![Dilution and Repacking of Seaweed Extract Not Amounting to Manufacture: CESTAT Holds Excise Demand Unsustainable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/25/500x300_2107791-seaweed-extract-not-amounting-to-manufacture-cestat-taxscan.webp "Dilution and Repacking of Seaweed Extract Not Amounting to Manufacture: CESTAT Holds Excise Demand Unsustainable [Read Order]")
Dilution and Repacking of Seaweed Extract Not Amounting to Manufacture: CESTAT Holds Excise Demand Unsustainable [Read Order]
Excise demand quashed as CESTAT rules seaweed dilution no manufacture The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate...
![Recovery u/s 11A is Unjustified as Refund Orders Had Attained Finality Without Appeal: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/250x150_2107068-refund-recovery-proceedings-taxscan.webp "Recovery u/s 11A is Unjustified as Refund Orders Had Attained Finality Without Appeal: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Cost-Sharing Among Group Entities for Events Outside India Does Not Amount to Taxable Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/20/250x150_2106930-cestat-taxscan.webp "Cost-Sharing Among Group Entities for Events Outside India Does Not Amount to Taxable Service: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Commissioners Report, Toll Barrier Receipts Shows Manufacturing Activity Verified: CESTAT Rejects Clandestine Removal Allegation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/20/250x150_2106916-cestat-chandigarh-toll-barrier-receipts-evidence-taxscan.webp "Commissioners Report, Toll Barrier Receipts Shows Manufacturing Activity Verified: CESTAT Rejects Clandestine Removal Allegation [Read Order]")
![Extended Period Not Invokable: CESTAT Rules Constitutional Validity of Renting of Immovable Property Levy is Still Pending Before SC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/19/250x150_2106703-0fd93a7c-1912-4bc4-a80f-34076556d195.webp "Extended Period Not Invokable: CESTAT Rules Constitutional Validity of Renting of Immovable Property Levy is Still Pending Before SC [Read Order]")
Education Cess Being Surcharge Cannot Be Charged Twice on Clearances to DTA: CESTAT sets aside Differential Duty Demand [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has held that Education Cess and Secondary & Higher Education Cess are in the nature of a surcharge and ...
![Education Cess Being Surcharge Cannot Be Charged Twice on Clearances to DTA: CESTAT sets aside Differential Duty Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/19/500x300_2106688-education-cess-surcharge-clearances-dta-cestat-taxscan.webp "Education Cess Being Surcharge Cannot Be Charged Twice on Clearances to DTA: CESTAT sets aside Differential Duty Demand [Read Order]")
CESTAT Quashes Customs Broker Licence Suspension, Holding No Mens Rea or Procedural Lapse Proven [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) quashed the suspension of the Customs Broker Licence of Karan Logistics, holding that no mens rea, collusion,...
![CESTAT Quashes Customs Broker Licence Suspension, Holding No Mens Rea or Procedural Lapse Proven [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/22/500x300_2107300-cestat-chandigarh-customs-broker-licence-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Quashes Customs Broker Licence Suspension, Holding No Mens Rea or Procedural Lapse Proven [Read Order]")
CESTAT Rules CENVAT Credit Refund Cannot Be Denied Due to Procedural Lapse of Filing Monthly Claims Instead of Quarterly [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the refund of unutilized CENVAT credit cannot be denied merely on the procedural ground that ...
![CESTAT Rules CENVAT Credit Refund Cannot Be Denied Due to Procedural Lapse of Filing Monthly Claims Instead of Quarterly [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/500x300_2107036-cestat-cenvat-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Rules CENVAT Credit Refund Cannot Be Denied Due to Procedural Lapse of Filing Monthly Claims Instead of Quarterly [Read Order]")
CESTAT Rules Excavation and Manpower Services for Dam Construction Exempted from Service Tax [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed the appeal by setting aside the service tax demand, holding the authorities wrongly classified the...
![CESTAT Rules Excavation and Manpower Services for Dam Construction Exempted from Service Tax [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/15/500x300_2105567-no-service-tax-exemptionformation-construction-dam-cestat-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Rules Excavation and Manpower Services for Dam Construction Exempted from Service Tax [Read Order]")
Business Auxiliary and Business Support Services Rendered to Foreign Entities Qualify as Export of Services: CESTAT Allows Appeal [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside an order confirming a service tax demand of ₹68.59 lakh along with recovery of Cenvat Credit and...
![Business Auxiliary and Business Support Services Rendered to Foreign Entities Qualify as Export of Services: CESTAT Allows Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/17/500x300_2105974-business-auxiliary-business-support-services-foreign-entities-qualify-export-of-services-cestat-allows-appeal-taxscan.webp "Business Auxiliary and Business Support Services Rendered to Foreign Entities Qualify as Export of Services: CESTAT Allows Appeal [Read Order]")
Failure to Consider Superintendent’s Certification and Defence Evidence: CESTAT Remands Matter in Exemption Case [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed the appeal by remanding the matter for a fresh decision, after finding that the Commissioner had...
![Failure to Consider Superintendent’s Certification and Defence Evidence: CESTAT Remands Matter in Exemption Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/15/500x300_2105521-lack-evidence-taxscan.webp "Failure to Consider Superintendent’s Certification and Defence Evidence: CESTAT Remands Matter in Exemption Case [Read Order]")
When Goods Are Sold on FOR Basis, Buyer’s Premises is Treated as Place of Removal and Freight Forms Part of Assessable Value: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that when goods are sold on a Free on Road (FOR) basis, the buyer’s premises is treated as the place of...
![When Goods Are Sold on FOR Basis, Buyer’s Premises is Treated as Place of Removal and Freight Forms Part of Assessable Value: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/12/500x300_2104404-goods-sale-or-taxscan.webp "When Goods Are Sold on FOR Basis, Buyer’s Premises is Treated as Place of Removal and Freight Forms Part of Assessable Value: CESTAT [Read Order]")