Annual Customs, Excise and Service Tax Case Digest: CESTAT Rulings 2025 (Part 9)
This article summarises all CESTAT orders published in the Taxscan.in. 'Limitation Not Applicable to Pre-Deposit Refunds': CESTAT Orders 12%...
![CESTAT Sets Aside Section 114AA Penalty Due to Failure in Establishing Proof of Intentional Use of Manipulated Scrip [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/01/250x150_2116539-cestat-sets-aside-section-114aa-penalty-taxscan.jfif "CESTAT Sets Aside Section 114AA Penalty Due to Failure in Establishing Proof of Intentional Use of Manipulated Scrip [Read Order]")
![Misuse of Signed Blank Annexure-A by Third Party cannot attract Liability without Evidence: CESTAT Quashes Penalty against CHA Manager [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/08/250x150_2111024-misuse-signed-blank-annexure-third-party-attract-liability-evidence-cestat-quashes-penalty-cha-manager-taxscan.webp "Misuse of Signed Blank Annexure-A by Third Party cannot attract Liability without Evidence: CESTAT Quashes Penalty against CHA Manager [Read Order]")
![Penalty Not Sustainable when Customs Ignores Assessee’s Valuation: CESTAT Quashes Penalties of Rs 1.57 Crore [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/13/250x150_2111929-penalty-not-sustainabler-customs-assessee-valuation-cestat-penalties-taxscan.webp "Penalty Not Sustainable when Customs Ignores Assessee’s Valuation: CESTAT Quashes Penalties of Rs 1.57 Crore [Read Order]")
‘Knowledge’ is Mandatory Element for Imposing Penalty u/s 114 and 114AA of Customs Act: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Ahmedabad (CESTAT) set aside penalties imposed under Section 114 and Section 114AA of the Customs Act, 1962, holding that the absence of...
![‘Knowledge’ is Mandatory Element for Imposing Penalty u/s 114 and 114AA of Customs Act: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/08/500x300_2110859-mandatory-element-imposing-penalty-114-144aa-customs-act-cestat-taxscan.webp "‘Knowledge’ is Mandatory Element for Imposing Penalty u/s 114 and 114AA of Customs Act: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Half-Yearly Customs, Excise and Service Tax Case Digest: CESTAT Decisions 2025 [Part VI]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/23/500x300_2068020-cestat-tax-digest-taxscan.webp "Half-Yearly Customs, Excise and Service Tax Case Digest: CESTAT Decisions 2025 [Part VI]")
![Half-Yearly Customs, Excise and Service Tax Case Digest: CESTAT Decisions 2025 [Part I]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/23/500x300_2068009-cestat-case-digest-taxscan.webp "Half-Yearly Customs, Excise and Service Tax Case Digest: CESTAT Decisions 2025 [Part I]")
Penalty u/s 112(a) and 114AA cannot be Imposed on Customs Broker as Revenue fails to Prove Direct Involvement in Wrong Doing: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Principal Bench, New Delhi has set aside penalties imposed under Section 112(a) and Section 114AA of the Customs Act, 1962 holding...
![Penalty u/s 112(a) and 114AA cannot be Imposed on Customs Broker as Revenue fails to Prove Direct Involvement in Wrong Doing: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/15/500x300_2064126-customs-broker-cestat-penalty-taxscan.webp "Penalty u/s 112(a) and 114AA cannot be Imposed on Customs Broker as Revenue fails to Prove Direct Involvement in Wrong Doing: CESTAT [Read Order]")
No Prohibition on Lending IEC: CESTAT Sets aside Penalty imposed u/s 114AA of Customs Act for accepting IEC of an Import Firm [Read Order]
The New Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that there is no bar in lending of IEC and set aside the penalty under section 114AA of the Customs Act,...
![No Prohibition on Lending IEC: CESTAT Sets aside Penalty imposed u/s 114AA of Customs Act for accepting IEC of an Import Firm [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/22/500x300_2052427-prohibition-lending-iec-cestat-penalty-imposed-us-114aa-customs-act-accepting-iec-import-firm-taxscan.webp "No Prohibition on Lending IEC: CESTAT Sets aside Penalty imposed u/s 114AA of Customs Act for accepting IEC of an Import Firm [Read Order]")
CESTAT prohibit re-determining value of CDs imported by HP India without rejecting transaction value Customs Valuation Rules [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) Bench in New Delhi has ruled that the re-determination value of the CDs that HP India imported is illegal without rejecting the...
![CESTAT prohibit re-determining value of CDs imported by HP India without rejecting transaction value Customs Valuation Rules [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/15/500x300_2044767-cestat-re-determining-value-cds-imported-hp-india-transaction-value-customs-valuation-rules-taxscan.webp "CESTAT prohibit re-determining value of CDs imported by HP India without rejecting transaction value Customs Valuation Rules [Read Order]")
![No Retrospective Effect to S.114AA of Customs Act: CESTAT Sets Aside Penalty [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Customs-Act-CESTAT-Sets-Aside-Penalty-S.114AA-of-Customs-Act-taxscan-1.jpg "No Retrospective Effect to S.114AA of Customs Act: CESTAT Sets Aside Penalty [Read Order]")