![Insufficient Proof of Clandestine Removal: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand as Department Fails to Supply Seized Documents [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/500x300_2112362-insufficient-proof-clandestine-removal-cestat-sets-aside-excise-duty-demand-department-fails-supply-seized-documents-taxscan.webp "Insufficient Proof of Clandestine Removal: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand as Department Fails to Supply Seized Documents [Read Order]")
Insufficient Proof of Clandestine Removal: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand as Department Fails to Supply Seized Documents [Read Order]
TheKolkata Bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) set aside the excise duty demand after finding that the...
![Karnataka HC Rejects HDFC’s Claim to Arbitral Award for Refunding ₹19L Security Deposit due to Limitation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/10/250x150_2111331-karnataka-hc-rejects-hdfcs-claim-arbitral-award-refunding-19l-security-deposit-due-limitation-taxscan.webp "Karnataka HC Rejects HDFC’s Claim to Arbitral Award for Refunding ₹19L Security Deposit due to Limitation [Read Order]")
![Internal Material Handling by HSCL Not Cargo Handling and Extended Period Not Invocable: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/05/250x150_2110378-d0f969b9-4c3b-47f1-b647-444da181eac9.webp "Internal Material Handling by HSCL Not Cargo Handling and Extended Period Not Invocable: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
![Customs Department - Broker Bond of Trust Breached in Gold Smuggling Case: SC Refuses to Interfere with Kerala HC Ruling of Revoking License [Read Judgement]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/03/250x150_2109937-86b37bc6-7552-4d64-a555-7da86e8a3bc4.webp "Customs Department - Broker Bond of Trust Breached in Gold Smuggling Case: SC Refuses to Interfere with Kerala HC Ruling of Revoking License [Read Judgement]")
![S. 83 Attachment under GST Lapses after One Year: Delhi HC orders Release of Bank A/c subject to Rs. 10L Min Balance [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/28/250x150_2108499-delhi-hc-operation-of-accounts-by-petitioner-taxscan.webp "S. 83 Attachment under GST Lapses after One Year: Delhi HC orders Release of Bank A/c subject to Rs. 10L Min Balance [Read Order]")
![DRAT Condones 46-Day Delay in SARFAESI Application Due to Medical Issues [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/25/500x300_2107886-sarfaesi-act-sarfaesi-application-delay-taxscan.webp "DRAT Condones 46-Day Delay in SARFAESI Application Due to Medical Issues [Read Order]")
Excise Dept Erred by Ignoring Gherkins in Brine While Computing SION: CESTAT Deletes Duty Demand on alleged Excess Vinegar Consumption [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) Bench at Chennai, has granted substantial relief by setting aside the Customs and Central Excise duty demand raised on the...
![Excise Dept Erred by Ignoring Gherkins in Brine While Computing SION: CESTAT Deletes Duty Demand on alleged Excess Vinegar Consumption [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/26/500x300_2108082-cucumber-site-image.webp "Excise Dept Erred by Ignoring Gherkins in Brine While Computing SION: CESTAT Deletes Duty Demand on alleged Excess Vinegar Consumption [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Sets Aside Tax on Club Membership Fees, Citing Supreme Court’s Kolkata Club Decision [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/25/500x300_2107764-service-tax-collected-members-cestat-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Sets Aside Tax on Club Membership Fees, Citing Supreme Court’s Kolkata Club Decision [Read Order]")
Rajasthan HC Denies Excise Duty Exemption, Holds that Benefits Cannot be claimed when Goods are Sold and Not Actually Exported [Read Order]
The Rajasthan High Court has upheld an order of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), ruling that a manufacturer cannot claim excise duty exemption on the ground of...
![Rajasthan HC Denies Excise Duty Exemption, Holds that Benefits Cannot be claimed when Goods are Sold and Not Actually Exported [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/500x300_2107208-rajasthan-high-court-excise-duty-exemption-exported-goods-are-sold-taxscan.webp "Rajasthan HC Denies Excise Duty Exemption, Holds that Benefits Cannot be claimed when Goods are Sold and Not Actually Exported [Read Order]")
Fake Certificates, Common IP & Cover Bids Prove Collusion: NCLAT Upholds CCI’s Order Against Appellant [Read Order]
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, in a recent judgment, dismissed the appeal filed by the appellants against the Competition Commission of India’s...
![Fake Certificates, Common IP & Cover Bids Prove Collusion: NCLAT Upholds CCI’s Order Against Appellant [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/500x300_2106399-case-google-anti-trust-case-nclats-order-taxscan.webp "Fake Certificates, Common IP & Cover Bids Prove Collusion: NCLAT Upholds CCI’s Order Against Appellant [Read Order]")
Adjournments Cannot Be Granted Mechanically When Appellant Untraceable: CESTAT Dismisses Appeal for Default under Rule 20 [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) dismissed the appeal for default under Rule 20 of the CESTAT (Procedure) Rules, 1982, observing that adjournments...
![Adjournments Cannot Be Granted Mechanically When Appellant Untraceable: CESTAT Dismisses Appeal for Default under Rule 20 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/07/500x300_2103021-cestat-chennai-cestat-dismisses-cestat-dismisses-appeal-taxscan.webp "Adjournments Cannot Be Granted Mechanically When Appellant Untraceable: CESTAT Dismisses Appeal for Default under Rule 20 [Read Order]")
Bus Services for Transporting Employees and School Children Qualify for Service Tax Exemption Under Entry 23(b) of Notification: CESTAT [Read Order]
The CESTAT held that bus services used by Century Pulp and Paper to transport its factory employees and school-going children are exempt from service tax under Entry 23(b) of Notification No....
![Bus Services for Transporting Employees and School Children Qualify for Service Tax Exemption Under Entry 23(b) of Notification: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/01/500x300_2071840-bus-services-transporting-employees-school-children-qualify-service-tax-exemption-notification-cestat-taxscan.webp "Bus Services for Transporting Employees and School Children Qualify for Service Tax Exemption Under Entry 23(b) of Notification: CESTAT [Read Order]")