/r 6(4A): CESTAT in BSNL Case [Read Order]")
Orissa HC Quashes Service Tax Demand on Ex Parte Basis, Says Non-Consideration of Contention is Denial of Hearing [Read Order]
“Non-consideration of the contention amounts to denial of hearing”, said the Orissa High Court and set aside a service tax demand passed on an ex parte basis holding that failure to consider a...
![Orissa HC Quashes Service Tax Demand on Ex Parte Basis, Says Non-Consideration of Contention is Denial of Hearing [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/12/500x300_2075844-orissa-hc-quashes-service-tax-demand-ex-parte-non-consideration-contention-denial-of-hearing.webp "Orissa HC Quashes Service Tax Demand on Ex Parte Basis, Says Non-Consideration of Contention is Denial of Hearing [Read Order]")
Relief for Indian Oil: CESTAT Holds No Service Tax Payable on Reimbursable Expenses Incurred for CISF Security Services [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) is not liable to pay service tax on reimbursable expenses...
![Relief for Indian Oil: CESTAT Holds No Service Tax Payable on Reimbursable Expenses Incurred for CISF Security Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/08/500x300_2074463-relief-for-indian-oil-indian-oil-cestat-taxscan.webp "Relief for Indian Oil: CESTAT Holds No Service Tax Payable on Reimbursable Expenses Incurred for CISF Security Services [Read Order]")
Partial Relief for British Airways: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax on Excess Baggage Charges for Normal Period, Drops Demand for Extended Period [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that British Airways is liable to pay service tax on excess baggage charges collected from passengers ...
![Partial Relief for British Airways: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax on Excess Baggage Charges for Normal Period, Drops Demand for Extended Period [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/08/500x300_2074304-british-airways.webp "Partial Relief for British Airways: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax on Excess Baggage Charges for Normal Period, Drops Demand for Extended Period [Read Order]")
Bus Services for Transporting Employees and School Children Qualify for Service Tax Exemption Under Entry 23(b) of Notification: CESTAT [Read Order]
The CESTAT held that bus services used by Century Pulp and Paper to transport its factory employees and school-going children are exempt from service tax under Entry 23(b) of Notification No....
![Bus Services for Transporting Employees and School Children Qualify for Service Tax Exemption Under Entry 23(b) of Notification: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/01/500x300_2071840-bus-services-transporting-employees-school-children-qualify-service-tax-exemption-notification-cestat-taxscan.webp "Bus Services for Transporting Employees and School Children Qualify for Service Tax Exemption Under Entry 23(b) of Notification: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Jharkhand Agricultural Marketing Board Not a Service Provider but Merely Supervisory: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the Jharkhand State Agricultural Marketing Board (JSAMB) was not liable to pay service tax as it was...
![Jharkhand Agricultural Marketing Board Not a Service Provider but Merely Supervisory: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/31/500x300_2071301-jharkhand-agricultural-marketing-service-provider-cestat-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Jharkhand Agricultural Marketing Board Not a Service Provider but Merely Supervisory: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Reimbursed Expenses for Stationery Not Includible in Assessable Value: CESTAT Quashes ₹83.92 Lakh Service Tax Demand on Chandigarh NIELIT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), in its recent ruling set aside service tax demand of ₹83,92,094 against National Institute of Electronics and...
![Reimbursed Expenses for Stationery Not Includible in Assessable Value: CESTAT Quashes ₹83.92 Lakh Service Tax Demand on Chandigarh NIELIT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/31/500x300_2071283-national-institute-of-electronics-and-information-technology.webp "Reimbursed Expenses for Stationery Not Includible in Assessable Value: CESTAT Quashes ₹83.92 Lakh Service Tax Demand on Chandigarh NIELIT [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Levy on Royalty, DMFT and NMET Payments: Supreme Court clubs Petitions [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/02/500x300_2072314-service-tax-royalty-mining.webp "Service Tax Levy on Royalty, DMFT and NMET Payments: Supreme Court clubs Petitions [Read Order]")