Import of Yogurt Flavoured Milk Drinks through Unauthorized Port Violates Livestock Import Norms: CESTAT Upholds Redemption Fine [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) upheld the redemption fine imposed under Section 111(d) of the...
![‘Issue Already Settled’: Orissa HC Rejects Customs Appeal on Iron Ore Fe Content Dispute, confirms WMT Basis for Duty Assessment [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/05/250x150_2102599-orissa-hc-customs-appeal-iron-ore-fe-content-dispute-taxscan.webp "‘Issue Already Settled’: Orissa HC Rejects Customs Appeal on Iron Ore Fe Content Dispute, confirms WMT Basis for Duty Assessment [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax on Reimbursement of Electricity Charges Collected on Actual Consumption Basis: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/03/250x150_2101917-no-service-tax-reimbursement-electricity-charges-actual-consumption-basis-cestat-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Reimbursement of Electricity Charges Collected on Actual Consumption Basis: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![999-Year Lease not “Renting of Immovable Property” but Permanent Transfer: CESTAT Holds No Service Tax on One-Time Premium [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/03/250x150_2101905-lease-renting-of-immovable-property-cestat-service-tax-taxscan.webp "999-Year Lease not “Renting of Immovable Property” but Permanent Transfer: CESTAT Holds No Service Tax on One-Time Premium [Read Order]")
![Permanent Assignment of Commercial Space with Right on Leasehold Land Not ‘Lease’: CESTAT Rejects Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/03/250x150_2101888-permanent-assignment-commercial-space-right-on-leasehold-land-lease-cestat-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Permanent Assignment of Commercial Space with Right on Leasehold Land Not ‘Lease’: CESTAT Rejects Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Extended Limitation Period Not Invocable when Service Tax Demand Based on Differences in Audit Records: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) recently held that the extended period of limitation under the Finance Act, 1994, cannot be invoked when the...
![Extended Limitation Period Not Invocable when Service Tax Demand Based on Differences in Audit Records: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/27/500x300_2100072-extended-limitaion-period-taxscan.webp "Extended Limitation Period Not Invocable when Service Tax Demand Based on Differences in Audit Records: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Service Tax Demand Notice without Category-Wise Quantification void ab Initio: CESTAT sets Aside Order [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) recently set aside a service tax demand raised against an assessee noting that the Show Cause Notice (SCN)...
![Service Tax Demand Notice without Category-Wise Quantification void ab Initio: CESTAT sets Aside Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/27/500x300_2100066-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand Notice without Category-Wise Quantification void ab Initio: CESTAT sets Aside Order [Read Order]")
Trade, Cash, Turnover, and Other Discounts Actually Passed on to Buyers are Permissible Deductions in Excise Valuation: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that trade, cash, turnover, and other discounts known to buyers and actually passed on are permissible ...
![Trade, Cash, Turnover, and Other Discounts Actually Passed on to Buyers are Permissible Deductions in Excise Valuation: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/21/500x300_2098642-trade-cash-turnover-excise-valuation-cestat-taxscan.webp "Trade, Cash, Turnover, and Other Discounts Actually Passed on to Buyers are Permissible Deductions in Excise Valuation: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![SCN Issued Without Mandatory Pre-Consultation Under CBEC Guidelines Is Invalid: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/20/500x300_2098251-scn-taxscan.webp "SCN Issued Without Mandatory Pre-Consultation Under CBEC Guidelines Is Invalid: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Once Ex-Factory Price List Is Approved, Dept Barred from Reassessing Valuation for Same Period: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that once the Assistant Collector has approved the ex-factory price list, the department cannot reopen...
![Once Ex-Factory Price List Is Approved, Dept Barred from Reassessing Valuation for Same Period: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/20/500x300_2098235-reassessment-taxscan.webp "Once Ex-Factory Price List Is Approved, Dept Barred from Reassessing Valuation for Same Period: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Clandestine Removal Based on Accounting Errors: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand for Lack of Evidence [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) set aside a demand for excise duty and penalty, ruling that allegations of clandestine removal of goods cannot be...
![Clandestine Removal Based on Accounting Errors: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand for Lack of Evidence [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/17/500x300_2097528-clandestine-removal-accounting-errors-cestat-excise-duty-demand-evidence-taxscan.webp "Clandestine Removal Based on Accounting Errors: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand for Lack of Evidence [Read Order]")
CESTAT Classifies “Noil Silk Fabrics” under Natural Silk Fabrics, Rejects Department’s Classification under CTH 5007 1000 [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that silk fabrics supplied by Lucky Goldstar Co. Ltd. were correctly classifiable as “Natural Silk...
![CESTAT Classifies “Noil Silk Fabrics” under Natural Silk Fabrics, Rejects Department’s Classification under CTH 5007 1000 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/17/500x300_2097325-cestat-noil-silk-fabrics-natural-silk-fabrics-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Classifies “Noil Silk Fabrics” under Natural Silk Fabrics, Rejects Department’s Classification under CTH 5007 1000 [Read Order]")