![Demand Under Construction of Complex Invalid for Composite Contracts Prior to 2010: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/26/500x300_2108165-cestat-mumbai-service-tax-demandtaxscan.webp "Demand Under Construction of Complex Invalid for Composite Contracts Prior to 2010: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Demand Under 'Construction of Complex' Invalid for Composite Contracts Prior to 2010: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the appellant was not liable to pay service tax...
![Black Tea Falls Within Agricultural Produce Definition: CESTAT Holds Service Tax on Export Brokerage Unsustainable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/26/250x150_2108147-service-taxexport.webp "Black Tea Falls Within Agricultural Produce Definition: CESTAT Holds Service Tax on Export Brokerage Unsustainable [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on GTA Services, Holding Liability Lies on Consignors/Consignees Under RCM [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/26/250x150_2108130-cestat-sets-aside-service-tax-demand-on-gta-services-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on GTA Services, Holding Liability Lies on Consignors/Consignees Under RCM [Read Order]")
![Customer Evaluation & Loan Recovery for Banks Squarely Falls Under BAS: CESTAT Dismisses Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/26/250x150_2108099-loan-recovery-for-banks-taxscan.jfif "Customer Evaluation & Loan Recovery for Banks Squarely Falls Under BAS: CESTAT Dismisses Appeal [Read Order]")
![Excise Dept Erred by Ignoring Gherkins in Brine While Computing SION: CESTAT Deletes Duty Demand on alleged Excess Vinegar Consumption [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/26/250x150_2108082-cucumber-site-image.webp "Excise Dept Erred by Ignoring Gherkins in Brine While Computing SION: CESTAT Deletes Duty Demand on alleged Excess Vinegar Consumption [Read Order]")
Sabudana Duty Quashed: CESTAT Holds 'Nil' Rate Notification on Tapioca Sago is Curative and Operates Retrospectively [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise &Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has quashed the excise duty demand on "Sabudana" (Tapioca Sago), ruling that Notification No. 12/2013-CE, ...
![Sabudana Duty Quashed: CESTAT Holds Nil Rate Notification on Tapioca Sago is Curative and Operates Retrospectively [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/20/500x300_2106905-sabudana-cestat-nil-rate-tapioca-sago-curative-retrospectively-taxscan.webp "Sabudana Duty Quashed: CESTAT Holds Nil Rate Notification on Tapioca Sago is Curative and Operates Retrospectively [Read Order]")
UltraTech Entitled to Full CENVAT Credit on Fly Ash O&M Services: CESTAT Rules Dept Cannot Restrict Credit [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) ruled that UltraTech was entitled to full CENVAT credit on the service tax paid to its subcontractor for the ...
![UltraTech Entitled to Full CENVAT Credit on Fly Ash O&M Services: CESTAT Rules Dept Cannot Restrict Credit [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/22/500x300_2107294-cenvat-credit-fly-ash-om-services-ultratech-restrict-credit-taxscan.webp "UltraTech Entitled to Full CENVAT Credit on Fly Ash O&M Services: CESTAT Rules Dept Cannot Restrict Credit [Read Order]")
Reimbursement of ₹206/MT to UltraTech Not Consideration for Service: CESTAT Rejects Department’s Valuation for Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the reimbursement of Rs. 206 per metric tonne received by UltraTech from India Cements was not...
![Reimbursement of ₹206/MT to UltraTech Not Consideration for Service: CESTAT Rejects Department’s Valuation for Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/22/500x300_2107286-service-tax-demand-taxscan3.webp "Reimbursement of ₹206/MT to UltraTech Not Consideration for Service: CESTAT Rejects Department’s Valuation for Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
UltraTech’s Installation and Operation of Fly Ash Collection System Not a Taxable Service to TNEB: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that UltraTech’s installation, operation, and maintenance of the Fly Ash Collection System at Mettur...
![UltraTech’s Installation and Operation of Fly Ash Collection System Not a Taxable Service to TNEB: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/22/500x300_2107264-ultratech-cements-taxscan.webp "UltraTech’s Installation and Operation of Fly Ash Collection System Not a Taxable Service to TNEB: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CESTAT Dismisses Department’s Appeal Challenging Revocation of Customs Broker Licence Suspension as Infructuous [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) Bench at Chennai, has dismissed the appeal filed by the Commissioner of Customs, Chennai-VIII Commissionerate, and upheld the revocation...
![CESTAT Dismisses Department’s Appeal Challenging Revocation of Customs Broker Licence Suspension as Infructuous [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/17/500x300_2106011-customs-brocker-licence.webp "CESTAT Dismisses Department’s Appeal Challenging Revocation of Customs Broker Licence Suspension as Infructuous [Read Order]")
Clandestine Removal must be proven through Complete Chain of Evidence, Not Estimates or Assumptions: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that allegations of clandestine removal cannot be sustained unless the department establishes a complete...
![Clandestine Removal must be proven through Complete Chain of Evidence, Not Estimates or Assumptions: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/14/500x300_2105205-cestat-taxscan.webp "Clandestine Removal must be proven through Complete Chain of Evidence, Not Estimates or Assumptions: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CESTAT Orders ₹11.07 Lakh Refund to Steel Strips Wheels, Recognises Foreign Port Services as Specified Services Under Amended Notification [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai, has delivered a crucial judgment in favour of Steel Strips Wheels Ltd., allowing the company a refund of ₹11,07,308/- in...
![CESTAT Orders ₹11.07 Lakh Refund to Steel Strips Wheels, Recognises Foreign Port Services as Specified Services Under Amended Notification [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/500x300_2106134-refund-cestat-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Orders ₹11.07 Lakh Refund to Steel Strips Wheels, Recognises Foreign Port Services as Specified Services Under Amended Notification [Read Order]")