![Process of Battery Charging, Filling, and Packaging Amounts to Manufacture, No Service Tax Payable: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/16/500x300_2097130-battery-charging-filling-packaging-taxscan.webp "Process of Battery Charging, Filling, and Packaging Amounts to Manufacture, No Service Tax Payable: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Process of Battery Charging, Filling, and Packaging Amounts to Manufacture, No Service Tax Payable: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that the process of battery charging, filling, and...
![CENVAT Credit Need Not Be Reversed Under Rule 3(5B) For Inputs Or Sub-Assemblies Scrapped During Manufacturing: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/16/250x150_2097128-cenvat-credit-sub-assemblies-scrapped-manufacturing-cestat-taxscan.webp "CENVAT Credit Need Not Be Reversed Under Rule 3(5B) For Inputs Or Sub-Assemblies Scrapped During Manufacturing: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Legal Uncertainty Over Service Tax Liability for Municipal Council Renting Out Properties: CESTAT Quashes Extended Limitation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/15/250x150_2096869-service-tax-liability-taxscan.webp "Legal Uncertainty Over Service Tax Liability for Municipal Council Renting Out Properties: CESTAT Quashes Extended Limitation [Read Order]")
![Relief for Maruti Suzuki: CESTAT Rules Education Cess Payable on Net Service Tax after Deducting R&D Cess [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/15/250x150_2096807-maruti-suzuki-taxscan.webp "Relief for Maruti Suzuki: CESTAT Rules Education Cess Payable on Net Service Tax after Deducting R&D Cess [Read Order]")
![Relief to Fox International Channels Case: CESTAT Upholds dismissal of Appeal as Review Order is Time-Barred [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/14/250x150_2096424-fox-international-channel-taxscan-2.webp "Relief to Fox International Channels Case: CESTAT Upholds dismissal of Appeal as Review Order is Time-Barred [Read Order]")
Services Provided to SEZ Units Not Covered Under Rule 6(3) of CCR, No Reversal of Credit Required: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that services provided to Special Economic Zone (SEZ) units are not covered under Rule 6(3) of the...
![Services Provided to SEZ Units Not Covered Under Rule 6(3) of CCR, No Reversal of Credit Required: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/07/500x300_2094667-services-sez-cestat-taxscan.webp "Services Provided to SEZ Units Not Covered Under Rule 6(3) of CCR, No Reversal of Credit Required: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Service Tax on Passenger Service Fee (PSF) Payable by Airport Authority, Not Airlines: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that Passenger Service Fee (PSF) collected by airlines from passengers is a statutory levy, and service...
![Service Tax on Passenger Service Fee (PSF) Payable by Airport Authority, Not Airlines: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/07/500x300_2094676-airport-services.webp "Service Tax on Passenger Service Fee (PSF) Payable by Airport Authority, Not Airlines: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Rule 25(1) of Central Excise Applies Only for Removal or Accounting Violations, Not for Facilitation of Fake Credit: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that penalty under Rule 25(1) of the Central Excise Rules, 2002 applies only to cases involving removal...
![Rule 25(1) of Central Excise Applies Only for Removal or Accounting Violations, Not for Facilitation of Fake Credit: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/04/500x300_2093772-fake-credit-penalty-taxscan.webp "Rule 25(1) of Central Excise Applies Only for Removal or Accounting Violations, Not for Facilitation of Fake Credit: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Telecom Operators Entitled to CENVAT Credit on Towers and Shelters as Capital Goods/Inputs: CESTAT in Bharti Airtel Case [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that telecom operators are entitled to avail CENVAT credit on towers and prefabricated shelters as...
![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/2025/09/29/500x300_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]")
Relief for Suzuki Motors: CESTAT Rules Expenses on Pre-Delivery Inspection and After-Sale Services Not Part of Assessable Value for Excise Duty [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that expenses incurred on pre-delivery inspection (PDI) and after-sale services (ASS), whether...
![Relief for Suzuki Motors: CESTAT Rules Expenses on Pre-Delivery Inspection and After-Sale Services Not Part of Assessable Value for Excise Duty [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092216-suzuki-excise-duty-taxscan.webp "Relief for Suzuki Motors: CESTAT Rules Expenses on Pre-Delivery Inspection and After-Sale Services Not Part of Assessable Value for Excise Duty [Read Order]")
Laminating Plastic Films Qualifies as Manufacture: CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit, Quashes ₹1.37 Crore Excise Demand [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that laminating plastic films amounts to manufacture and that CENVAT credit is admissible. The Tribunal...
![Laminating Plastic Films Qualifies as Manufacture: CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit, Quashes ₹1.37 Crore Excise Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/24/500x300_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]")
Services to IIMs and XLRI Are Educational Support, Not ‘Commercial Training and Coaching’ : CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that merely providing infrastructure, technology, and marketing support to premier institutions like ...
![Services to IIMs and XLRI Are Educational Support, Not ‘Commercial Training and Coaching’ : CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/16/500x300_2087747-educational-support-taxscan.webp "Services to IIMs and XLRI Are Educational Support, Not ‘Commercial Training and Coaching’ : CESTAT [Read Order]")