![FinMin increases Duty Drawback Rates for Gold/Silver Jewellery and Articles [Read Notification]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/26/500x300_2080636-finance-ministry-revises-duty-gold-and-silver-jewellery-export-taxscan.webp "FinMin increases Duty Drawback Rates for Gold/Silver Jewellery and Articles [Read Notification]")
FinMin increases Duty Drawback Rates for Gold/Silver Jewellery and Articles [Read Notification]
The Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) issued Notification No. 51/2025-Customs (N.T.) dated August 25, 2025, announcing revised duty...
![No Service Tax on Packing of Bulk pack into Retail Packs as Job Work, amounts to Manufacture: CESTAT deletes Demand, Penalty and Interest [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/14/250x150_2076724-service-tax-service-tax-on-packing-of-bulk-pack-into-retail-packs-as-job-work-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Packing of Bulk pack into Retail Packs as Job Work, amounts to Manufacture: CESTAT deletes Demand, Penalty and Interest [Read Order]")
![Relief for Apollo Tyres: CESTAT Rules Extended Limitation Inapplicable When Packaging Practice Unchanged for 25 Years [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/14/250x150_2076686-apollo-tyres.webp "Relief for Apollo Tyres: CESTAT Rules Extended Limitation Inapplicable When Packaging Practice Unchanged for 25 Years [Read Order]")
![Calcutta HC Condones 180 days Delay in Filing Excise Appeal, restores matter back to CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/14/250x150_2076581-excise-appeal-taxscan.webp "Calcutta HC Condones 180 days Delay in Filing Excise Appeal, restores matter back to CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Sugar Cess on Imported Raw Sugar is ‘Duty of Excise’, Not Fee: CESTAT rules Eligible for CENVAT Credit [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/11/250x150_2075762-sugar-cess-sugar-cess-on-imported-raw-sugar-taxscan.webp "Sugar Cess on Imported Raw Sugar is ‘Duty of Excise’, Not Fee: CESTAT rules Eligible for CENVAT Credit [Read Order]")
Customs Fails to Prove 2019 Order Served: CESTAT Treats 2021 Attested Copy as Service Date, says Appeal File on Time [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) held that the department failed to prove service of the Order-in-Original dated September 2019 and accepted the...
![Customs Fails to Prove 2019 Order Served: CESTAT Treats 2021 Attested Copy as Service Date, says Appeal File on Time [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/11/500x300_2075459-customs-fails-order-served-cestat-service-appeal-taxscan.webp "Customs Fails to Prove 2019 Order Served: CESTAT Treats 2021 Attested Copy as Service Date, says Appeal File on Time [Read Order]")
Relief for Bata India: CESTAT Rules MRP Valuation Not Applicable on Institutional Sales, Quashes Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that valuation based on maximum retail price (MRP) under Section 4A of the Central Excise Act does not apply...
![Relief for Bata India: CESTAT Rules MRP Valuation Not Applicable on Institutional Sales, Quashes Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/05/500x300_2073198-bata.webp "Relief for Bata India: CESTAT Rules MRP Valuation Not Applicable on Institutional Sales, Quashes Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]")
Supreme Court Upholds Excise Duty on Stock Transfers to Sister Units Should Be Valued Under Rule 8 at 110% of Cost [Read Judgement]
The Supreme Court of India upheld the decision of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), holding that excise duty on stock transfers to sister units must be calculated...
![Supreme Court Upholds Excise Duty on Stock Transfers to Sister Units Should Be Valued Under Rule 8 at 110% of Cost [Read Judgement]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/05/500x300_2073319-excise-duty-taxscan.webp "Supreme Court Upholds Excise Duty on Stock Transfers to Sister Units Should Be Valued Under Rule 8 at 110% of Cost [Read Judgement]")
Pre-Deposit Waiver Denied for CESTAT Appeal u/s 35F of Excise Act: Delhi HC Grants Extension Till 31 Oct 2025 for Remaining Payment [Read Order]
The Delhi High Court has rejected a plea for partial waiver of the mandatory pre-deposit required under Section 35F of the Central Excise Act, 1944, for filing an appeal before the Customs, Excise and...
![Pre-Deposit Waiver Denied for CESTAT Appeal u/s 35F of Excise Act: Delhi HC Grants Extension Till 31 Oct 2025 for Remaining Payment [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/30/500x300_2070934-the-court-denied-petitioners-request-partial-waiver-pre-deposit-filing-appeal-before-cestat-citing-settled-legal-precedents-granted-an-extension-remaining-payment-taxscan.webp "Pre-Deposit Waiver Denied for CESTAT Appeal u/s 35F of Excise Act: Delhi HC Grants Extension Till 31 Oct 2025 for Remaining Payment [Read Order]")
S. 35C(1A) of Central Excise Act Limits Adjournments to Three: CESTAT dismisses Appeal for Non-Prosecution [Read Order]
M/s Alcons Infratech vs Commissioner of Central Excise & Service TaxThe Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that an appeal cannot be...
![S. 35C(1A) of Central Excise Act Limits Adjournments to Three: CESTAT dismisses Appeal for Non-Prosecution [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/23/500x300_2067998-central-excise-act-adjournments-cestat-appeal-taxscan.webp "S. 35C(1A) of Central Excise Act Limits Adjournments to Three: CESTAT dismisses Appeal for Non-Prosecution [Read Order]")
Denial of CENVAT Credit for Non-Manufacture Activity: CESTAT Sets Aside Order as Duty Was Paid on All Goods [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT) set aside the denial of CENVAT credit to the assessee observing that duty had been paid on all goods, including those...
![Denial of CENVAT Credit for Non-Manufacture Activity: CESTAT Sets Aside Order as Duty Was Paid on All Goods [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/22/500x300_2067568-cestat-mumbai-denial-of-cenvat-credit-taxscan.webp "Denial of CENVAT Credit for Non-Manufacture Activity: CESTAT Sets Aside Order as Duty Was Paid on All Goods [Read Order]")
Delay Mistakenly Counted as 31 Days Instead of 30: CESTAT Condones Delay and Remands to Commissioner (Appeals) [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) remanded the matter to the Commissioner (Appeals) after condoning a delay that was mistakenly calculated as 31...
![Delay Mistakenly Counted as 31 Days Instead of 30: CESTAT Condones Delay and Remands to Commissioner (Appeals) [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/500x300_2066822-commissioner-appeals-condones-delay-cestat-taxscan.webp "Delay Mistakenly Counted as 31 Days Instead of 30: CESTAT Condones Delay and Remands to Commissioner (Appeals) [Read Order]")