![Wafers are entitled to reduced rate of excise duty under exemption notification: CESTAT sets aside Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/01/500x300_2057584-wafers.webp "Wafers are entitled to reduced rate of excise duty under exemption notification: CESTAT sets aside Order [Read Order]")
Wafers are entitled to reduced rate of excise duty under exemption notification: CESTAT sets aside Order [Read Order]
The New Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that ‘Wafers’ are entitled to reduced rate of excise...
![Taxpayer’s Voluntary Confession Makes Cross-Examination Unnecessary: CESTAT Upholds Smuggled Foreign Origin Cigarettes Confiscation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/29/250x150_2056175-taxscain-38.webp "Taxpayer’s Voluntary Confession Makes Cross-Examination Unnecessary: CESTAT Upholds Smuggled Foreign Origin Cigarettes Confiscation [Read Order]")
![Royalty and Dead Rent Collected by State for Mining Rights Not Taxable as Services Under Finance Act: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/250x150_2055076-royalty-royalty-and-dead-rent-dead-rent-collected-by-state-for-mining-rights-state-for-mining-rights-taxscan.webp "Royalty and Dead Rent Collected by State for Mining Rights Not Taxable as Services Under Finance Act: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax Payable on affiliation fees collected from Affiliated colleges: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/250x150_2055060-cestat-cestat-new-delhi-service-tax-exemption-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax Payable on affiliation fees collected from Affiliated colleges: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Relief to Taj SATS Air Catering, No Service Tax Leviable When VAT was paid on sale of food & beverages: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/250x150_2055078-cestat-taj-sats-air-catering-service-tax-taxscan.webp "Relief to Taj SATS Air Catering, No Service Tax Leviable When VAT was paid on sale of food & beverages: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Declared Import Value of Melamine from China Not Fraudulent: CESTAT Quashes ₹64 Lakh Anti-Dumping Duty Demand [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the declared import price of melamine from China was above the prescribed threshold and not...
![Declared Import Value of Melamine from China Not Fraudulent: CESTAT Quashes ₹64 Lakh Anti-Dumping Duty Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/25/500x300_2054219-cestat-cestat-new-delhi-melamine-import-anti-dumpig-duty-taxscan.webp "Declared Import Value of Melamine from China Not Fraudulent: CESTAT Quashes ₹64 Lakh Anti-Dumping Duty Demand [Read Order]")
Revenue Proceedings not Possible After Issuance of Discharge Certificate Under SVLDRS Scheme: CESTAT
The New Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has stated that revenue proceedings not possible after the issuance of discharge certificate under SVLDRS [Sabka ...
Penalty u/s 114(iii) of Customs Act Could not impose based on Statement Recorded u/s 108 of Customs Act: CESTAT [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that a penalty under section 114(iii) of the Customs Act, 1962, could not be imposed based on a ...
![Penalty u/s 114(iii) of Customs Act Could not impose based on Statement Recorded u/s 108 of Customs Act: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/24/500x300_2053995-cestat-new-delhi-customs-act-penalty-taxscan.webp "Penalty u/s 114(iii) of Customs Act Could not impose based on Statement Recorded u/s 108 of Customs Act: 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]")
Win for Samsung: CESTAT Classifies Lithium-Ion Batteries Used in Mobile Phones as 'Parts', Attracting 12% GST instead of 28% [Read Order]
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that lithium-ion batteries imported for use in the manufacture of mobile phones are to be...
![Win for Samsung: CESTAT Classifies Lithium-Ion Batteries Used in Mobile Phones as Parts, Attracting 12% GST instead of 28% [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/24/500x300_2053885-win-for-samsung-samsung-cestat-cestat-classifies-lithium-ion-batteries-taxscan.webp "Win for Samsung: CESTAT Classifies Lithium-Ion Batteries Used in Mobile Phones as Parts, Attracting 12% GST instead of 28% [Read Order]")
Relief for Air India: CESTAT Rules CRS Services Not Taxable Under OIDAR Due to Data Ownership [Read Order]
CESTAT Rules CRS Services Not Taxable Under OIDAR as Air India Owned the Data Being Accessed.The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribuna(CESTAT) ruled that Computer...
![Relief for Air India: CESTAT Rules CRS Services Not Taxable Under OIDAR Due to Data Ownership [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/23/500x300_2053365-air-india-cestat-rules-crs-services-taxable-oidar-due-data-ownership-taxscan.webp "Relief for Air India: CESTAT Rules CRS Services Not Taxable Under OIDAR Due to Data Ownership [Read Order]")
Jurisdiction u/s 28AAA of Customs Act not invokable without Cancellation of License Procedings Initiated by DGFT: CESTAT [Read Order]
In a recent case, the New Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that jurisdiction under section 28AAA of the Customs Act, 1962 is not invokable ...
![Jurisdiction u/s 28AAA of Customs Act not invokable without Cancellation of License Procedings Initiated by DGFT: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/22/500x300_2052443-jurisdiction-us-28aaa-of-customs-act-cancellation-of-license-procedings-dgft-cestat-taxscan.webp "Jurisdiction u/s 28AAA of Customs Act not invokable without Cancellation of License Procedings Initiated by DGFT: CESTAT [Read Order]")