![Service Tax Payable on Supply of Water which is part of Port Service: CESTAT Decides on Pure Agent Service [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/03/18/2129583-service-tax-payable-supply-water-which-part-port-service-cestat-decides-pure-agent-service-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Payable on Supply of Water which is part of Port Service: CESTAT Decides on Pure Agent Service [Read Order]")
Service Tax Payable on Supply of Water which is part of Port Service: CESTAT Decides on Pure Agent Service [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Ahmedabad Bench, held that there was no mens rea to evade tax payment but the...
![Recipient of Service to Pay Applicable Service Tax as per Reverse Charge Mechanism: CESTAT Allows Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/03/18/2129547-recipient-of-servicejpg.webp "Recipient of Service to Pay Applicable Service Tax as per Reverse Charge Mechanism: CESTAT Allows Appeal [Read Order]")
![Delay in Filing for Revocation of Cancellation of Registration: Gauhati HC Directs Liability of JV to Make Payment of Arrears [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/03/16/2129390-delay-in-filing-revocation-of-cancellation-registration-gauhati-hc-directs-liability-make-payment-of-arrears.webp "Delay in Filing for Revocation of Cancellation of Registration: Gauhati HC Directs Liability of JV to Make Payment of Arrears [Read Order]")
![SCN Barred by Limitation, MLM Trading Amounts to Sales: CESTAT Deems Such Activities Not Taxable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/21/2126629-scnjpg-1.webp "SCN Barred by Limitation, MLM Trading Amounts to Sales: CESTAT Deems Such Activities Not Taxable [Read Order]")
![GST Adjudication Order Cannot Travel Beyond SCN, Appellate Authority Errs in Treating Statutory Violation as Mere Technicality: Calcutta HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/20/2120965-calcutta-high-court-violation-statutory-violation-gst-statutory-violation-taxscan.webp "GST Adjudication Order Cannot Travel Beyond SCN, Appellate Authority Errs in Treating Statutory Violation as Mere Technicality: Calcutta HC [Read Order]")
GST Personal Hearing Fixed before Reply Date is Putting ‘Cart Before Horse’: Uttarakhand HC sets aside Order against Ad Agency [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Uttarakhand High Court has set aside a GST ( Goods and Services Tax ) order passed against an Ad agency. It reiterated the observation of the same high court in another case...
![GST Personal Hearing Fixed before Reply Date is Putting ‘Cart Before Horse’: Uttarakhand HC sets aside Order against Ad Agency [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/07/2117595-gst-personal-hearing-fixed-reply-date-cart-horse-uttarakhand-hc-order-ad-agency-taxscan.webp "GST Personal Hearing Fixed before Reply Date is Putting ‘Cart Before Horse’: Uttarakhand HC sets aside Order against Ad Agency [Read Order]")
![Annual Tax and Corporate Law Digest 2025: High Court Cases [Part XXXI]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/30/2115995-annual-tax-corporate-law-digest-2025-high-court-cases-part-xxxi-taxscan.webp "Annual Tax and Corporate Law Digest 2025: High Court Cases [Part XXXI]")
Parallel Summons by State Excise & SCN by CGST: Himachal Pradesh HC Directs Authorities to Coordinate to Avoid Multiple Adjudication [Read Order]
The Himachal Pradesh High Court recently addressed a petition concerning the prohibition of parallel proceedings under the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Act, 2017, and issued directions for...
![Parallel Summons by State Excise & SCN by CGST: Himachal Pradesh HC Directs Authorities to Coordinate to Avoid Multiple Adjudication [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/24/2114611-parallel-summons-state-excise-scn-cgst-himachal-pradesh-hc-directs-authorities-coordiante-avoid-multiple-adjudication-taxscan.webp "Parallel Summons by State Excise & SCN by CGST: Himachal Pradesh HC Directs Authorities to Coordinate to Avoid Multiple Adjudication [Read Order]")
![SVLDR Benefit Not Available For Service Tax SCN Issued After 30 June 2019: Delhi HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/24/2114549-svldr.webp "SVLDR Benefit Not Available For Service Tax SCN Issued After 30 June 2019: Delhi HC [Read Order]")
SCN Lacks Precise BAS Classification: CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax Demand against Amway Distributor [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) quashed the service tax demand against an Amway distributor since the Show Cause Notice (SCN) lacked clarity and...
![SCN Lacks Precise BAS Classification: CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax Demand against Amway Distributor [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/08/2111025-scn-lacks-precise-bas-classification-cestat-sets-aside-service-tax-demand-against-amway-distributor-taxscan.webp "SCN Lacks Precise BAS Classification: CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax Demand against Amway Distributor [Read Order]")
Reversal of CENVAT Credit Equivalent to Non-Availment: CESTAT Sets Aside Rs. 1.11 Crore Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that proportionate reversal of CENVAT credit amounts to non-availment, rendering the 6%/5% payment demand...
![Reversal of CENVAT Credit Equivalent to Non-Availment: CESTAT Sets Aside Rs. 1.11 Crore Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/19/2113237-reversal-cenvat-credit-equivalent-non-availment-taxscan.webp "Reversal of CENVAT Credit Equivalent to Non-Availment: CESTAT Sets Aside Rs. 1.11 Crore Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Writ Jurisdiction Not Invocable at SCN Stage: Chhattisgarh HC Dismisses State Beverages Corporation’s Plea on Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Chhattisgarh High Court has declined to exercise its writ jurisdiction at the show cause notice (SCN) stage, holding that the petitioner must first participate in the adjudication process and...
![Writ Jurisdiction Not Invocable at SCN Stage: Chhattisgarh HC Dismisses State Beverages Corporation’s Plea on Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/19/2113176-chhattisgarh-hc-scn-writ-jurisdiction-state-beverages-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Writ Jurisdiction Not Invocable at SCN Stage: Chhattisgarh HC Dismisses State Beverages Corporation’s Plea on Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")