![CESTAT Upholds ₹35.74 Lakh CENVAT Credit Demand for Wrong Availment of EPCG and Customs Cess Credits [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/500x300_2106321-cestat-cenvat-credit-epcg-customs-cess-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Upholds ₹35.74 Lakh CENVAT Credit Demand for Wrong Availment of EPCG and Customs Cess Credits [Read Order]")
CESTAT Upholds ₹35.74 Lakh CENVAT Credit Demand for Wrong Availment of EPCG and Customs Cess Credits [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) dismissed the appeal filed by the assessee and upheld the...
![CESTAT Holds Paper Biri Not Classifiable as Cigarettes, Rejects Central Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/250x150_2106240-cestat-allahabad-central-excise-duty-paper-biri-cigarettes-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Holds Paper Biri Not Classifiable as Cigarettes, Rejects Central Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Rules Tax under Reverse Charge Mechanism is Not Leviable on Fees Paid for Statutory Audit by Chartered Accountants [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/250x150_2107121-cestat-allahabad-statutory-audit-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Rules Tax under Reverse Charge Mechanism is Not Leviable on Fees Paid for Statutory Audit by Chartered Accountants [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Directs Original Authority to Limit RCM Liability to Services Received from Registered Goods Transport Agencies [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/250x150_2106998-rcm-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Directs Original Authority to Limit RCM Liability to Services Received from Registered Goods Transport Agencies [Read Order]")
![CESTAT upholds Service Tax on Community Centre Construction as Commercial Activity, Confirms Tax on Admitted Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/20/250x150_2106867-service-tax-actcommercial-construction-services.webp "CESTAT upholds Service Tax on Community Centre Construction as Commercial Activity, Confirms Tax on Admitted Services [Read Order]")
Lease Premium Taxable as Renting of Immovable Property: CESTAT Upholds ₹2.88Cr Service Tax Demand on Ghaziabad Development Authority [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) dismissed the appeal filed by the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) and upheld the ₹2.88 crore service...
![Lease Premium Taxable as Renting of Immovable Property: CESTAT Upholds ₹2.88Cr Service Tax Demand on Ghaziabad Development Authority [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/500x300_2106392-cestat-allahabad-ghaziabad-development-authority-lease-premium-taxable-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Lease Premium Taxable as Renting of Immovable Property: CESTAT Upholds ₹2.88Cr Service Tax Demand on Ghaziabad Development Authority [Read Order]")
Service Tax Demand Based Solely on Discrepancy Between ITR/TDS and ST-3 Returns Invalid Without Investigating Cause of Difference: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has held that a service tax demand raised solely on the basis of a discrepancy between the figures ...
![Service Tax Demand Based Solely on Discrepancy Between ITR/TDS and ST-3 Returns Invalid Without Investigating Cause of Difference: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/19/500x300_2106687-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand Based Solely on Discrepancy Between ITR/TDS and ST-3 Returns Invalid Without Investigating Cause of Difference: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Extended Period Not Invocable for Lack of Willful Suppression: CESTAT Quashes ₹1.86Cr Service Tax Demand on UP Electronics Corporation [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed the appeal filed by U.P. Electronics Corporation Ltd., a Uttar Pradesh Government undertaking, holding...
![Extended Period Not Invocable for Lack of Willful Suppression: CESTAT Quashes ₹1.86Cr Service Tax Demand on UP Electronics Corporation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/500x300_2106224-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Extended Period Not Invocable for Lack of Willful Suppression: CESTAT Quashes ₹1.86Cr Service Tax Demand on UP Electronics Corporation [Read Order]")
Interest Payable on Entire Amount Deposited During Investigation, ‘Interest On Interest’ also Admissible When Refund is Delayed: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that when an assessee deposits money during investigation, interest is payable on the entire amount ...
![Interest Payable on Entire Amount Deposited During Investigation, ‘Interest On Interest’ also Admissible When Refund is Delayed: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/12/500x300_2104416-reund-delay-taxscan.webp "Interest Payable on Entire Amount Deposited During Investigation, ‘Interest On Interest’ also Admissible When Refund is Delayed: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CESTAT Quashes Penalty on Customs Officer Accused of Abetting Smuggling as Statement Recorded under Duress [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) quashed the penalty imposed on a Customs officer accused of abetting smuggling, holding that his statement was...
![CESTAT Quashes Penalty on Customs Officer Accused of Abetting Smuggling as Statement Recorded under Duress [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/11/500x300_2104126-cestat-penalty-customs-officer-abetting-smuggling-cestat-quashes-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Quashes Penalty on Customs Officer Accused of Abetting Smuggling as Statement Recorded under Duress [Read Order]")
Restaurant Services Provided in Non-Air-Conditioned Premises Remain Exempt under Mega Exemption Notification: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that restaurant services provided in non-air-conditioned premises are exempt from service tax under Mega ...
![Restaurant Services Provided in Non-Air-Conditioned Premises Remain Exempt under Mega Exemption Notification: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/30/500x300_2101087-restaurant-services-non-air-conditioned-exempt-mega-exemption-notification-cestat-taxscan.webp "Restaurant Services Provided in Non-Air-Conditioned Premises Remain Exempt under Mega Exemption Notification: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CESTAT Has No Jurisdiction to Hear Appeals Involving Goods Imported as Baggage as Explicitly Barred by S. 129A(1) of Customs Act [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that it has no jurisdiction to hear appeals involving goods imported as baggage, as such cases are...
![CESTAT Has No Jurisdiction to Hear Appeals Involving Goods Imported as Baggage as Explicitly Barred by S. 129A(1) of Customs Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/28/500x300_2100391-cestat-jurisdiction-hear-appeals-involving-goods-imported-baggage-explicitly-customs-act-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Has No Jurisdiction to Hear Appeals Involving Goods Imported as Baggage as Explicitly Barred by S. 129A(1) of Customs Act [Read Order]")