![SSI Exemption Denied without Proof of Third-Party Brand Ownership: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/16/500x300_2120114-ssi-exemption-denied-without-proof-third-party-brand-ownership-cestat-excise-duty-demand-taxscan.webp "SSI Exemption Denied without Proof of Third-Party Brand Ownership: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]")
SSI Exemption Denied without Proof of Third-Party Brand Ownership: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside an excise duty demand, holding that SSI...
![Service Tax Demand Based Only on Income Tax Data without Verification and Corroborative Evidence Unsustainable: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/14/250x150_2119708-service-tax-demand-based-only-on-income-tax-data-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand Based Only on Income Tax Data without Verification and Corroborative Evidence Unsustainable: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Foreign-Marked Nearly 20 Kg Gold Seized in Town Area Not Presumptively Smuggled Without Corroborative Evidence: Delhi HC quashes Penalty [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/23/250x150_2114168-whatsapp-image-2025-12-23-at-105035-am.webp "Foreign-Marked Nearly 20 Kg Gold Seized in Town Area Not Presumptively Smuggled Without Corroborative Evidence: Delhi HC quashes Penalty [Read Order]")
![Sole Reliance on Retracted and Untested Statements Impermissible: CESTAT Sets Aside Penalty on Diamond Broker in Overvaluation Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/20/250x150_2089042-sole-reliance-statements-impermissible-cestat-taxscan.webp "Sole Reliance on Retracted and Untested Statements Impermissible: CESTAT Sets Aside Penalty on Diamond Broker in Overvaluation Case [Read Order]")
![Charge of Clandestine Removal Must be Proved with Corroborative Evidence: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Charge-Clandestine-Removal-Proved-Corroborative-Evidence-CESTAT-TAXSCAN.webp "Charge of Clandestine Removal Must be Proved with Corroborative Evidence: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Lack of Corroborative Evidence for Criminal Conspiracy and Bribery: Delhi HC quashes FIR against CA [Read Order]
The Delhi High Court recently quashed a First Information Report (FIR) registered against Chartered Accountant (CA), who was working as a financial consultant for Prakash Industries Ltd. (PIL), upon...
![CESTAT Annual Digest 2024: Indirect Tax Cases [Part 10]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CESTAT-CESTAT-Annual-Digest-2024-Annual-Digest-2024-Indirect-Tax-Cases-CESTAT-Annual-Digest-Bangalore-bench-of-CESTAT-GTA-services-Customs-Excise-and-Service-Tax-Orders-Taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Annual Digest 2024: Indirect Tax Cases [Part 10]")
Smuggling Convictions Need Corroborative Evidence Beyond Confessions for Legitimacy: CESTAT Acquits Accused [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Allahabad has acquitted an individual accused of smuggling, ruling that a conviction for smuggling requires more than just a...
![Smuggling Convictions Need Corroborative Evidence Beyond Confessions for Legitimacy: CESTAT Acquits Accused [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/CESTAT-CESTAT-Allahabad-Smuggling-Convictions-Smuggling-Convictions-Need-Corroborative-Evidence-Corroborative-Evidence-Corroborative-TAXSCAN.jpg "Smuggling Convictions Need Corroborative Evidence Beyond Confessions for Legitimacy: CESTAT Acquits Accused [Read Order]")
Allegation of Dummy or Fraud Import without Corroborative Evidence: CESTAT Sets aside Penalty Imposed under Customs Act [Read Order]
The Bangalore bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) set aside the penalty imposed under the Customs Act, 1962 as the allegation of dummy or fraud import without...
![Allegation of Dummy or Fraud Import without Corroborative Evidence: CESTAT Sets aside Penalty Imposed under Customs Act [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CESTAT-Customs-Act-CESTAT-Bangalore-Customs-Excise-Service-Tax-Appellate-Tribunal-taxscan.jpg "Allegation of Dummy or Fraud Import without Corroborative Evidence: CESTAT Sets aside Penalty Imposed under Customs Act [Read Order]")
CESTAT quashes Excise Duty Demand on Clandestine Clearance of Sponge Iron on ground of Absence of Corroborative Evidence [Read Order]
The Kolkata bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) quashed the excise duty demand on the clandestine removal of sponge iron on the grounds of absence of...
![CESTAT quashes Excise Duty Demand on Clandestine Clearance of Sponge Iron on ground of Absence of Corroborative Evidence [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CESTAT-Excise-Duty-Demand-Excise-Duty-Clandestine-Clearance-Sponge-Iron-Absence-of-Corroborative-Evidence-TAXSCAN.jpg "CESTAT quashes Excise Duty Demand on Clandestine Clearance of Sponge Iron on ground of Absence of Corroborative Evidence [Read Order]")
CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand on Clearance of TOR Steels on ground of Absence of Corroborative Evidence [Read Order]
The Bangalore bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) quashed the excise duty demand on the clearance of TOR steel on the grounds of the absence of corroborative...
![CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand on Clearance of TOR Steels on ground of Absence of Corroborative Evidence [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/CESTAT-Clearance-of-TOR-Steels-TOR-Steels-Absence-of-Corroborative-Evidence-Corroborative-Evidence-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand on Clearance of TOR Steels on ground of Absence of Corroborative Evidence [Read Order]")
CESTAT Upholds Rejection of Recovery of Availed CENVAT Credit of Excise Duty on Waste and Scrap of Iron and steel on ground of Absence of Corroborative Evidence [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) upheld the rejection of recovery of availed CENVAT credit of excise duty on the waste and scrap of iron and...
![CESTAT Upholds Rejection of Recovery of Availed CENVAT Credit of Excise Duty on Waste and Scrap of Iron and steel on ground of Absence of Corroborative Evidence [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/CESTAT-Rejection-Recovery-of-Availed-CENVAT-Credit-CENVAT-Credit-Excise-Duty-Corroborative-Evidence-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Upholds Rejection of Recovery of Availed CENVAT Credit of Excise Duty on Waste and Scrap of Iron and steel on ground of Absence of Corroborative Evidence [Read Order]")