![Entity Not Recognized as Manufacturer or Buyer Cannot Claim Excise Duty Refund Regardless of Who Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/19/500x300_2113172-entity-not-recognized-manufacturer-buyer-cannot-claim-excise-duty-refund-regardless-paid-cestat-taxcsan.webp "Entity Not Recognized as Manufacturer or Buyer Cannot Claim Excise Duty Refund Regardless of Who Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Entity Not Recognized as Manufacturer or Buyer Cannot Claim Excise Duty Refund Regardless of Who Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that an entity not designated as the manufacturer or the...
![Rough Estimates in Private Diaries Not Sufficient to Prove Clandestine Clearance: CESTAT Sets Aside Central Excise Duty Demand and Penalties [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/13/250x150_2111936-cestat-kolkata-rough-estimates-private-diaries-not-sufficient-clandestine-clearance-central-excise-duty-demand-penalties-taxscan.webp "Rough Estimates in Private Diaries Not Sufficient to Prove Clandestine Clearance: CESTAT Sets Aside Central Excise Duty Demand and Penalties [Read Order]")
![SVLDRS Relief Cannot Be Treated as ‘Arrears’ When Central Excise Duty Not Finalised: Bombay HC Quashes ₹12.93 Lakh Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/16/250x150_2112642-svldrs-relief-cannot-be-treated-arrears-when-central-excise-duty-not-finalised-bombay-hc-quashes-1293-lakh-demand-taxscan.webp "SVLDRS Relief Cannot Be Treated as ‘Arrears’ When Central Excise Duty Not Finalised: Bombay HC Quashes ₹12.93 Lakh Demand [Read Order]")
![No ITC Benefit to be Passed by IREO if Flat Fully Constructed & Paid for Pre-GST Rollout: GSTAT Notes Price has Non-Creditable Taxes [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/10/250x150_2103881-whatsapp-image-2025-11-10-at-43025-pm.webp "No ITC Benefit to be Passed by IREO if Flat Fully Constructed & Paid for Pre-GST Rollout: GSTAT Notes Price has Non-Creditable Taxes [Read Order]")
![Taxpayer Not Entitled to Refund of Excess Excise Duty in Absence of Provisional Assessment: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/25/250x150_2099773-taxpayer-refund-excess-excise-duty-cestat-taxscan.webp "Taxpayer Not Entitled to Refund of Excess Excise Duty in Absence of Provisional Assessment: CESTAT [Read Order]")
No Evidence of Wilful Misstatement in SCN to Invoke Extended Limitation u/s 11A: CESTAT Set Aside Rs. 4.84 Lakh Duty Demand [Read Order]
The Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Delhi recently set aside a Rs. 4.84 lakh central excise duty demand, holding that the department could not...
![No Evidence of Wilful Misstatement in SCN to Invoke Extended Limitation u/s 11A: CESTAT Set Aside Rs. 4.84 Lakh Duty Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/24/500x300_2099632-scn-cestat-lakh-duty-demand-taxscan.webp "No Evidence of Wilful Misstatement in SCN to Invoke Extended Limitation u/s 11A: CESTAT Set Aside Rs. 4.84 Lakh Duty Demand [Read Order]")
Curtain Wall Glazing Constructed on Site Becomes Part of Immovable Property Once Affixed and Cannot Be Treated as Excisable Goods: CESTAT [Read Order]
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that curtain wall glazing constructed on site and permanently affixed becomes immovable...
![Curtain Wall Glazing Constructed on Site Becomes Part of Immovable Property Once Affixed and Cannot Be Treated as Excisable Goods: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/01/500x300_2082867-cestat-new-delhi-curtain-wall-glazing-immovable-property-taxscan.webp "Curtain Wall Glazing Constructed on Site Becomes Part of Immovable Property Once Affixed and Cannot Be Treated as Excisable Goods: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Duty Liability Confirmed on Final Product Due to CENVAT Credit Availment: CESTAT sets aside Penalties [Read Order]
In a significant ruling, the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Allahabad, has upheld the central excise duty liability on M/s Asma Traders for their final product owing to...
![Duty Liability Confirmed on Final Product Due to CENVAT Credit Availment: CESTAT sets aside Penalties [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/31/500x300_2071385-duty-liability-confirmed-final-product-due-cenvat-credit-availment-cestat-penalties-taxscan.webp "Duty Liability Confirmed on Final Product Due to CENVAT Credit Availment: CESTAT sets aside Penalties [Read Order]")
Relief for TTK Prestige: CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit on ISD Invoices for Business Related Services [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) allowed CENVAT credit to TTK Prestige Ltd on service tax paid through ISD invoices for various business-related ...
![Relief for TTK Prestige: CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit on ISD Invoices for Business Related Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/24/500x300_2068543-ttk-prestige-cenvat-credit-isd-invoices-taxscan.webp "Relief for TTK Prestige: CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit on ISD Invoices for Business Related Services [Read Order]")
MoU proves Taxpayer’s Active Role in Managing EOU: CESTAT upholds Penalty for Clandestine Removal of Goods [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and related evidence proved the appellant’s active involvement...
![MoU proves Taxpayer’s Active Role in Managing EOU: CESTAT upholds Penalty for Clandestine Removal of Goods [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/23/500x300_2067975-mou-proves-taxpayers-active-role-in-managing-eou-taxpayers-active-role-in-managing-eou-taxscan.webp "MoU proves Taxpayer’s Active Role in Managing EOU: CESTAT upholds Penalty for Clandestine Removal of Goods [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]")
Packing/repacking of parts of a device is not manufacturing u/s 2(f)(iii) of Central Excise Act: CESTAT sets aside Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that no excise tax is due since the packing and repackaging of vibrator compactor parts does not ...
![Packing/repacking of parts of a device is not manufacturing u/s 2(f)(iii) of Central Excise Act: CESTAT sets aside Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/24/500x300_2054007-excise-duty-demand-cestat-taxscan.webp "Packing/repacking of parts of a device is not manufacturing u/s 2(f)(iii) of Central Excise Act: CESTAT sets aside Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]")