![BIS Mark Not Mandatory for Imports Shipped Before QCO Effective Date: CESTAT Sets Aside Penalty [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/17/500x300_2105970-bis-mark-imports-qco-cestat-penalty-taxscan.webp "BIS Mark Not Mandatory for Imports Shipped Before QCO Effective Date: CESTAT Sets Aside Penalty [Read Order]")
BIS Mark Not Mandatory for Imports Shipped Before QCO Effective Date: CESTAT Sets Aside Penalty [Read Order]
TheAhmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has held that Stainless Steel Products (Quality Control)...
![CENVAT Credit on Tippers/Dumpers Used For Site Formation Services Not Admissible Prior to Oct 1, 2010: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/12/250x150_2104410-tippers-cenvat-credit-taxscan.webp "CENVAT Credit on Tippers/Dumpers Used For Site Formation Services Not Admissible Prior to Oct 1, 2010: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Finds Factual Error in Denial of Duty Exemption on Imported Clinical Trial Drugs, Remands Matter [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/05/250x150_2102474-cestat-duty-exemption-imported-clinical-trial-drugs.webp "CESTAT Finds Factual Error in Denial of Duty Exemption on Imported Clinical Trial Drugs, Remands Matter [Read Order]")
![Dept alleges Clandestine Sale without producing Corroborative Evidence such as Consumption of Electricity: CESTAT quashes Excise Duty [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/07/250x150_2094527-excise-duty-cestat-taxscan.webp "Dept alleges Clandestine Sale without producing Corroborative Evidence such as Consumption of Electricity: CESTAT quashes Excise Duty [Read Order]")
![Compensation for Surrendering Tenancy Rights is a Capital Receipt, Not a Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/03/500x300_2093428-surrendering-tenancy-rights-capital-receipt-cestat-taxscan.webp "Compensation for Surrendering Tenancy Rights is a Capital Receipt, Not a Service: CESTAT [Read Order]")
BIS Certification Not Required Where Shipment Predated Quality Control: CESTAT quashes Penalty On Import of Stainless Steel Coils [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Ahmedabad, set aside the order of confiscation and penalty relating to the import of stainless steel coils, holding that...
![BIS Certification Not Required Where Shipment Predated Quality Control: CESTAT quashes Penalty On Import of Stainless Steel Coils [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/01/500x300_2093058-bis-quality-control-cestat-quashes-penalty-stainless-steel-coils-taxscan.webp "BIS Certification Not Required Where Shipment Predated Quality Control: CESTAT quashes Penalty On Import of Stainless Steel Coils [Read Order]")
Notice Pay Recovered from Employees Who Leave Without Completing Notice Period Not Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that notice pay recovered from employees who leave without completing the stipulated notice period is...
![Notice Pay Recovered from Employees Who Leave Without Completing Notice Period Not Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/01/500x300_2093012-employees-notice-period-service-tax-cestat-taxscan.webp "Notice Pay Recovered from Employees Who Leave Without Completing Notice Period Not Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Old Lead Acid Batteries Recovered from Ship Breaking Not Excisable: CESTAT Holds Removal Does Not Amount to Manufacture [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that old Lead Acid Batteries recovered from ship breaking are not excisable as their removal does not...
![Old Lead Acid Batteries Recovered from Ship Breaking Not Excisable: CESTAT Holds Removal Does Not Amount to Manufacture [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/01/500x300_2093003-old-lead-acid-batteries-taxscan.webp "Old Lead Acid Batteries Recovered from Ship Breaking Not Excisable: CESTAT Holds Removal Does Not Amount to Manufacture [Read Order]")
Old and Used Lead Acid Batteries Recovered from Ship Breaking Classifiable Under Heading 8507, Not as Lead Waste and Scrap: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that old and used Lead Acid Batteries recovered from ship breaking are classifiable under Heading 8507...
![Old and Used Lead Acid Batteries Recovered from Ship Breaking Classifiable Under Heading 8507, Not as Lead Waste and Scrap: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/01/500x300_2093013-cestat-lead-acid-batteries-gst-old-batteries-classification-taxscan.webp "Old and Used Lead Acid Batteries Recovered from Ship Breaking Classifiable Under Heading 8507, Not as Lead Waste and Scrap: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Liquidated Damages Not Taxable as Declared Service: CESTAT Allows Gujarat Industries’s Appeal on Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Ahmedabad, has held that liquidated damages collected by a company from its contractors and vendors do not fall under the...
![Liquidated Damages Not Taxable as Declared Service: CESTAT Allows Gujarat Industries’s Appeal on Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092398-liquidated-damages-taxable-declared-service-cestat-gujarat-industriess-appeal-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Liquidated Damages Not Taxable as Declared Service: CESTAT Allows Gujarat Industries’s Appeal on Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
CESTAT Remands Service Tax Dispute on Construction Services for Fresh Computation of Demand [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Ahmedabad, has remanded a service tax dispute concerning alleged non-payment of tax on construction-related services for...
![CESTAT Remands Service Tax Dispute on Construction Services for Fresh Computation of Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092321-construction-services-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Remands Service Tax Dispute on Construction Services for Fresh Computation of Demand [Read Order]")