![Service Tax Demand of ₹87.76 Lakh on Mutual Fund Investments Quashed: CESTAT Rules Activity Not “Trading of Goods” under Finance Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092387-service-tax-demand-mutual-fund-finance-act-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand of ₹87.76 Lakh on Mutual Fund Investments Quashed: CESTAT Rules Activity Not “Trading of Goods” under Finance Act [Read Order]")
Service Tax Demand of ₹87.76 Lakh on Mutual Fund Investments Quashed: CESTAT Rules Activity Not “Trading of Goods” under Finance Act [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi, set aside a service tax demand raised on the ground that...
![Telecom Operators Entitled to CENVAT Credit on Towers and Shelters as Capital Goods/Inputs: CESTAT in Bharti Airtel Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/250x150_2092227-bharti-airtel-taxscan.webp "Telecom Operators Entitled to CENVAT Credit on Towers and Shelters as Capital Goods/Inputs: CESTAT in Bharti Airtel Case [Read Order]")
![CENVAT Credit Cannot Be Denied Merely Because Aluminium Ingots Process Is Not Manufacture If Duty Has Been Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/27/250x150_2091504-cenvat-credit-manufacture-cestat-taxscan.webp "CENVAT Credit Cannot Be Denied Merely Because Aluminium Ingots Process Is Not Manufacture If Duty Has Been Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Laminating Plastic Films Qualifies as Manufacture: CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit, Quashes ₹1.37 Crore Excise Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/24/250x150_2090349-laminating-plastic-films-manufacture-cestat-cenvat-credit-taxscan.webp "Laminating Plastic Films Qualifies as Manufacture: CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit, Quashes ₹1.37 Crore Excise Demand [Read Order]")
![“User Test” Theory Classifies Cement and Steel Items Used for Own Plant Construction as Inputs: CESTAT Allows Ramco Cements to Avail CENVAT Credit [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/22/250x150_2089683-cement-and-steel-cestat-ramco-cements-cenvat-credit-taxscan.webp "“User Test” Theory Classifies Cement and Steel Items Used for Own Plant Construction as Inputs: CESTAT Allows Ramco Cements to Avail CENVAT Credit [Read Order]")
CESTAT Rules CENVAT Credit on GTA Services for Outward Transportation Allowed When Sales Made On “For” Destination Basis in Excise Duty Case [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai, has held that service tax paid on Goods Transport Agency (GTA) services for outward transportation is eligible for CENVAT...
![CESTAT Rules CENVAT Credit on GTA Services for Outward Transportation Allowed When Sales Made On “For” Destination Basis in Excise Duty Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/22/500x300_2089663-cestat-cenvat-credit-excise-duty-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Rules CENVAT Credit on GTA Services for Outward Transportation Allowed When Sales Made On “For” Destination Basis in Excise Duty Case [Read Order]")
CESTAT Upholds ₹2.55L CENVAT Credit Demand with Interest, Sets Aside Penalty u/s. 11A(2) as Duty Paid Pre-SCN [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Allahabad has ruled that CENVAT credit wrongly availed on traded goods is inadmissible and the demand, along with interest, is...
![CESTAT Upholds ₹2.55L CENVAT Credit Demand with Interest, Sets Aside Penalty u/s. 11A(2) as Duty Paid Pre-SCN [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/22/500x300_2089632-cestat-cestat-allahabad-cenvat-credit-demand-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Upholds ₹2.55L CENVAT Credit Demand with Interest, Sets Aside Penalty u/s. 11A(2) as Duty Paid Pre-SCN [Read Order]")
Failure to Endorse ‘No CENVAT Credit Admissible’ on Commercial Invoices Is Only a Procedural Lapse: CESTAT Grants SAD Refund [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, andService Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that failure to endorse “no CENVAT credit admissible” on commercial invoices is a procedural lapse and not ...
![Failure to Endorse ‘No CENVAT Credit Admissible’ on Commercial Invoices Is Only a Procedural Lapse: CESTAT Grants SAD Refund [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/16/500x300_2087934-no-cenvat-credit-admissible-commercial-invoices-procedural-lapse-cestat-grants-sad-refund-taxscan.webp "Failure to Endorse ‘No CENVAT Credit Admissible’ on Commercial Invoices Is Only a Procedural Lapse: CESTAT Grants SAD Refund [Read Order]")
Relief for Rayban: Rajasthan HC quashes CENVAT refund rejection, directs payment of ₹16.89 lakh with 12% interest [Read Order]
The High Court of Rajasthan, quashed the rejection of Rayban’s CENVAT refund claim of ₹16.89 lakh and directed the department to pay the amount with 12% interest per annum. Rayban Sun Optics...
![Relief for Rayban: Rajasthan HC quashes CENVAT refund rejection, directs payment of ₹16.89 lakh with 12% interest [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/16/500x300_2087882-cenvat-refund-taxscan.webp "Relief for Rayban: Rajasthan HC quashes CENVAT refund rejection, directs payment of ₹16.89 lakh with 12% interest [Read Order]")
CENVAT Credit Admissible on Services Used for Setting up and Administering First Aid in Factory: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, andService Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that CENVAT credit can be availed on services used for setting up and administering mandatory first aid ...
![CENVAT Credit Admissible on Services Used for Setting up and Administering First Aid in Factory: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/15/500x300_2087647-cenvat-credit-first-aid-in-factory-cestat-taxscan.webp "CENVAT Credit Admissible on Services Used for Setting up and Administering First Aid in Factory: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CENVAT Credit Admissible Once Service Tax is Paid and Supported by Valid Invoice, Irrespective of Whether Paid by Provider or Recipient: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that CENVAT credit is admissible once service tax has been paid and supported by valid invoices,...
![CENVAT Credit Admissible Once Service Tax is Paid and Supported by Valid Invoice, Irrespective of Whether Paid by Provider or Recipient: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/15/500x300_2087571-cenvat-credit-cestat-taxscan.webp "CENVAT Credit Admissible Once Service Tax is Paid and Supported by Valid Invoice, Irrespective of Whether Paid by Provider or Recipient: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Relief to JSW Steel: CESTAT Orders Cash Refund of ₹45.54 Lakh CVD & SAD Paid Post-GST Implementation [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed a cash refund of ₹45,54,866 to JSW Steel towards Countervailing Duty (CVD) and Special Additional...
![Relief to JSW Steel: CESTAT Orders Cash Refund of ₹45.54 Lakh CVD & SAD Paid Post-GST Implementation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/15/500x300_2087489-2072623-supreme-court-status-quo-pending-nclt-proceedings-jsw-steel-limited-taxscan.webp "Relief to JSW Steel: CESTAT Orders Cash Refund of ₹45.54 Lakh CVD & SAD Paid Post-GST Implementation [Read Order]")