![Service Tax Demand on Amount Received for Modernisation and Upgradation of Sugar Mills Found Unsustainable: CESTAT Allows Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/31/500x300_2122751-service-tax-demand-amount-received-modernisation-upgradation-sugar-mills-found-unsustainable-cestat-allows-appeal-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand on Amount Received for Modernisation and Upgradation of Sugar Mills Found Unsustainable: CESTAT Allows Appeal [Read Order]")
Service Tax Demand on Amount Received for Modernisation and Upgradation of Sugar Mills Found Unsustainable: CESTAT Allows Appeal [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Exciseand Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside a service tax demand raised under the category...
![Revenue-Sharing Between Hospital and Diagnostic Centres Not Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT allows Fortis Healthcare Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/31/250x150_2122752-revenue-sharing-between-hospital-and-diagnostic-centres-not-liable-to-service-tax-cestat-allows-fortis-healthcare-appeal-taxscan.webp "Revenue-Sharing Between Hospital and Diagnostic Centres Not Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT allows Fortis Healthcare Appeal [Read Order]")
![Discount Claims Cannot Be Rejected on Assumption that Octroi Not Levied in Some States: CESTAT in Hawkins Cooker Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/27/250x150_2122065-cestat-in-hawkins-cooker-case-taxscan.jfif "Discount Claims Cannot Be Rejected on Assumption that Octroi Not Levied in Some States: CESTAT in Hawkins Cooker Case [Read Order]")
![Residuary Entry Cannot be Applied to RVI Elements without Excluding Other Classifications: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/22/250x150_2121374-residuary-entry-taxscan.webp "Residuary Entry Cannot be Applied to RVI Elements without Excluding Other Classifications: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Revenue Sharing with Doctors and Diagnostic Partners Not Taxable as BSS: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/09/250x150_2111164-revenue-sharing-doctors-diagnostic-partners-taxable-bss-cestat-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Revenue Sharing with Doctors and Diagnostic Partners Not Taxable as BSS: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Construction of Railway Siding for PSU Project Eligible for Service Tax Exemption: CESTAT Affirms Broad Scope of ‘Railways’ [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Chandigarh ( CESTAT ), held that services used for constructing a railway siding for a public sector power utility qualify...
![Construction of Railway Siding for PSU Project Eligible for Service Tax Exemption: CESTAT Affirms Broad Scope of ‘Railways’ [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/28/500x300_2108572-construction-railway-siding-psu-project-eligible-service-tax-exemption-taxscan.webp "Construction of Railway Siding for PSU Project Eligible for Service Tax Exemption: CESTAT Affirms Broad Scope of ‘Railways’ [Read Order]")
POPS Rules Cannot Extend Finance Act to J&K: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Telecom Infrastructure Services [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has held that services rendered and consumed within the State of Jammu & Kashmir fall wholly outside...
![POPS Rules Cannot Extend Finance Act to J&K: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Telecom Infrastructure Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/17/500x300_2105937-finance-act-cestat-telecom-infrastructure-taxscan.webp "POPS Rules Cannot Extend Finance Act to J&K: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Telecom Infrastructure Services [Read Order]")
Failure to Consider Superintendent’s Certification and Defence Evidence: CESTAT Remands Matter in Exemption Case [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed the appeal by remanding the matter for a fresh decision, after finding that the Commissioner had...
![Failure to Consider Superintendent’s Certification and Defence Evidence: CESTAT Remands Matter in Exemption Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/15/500x300_2105521-lack-evidence-taxscan.webp "Failure to Consider Superintendent’s Certification and Defence Evidence: CESTAT Remands Matter in Exemption Case [Read Order]")
When Goods Are Sold on FOR Basis, Buyer’s Premises is Treated as Place of Removal and Freight Forms Part of Assessable Value: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that when goods are sold on a Free on Road (FOR) basis, the buyer’s premises is treated as the place of...
![When Goods Are Sold on FOR Basis, Buyer’s Premises is Treated as Place of Removal and Freight Forms Part of Assessable Value: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/12/500x300_2104404-goods-sale-or-taxscan.webp "When Goods Are Sold on FOR Basis, Buyer’s Premises is Treated as Place of Removal and Freight Forms Part of Assessable Value: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Semi Conductor Laboratory Not a Business Entity, Not Liable to Pay Service Tax on CISF Security Services: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that Semi Conductor Laboratory (SCL) is not a business entity and is not liable to pay service tax on...
![Semi Conductor Laboratory Not a Business Entity, Not Liable to Pay Service Tax on CISF Security Services: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/22/500x300_2099128-cisf-security-taxscan.webp "Semi Conductor Laboratory Not a Business Entity, Not Liable to Pay Service Tax on CISF Security Services: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Relief for Indian Acrylic Ltd: CESTAT Rules Subscription and Membership Fees Paid to Foreign Associations Not OIDAR Services [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that subscription and membership fees paid by Indian Acrylic Limited to foreign associations did not...
![Relief for Indian Acrylic Ltd: CESTAT Rules Subscription and Membership Fees Paid to Foreign Associations Not OIDAR Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/21/500x300_2098693-indian-acrylic-limited-taxscan.webp "Relief for Indian Acrylic Ltd: CESTAT Rules Subscription and Membership Fees Paid to Foreign Associations Not OIDAR Services [Read Order]")
Service Tax Not Leviable on Employee Call free Allowance: CESTAT allows Bharti Airtel's Appeal [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed Bharti Airtel's appeal, holding that the Call Free Allowance (CFA) provided to its employees is not...
![Service Tax Not Leviable on Employee Call free Allowance: CESTAT allows Bharti Airtels Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/13/500x300_2096071-bharti-airtel-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Not Leviable on Employee Call free Allowance: CESTAT allows Bharti Airtels Appeal [Read Order]")