![Madras HC Strikes Down Central Excise R.8(4) Ultra Vires, Quashes Demand Orders With Fresh Hearing [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/18/500x300_2050001-cdc7d6e5-d824-4c7f-9a74-7a7ef9c5ac5b.jfif "Madras HC Strikes Down Central Excise R.8(4) Ultra Vires, Quashes Demand Orders With Fresh Hearing [Read Order]")
Madras HC Strikes Down Central Excise R.8(4) Ultra Vires, Quashes Demand Orders With Fresh Hearing [Read Order]
The Madras High Court has struck down Rule 8(4) of the Central Excise Rules, 2001 and 2002, declaring it inconsistent with Rules 3 and 4 of the ...
![Overseas Services by Tech Mahindra’s Subsidiaries are Not Taxable in India: CESTAT denies Refund on CENVAT & Service Tax Paid [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/06/250x150_2041474-expenditure-incurred-on-foreign-currency-expenditure-incurred-foreign-currency-telecommunications-charges-itat-allows-income-tax-deduction-to-tech-mahindra-itat-taxscan.webp "Overseas Services by Tech Mahindra’s Subsidiaries are Not Taxable in India: CESTAT denies Refund on CENVAT & Service Tax Paid [Read Order]")
![Extended Period Wrongly Invoked for Misclassification and Undervaluation: CESTAT Sets Aside Demand Citing Full Disclosure [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/cestat-round-up-cestatroundup-taxscan.jpg "Extended Period Wrongly Invoked for Misclassification and Undervaluation: CESTAT Sets Aside Demand Citing Full Disclosure [Read Order]")
![Excise Duty Not Leviable on Imported Edible Lactose Cleared Without Manufacture: CESTAT Sets Aside Duty Demand [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CENVAT-Credit-of-excise-duty-Excise-Duty-Ahmedabad-bench-taxscan.jpg "Excise Duty Not Leviable on Imported Edible Lactose Cleared Without Manufacture: CESTAT Sets Aside Duty Demand [Read Order]")
Cement Cleared in Packaged Form with RSP Qualifies for Concessional Duty under Notification, Irrespective of Buyer: CESTAT [Read Order]
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that cement cleared in packaged form with a declared retail sale price (RSP) qualifies for...
![Cement Cleared in Packaged Form with RSP Qualifies for Concessional Duty under Notification, Irrespective of Buyer: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/cement-1.jpg "Cement Cleared in Packaged Form with RSP Qualifies for Concessional Duty under Notification, Irrespective of Buyer: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Failure to Verify Excise Duty Paid Before SCN: CESTAT Orders De Novo Adjudication [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Denovo-adjudication-CESTAT-TAXSCAN.jpg "Failure to Verify Excise Duty Paid Before SCN: CESTAT Orders De Novo Adjudication [Read Order]")
Service Tax Demand on Card Personalization : CESTAT Declares Activities as Manufacturing, Quashes Penalties [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of Customs,Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal(CESTAT)declared that the card personalization activities carried out by the assessee for banks, involving data processing,...
![Service Tax Demand on Card Personalization : CESTAT Declares Activities as Manufacturing, Quashes Penalties [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Penalty-Income-Determined-Income-Determined-on-Estimate-Basis-Estimate-Basis-ITAT-Income-Tax-taxscan.jpg "Service Tax Demand on Card Personalization : CESTAT Declares Activities as Manufacturing, Quashes Penalties [Read Order]")
High Courts cannot Adjudicate Accountant's Guilt in GST ITC Fraud under Writ Jurisdiction: Delhi HC [Read Order]
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the role of an accountant in a large-scale fraudulent Goods and Services Tax (GST) Input Tax Credit (ITC) scam cannot be adjudicated under its writ jurisdiction,...
![High Courts cannot Adjudicate Accountants Guilt in GST ITC Fraud under Writ Jurisdiction: Delhi HC [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GST-ITC-Fraud.jpg "High Courts cannot Adjudicate Accountants Guilt in GST ITC Fraud under Writ Jurisdiction: Delhi HC [Read Order]")
Non Compliance of Pre deposit Condition u/s 35 F of Central Excise Act: Kerala HCÂ Dismisses Customs Appeal [Read Order]
In a recent case, the Kerala High Court dismissed the customs appeal due to the non compliance of predeposit condition under section 35 of the Central Excise Act, 1944.The bench directed the...
![Non Compliance of Pre deposit Condition u/s 35 F of Central Excise Act: Kerala HCÂ Dismisses Customs Appeal [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Non-Compliance-of-Pre-deposit-Condition-Pre-deposit-Condition-Pre-deposit-Section-35-F-of-Central-Excise-Act-Central-Excise-Act-Kerala-HC-taxscan.jpg "Non Compliance of Pre deposit Condition u/s 35 F of Central Excise Act: Kerala HCÂ Dismisses Customs Appeal [Read Order]")
Relief for Larsen & Toubro Ltd: CESTAT Rules No Excise Duty on Repacking and Labeling Before April 29, 2010 [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Mumbai, ruled that Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (L&T) was not liable to pay excise duty on repacking and labeling activities before...
![Relief for Larsen & Toubro Ltd: CESTAT Rules No Excise Duty on Repacking and Labeling Before April 29, 2010 [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CESTAT-CESTAT-Mumbai-Relief-for-Larsen-Toubro-Ltd-TAXSCAN.jpg "Relief for Larsen & Toubro Ltd: CESTAT Rules No Excise Duty on Repacking and Labeling Before April 29, 2010 [Read Order]")