![Setback for JSW Energy: CESTAT Rules Final Customs Assessments Cannot Be Reopened Without Statutory Appeal, Rejects Refund Claim [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/14/500x300_2076691-setback-for-jsw-energy-jsw-energy-cestat-cestat-rules-taxscan.webp "Setback for JSW Energy: CESTAT Rules Final Customs Assessments Cannot Be Reopened Without Statutory Appeal, Rejects Refund Claim [Read Order]")
Setback for JSW Energy: CESTAT Rules Final Customs Assessments Cannot Be Reopened Without Statutory Appeal, Rejects Refund Claim [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the adjudicating authority cannot reopen a final...
![Crude Shea Butter with High FFA Not Edible Grade: CESTAT Denies Customs Duty Exemption under Notification [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/24/250x150_2068594-customs-duty-exemption-taxscan.webp "Crude Shea Butter with High FFA Not Edible Grade: CESTAT Denies Customs Duty Exemption under Notification [Read Order]")
![Free Material Supplied by NTPC for Maintenance Services Cannot Be Included in Gross Value for Service Tax Abatement: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/24/250x150_2068592-cestat-hyderabad-ntpc-free-material-supplied-taxscan.webp "Free Material Supplied by NTPC for Maintenance Services Cannot Be Included in Gross Value for Service Tax Abatement: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax on Projects Completed Before July 2010, Even If Payments Are Received Later: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/30/250x150_2056881-no-service-tax.webp "No Service Tax on Projects Completed Before July 2010, Even If Payments Are Received Later: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Land and Material Costs Must Be Excluded When Calculating Service Tax on Works Contracts: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/30/250x150_2056862-service-tax-taxscan.webp "Land and Material Costs Must Be Excluded When Calculating Service Tax on Works Contracts: CESTAT [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]")
Products Generated During Rice Bran Oil Refining Treated as “Waste”, Exempt from Excise Duty: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that the products generated during the refining of rice bran oil, namely R.B. Fatty Acid, R.B. Wax, and...
![Products Generated During Rice Bran Oil Refining Treated as “Waste”, Exempt from Excise Duty: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/20/500x300_2050937-rice-bran-oil-site-img.webp "Products Generated During Rice Bran Oil Refining Treated as “Waste”, Exempt from Excise Duty: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax Payable on Amount Collected as Liquidated Damages: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/19/500x300_2050365-kerala-high-court-mandatory-deposit-service-tax-commissioner-of-central-excise-central-excise-act-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax Payable on Amount Collected as Liquidated Damages: CESTAT [Read Order]")
No Extended Limitation or Penalty Where Clearance Details Were Disclosed in ER-1 Returns: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the excise duty demand against Safe Parentals Ltd and Safe Formulations Ltd must be recalculated...
![No Extended Limitation or Penalty Where Clearance Details Were Disclosed in ER-1 Returns: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/19/500x300_2050407-er-1-returns-cestat-taxscan.webp "No Extended Limitation or Penalty Where Clearance Details Were Disclosed in ER-1 Returns: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Freight and Insurance Included in Assessable Value for FOR Destination Sales: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that in cases of FOR (Free on Road) destination sales, the cost of freight and insurance must be included...
![Freight and Insurance Included in Assessable Value for FOR Destination Sales: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Freight-Insurance-CESTAT-TAXSCAN.jpg "Freight and Insurance Included in Assessable Value for FOR Destination Sales: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CENVAT Credit Availed Without Separate Records for Exempted and Dutiable Goods: CESTAT Orders Demand Recomputation [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that a manufacturer availing CENVAT credit on input services used for both dutiable and exempted goods...
![CENVAT Credit Availed Without Separate Records for Exempted and Dutiable Goods: CESTAT Orders Demand Recomputation [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CENVAT-Credit-CESTAT-Orders-Demand-Exempted-and-Dutiable-Goods-taxscan.jpg "CENVAT Credit Availed Without Separate Records for Exempted and Dutiable Goods: CESTAT Orders Demand Recomputation [Read Order]")
CESTAT Sets Aside ₹7.16 Crore Penalty u/s 78 for Delayed Service Tax Payment Finding No Evidence of Suppression [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal(CESTAT) set aside the ₹7.16 crore penalty imposed under Section 78 of Finance Act,1994 holding that there was no evidence of...
![CESTAT Sets Aside ₹7.16 Crore Penalty u/s 78 for Delayed Service Tax Payment Finding No Evidence of Suppression [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Penalty-Incorrect-Return-Jharkhand-HC-TAXSCAN.jpg "CESTAT Sets Aside ₹7.16 Crore Penalty u/s 78 for Delayed Service Tax Payment Finding No Evidence of Suppression [Read Order]")