![S. 11BB of Excise Inapplicable Where Amount Paid Under Protest Without Adjudicated Duty: CESTAT Directs 12% Interest On Refund [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/03/04/2127777-cestat-allahabad-cestat-refund-interest-excise-refund-case-duty-paid-under-protest-taxscan.webp "S. 11BB of Excise Inapplicable Where Amount Paid Under Protest Without Adjudicated Duty: CESTAT Directs 12% Interest On Refund [Read Order]")
S. 11BB of Excise Inapplicable Where Amount Paid Under Protest Without Adjudicated Duty: CESTAT Directs 12% Interest On Refund [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Allahabad, held that Section 11BB of the Central Excise Act, 1985 is inapplicable...
![CESTAT Upholds ₹35.74 Lakh CENVAT Credit Demand for Wrong Availment of EPCG and Customs Cess Credits [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/2106321-cestat-cenvat-credit-epcg-customs-cess-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Upholds ₹35.74 Lakh CENVAT Credit Demand for Wrong Availment of EPCG and Customs Cess Credits [Read Order]")
![Used Machinery cannot be imported under EPCG Scheme: CESTAT Finds No Fraud, Sets Aside Penalty [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/16/2097100-cestat-epcg-scheme-taxscan.webp "Used Machinery cannot be imported under EPCG Scheme: CESTAT Finds No Fraud, Sets Aside Penalty [Read Order]")
![Half-Yearly Customs, Excise and Service Tax Case Digest: CESTAT Decisions 2025 [Part XII]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/28/2069950-half-yearly-customs-and-excise-and-service-tax-case-digest-half-yearly-customs-and-excise-case-digest-taxscan.webp "Half-Yearly Customs, Excise and Service Tax Case Digest: CESTAT Decisions 2025 [Part XII]")
Expired Bank Guarantees Cannot be Sustained in Law: Kerala HC Dispels Customs’ Claim [Read Order]
The Kerala High Court recently held that the Customs Department does not have the liberty to invoke expired bank guarantees to recover any outstanding duties payable by an entity who had availed the...
![Expired Bank Guarantees Cannot be Sustained in Law: Kerala HC Dispels Customs’ Claim [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kerala-HC-bank-guarantee-Expired-bank-guarantee-law-Customs-duty-recovery-taxscan.jpg "Expired Bank Guarantees Cannot be Sustained in Law: Kerala HC Dispels Customs’ Claim [Read Order]")
Non-Fulfilment of Export Obligation Not an Irregularity when Amnesty Scheme Silent on Penalty: CESTAT [Read Order]
The New Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has ruled that failure to fulfill export obligations under an Export Promotion Capital Goods ( EPCG ) license...
![Non-Fulfilment of Export Obligation Not an Irregularity when Amnesty Scheme Silent on Penalty: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CESTAT-New-Delhi-Penalty-Non-Fulfilment-of-Export-Obligation-taxscan.jpg "Non-Fulfilment of Export Obligation Not an Irregularity when Amnesty Scheme Silent on Penalty: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Rejection of Application for Brand Rate for Exported Goods Under Duty Drawback Rules solely on Limitation: CESTAT Remands Matter for Reconsideration [Read Order]
In a recent case on the issue of rejection of an Application for brand rate for exported goods under duty drawback rules solely on limitation, the Mumbai bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax...
![Rejection of Application for Brand Rate for Exported Goods Under Duty Drawback Rules solely on Limitation: CESTAT Remands Matter for Reconsideration [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Rejection-of-application-Brand-rate-application-Exported-goods-Duty-drawback-rules-Limitation-period-Reconsideration-of-application-Time-barred-application-Judicial-review-Natural-justice-taxsacn.jpg "Rejection of Application for Brand Rate for Exported Goods Under Duty Drawback Rules solely on Limitation: CESTAT Remands Matter for Reconsideration [Read Order]")
Dept Empowered to Recover Escaped Customs Duty for Non-Compliance with Post-Importation Conditions in Exemption Notification: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) ruled that the Customs Department has the authority to recover escaped duty when post-importation conditions of...
![Dept Empowered to Recover Escaped Customs Duty for Non-Compliance with Post-Importation Conditions in Exemption Notification: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CESTAT-CESTAT-Chennai-Customs-Duty-Exemption-Notification-Post-Importation-Conditions-Customs-Department-taxscan.jpg "Dept Empowered to Recover Escaped Customs Duty for Non-Compliance with Post-Importation Conditions in Exemption Notification: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CESTAT allows Refund of CENVAT Credit accumulated while Rendering Services to SEZ Developers to Larsen & Toubro [Read Order]
The Kolkata bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has allowed the refund of accumulated CENVAT Credit to Larsen & Toubro, which was accrued while rendering...
![CESTAT allows Refund of CENVAT Credit accumulated while Rendering Services to SEZ Developers to Larsen & Toubro [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CESTAT-CESTAT-kolkata-CENVAT-Credit-SEZ-developers-Larsen-and-Toubro-delayed-refund-delayed-refund-payment-TAXSCAN.jpg "CESTAT allows Refund of CENVAT Credit accumulated while Rendering Services to SEZ Developers to Larsen & Toubro [Read Order]")
DGFT issues Trade Notice on Amnesty Scheme for Default in Export Obligations under AA/EPCG Schemes, no Further Extension Likely
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued a Trade Notice, with regard to the amnesty scheme for default in export obligations under Advance Authorisation and EPCG Schemes, clarifying...
