![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]")
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...
![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/2025/11/22/250x150_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]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/17/250x150_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]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/14/250x150_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]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/250x150_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]")
Custodian, Steamer Agent and Employees Liable for Illegal Removal of Seized Goods: CESTAT Confirms Penalties under Customs Act
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax AppellateTribunal ( CESTAT ) Bench at Chennai has upheld the penalties imposed on appellant, holding that they had knowingly abetted the illegal clearance of...
Limitation to be Counted from Initial Filing and Not Resubmission: CESTAT Allows Refund of Service Tax on Export Services [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) Bench at Chennai, held that refund claims filed within the prescribed limitation period cannot be rejected as time-barred merely...
![Limitation to be Counted from Initial Filing and Not Resubmission: CESTAT Allows Refund of Service Tax on Export Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/13/500x300_2104968-cestat-service-tax-on-export-services-taxscan.webp "Limitation to be Counted from Initial Filing and Not Resubmission: CESTAT Allows Refund of Service Tax on Export Services [Read Order]")
Demurrage and Despatch Money Related to Vessel Detention, Not Freight: CESTAT Favours Vedanta [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that demurrage and despatch money relate only to the detention or early release of a vessel at the port...
![Demurrage and Despatch Money Related to Vessel Detention, Not Freight: CESTAT Favours Vedanta [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/14/500x300_2105201-cestat-chennai-vedanta-demurrage-and-despatch-taxscan.webp "Demurrage and Despatch Money Related to Vessel Detention, Not Freight: CESTAT Favours Vedanta [Read Order]")
Construction of Buildings for Educational Institutions Not “Primarily for Commerce or Industry”: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) Bench at Chennai has held that construction services rendered to educational institutions are not liable to service tax under ‘Works...
![Construction of Buildings for Educational Institutions Not “Primarily for Commerce or Industry”: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/13/500x300_2104936-construction-of-buildings-educational-institutions-institutions-primarily-for-commerce-taxscan.webp "Construction of Buildings for Educational Institutions Not “Primarily for Commerce or Industry”: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Notice u/s 28(6) of Customs Act Mandatory when Officer Finds Short Payment of Duty or Penalty: CESTAT sets aside order against L&T [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has ruled that issuance of a notice under Section 28(6) of the Customs Act, 1962 is mandatory when the...
![Notice u/s 28(6) of Customs Act Mandatory when Officer Finds Short Payment of Duty or Penalty: CESTAT sets aside order against L&T [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/08/500x300_2103282-larsen-turbo-cestat-taxscan.webp "Notice u/s 28(6) of Customs Act Mandatory when Officer Finds Short Payment of Duty or Penalty: CESTAT sets aside order against L&T [Read Order]")
Adjournments Cannot Be Granted Mechanically When Appellant Untraceable: CESTAT Dismisses Appeal for Default under Rule 20 [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) dismissed the appeal for default under Rule 20 of the CESTAT (Procedure) Rules, 1982, observing that adjournments...
![Adjournments Cannot Be Granted Mechanically When Appellant Untraceable: CESTAT Dismisses Appeal for Default under Rule 20 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/07/500x300_2103021-cestat-chennai-cestat-dismisses-cestat-dismisses-appeal-taxscan.webp "Adjournments Cannot Be Granted Mechanically When Appellant Untraceable: CESTAT Dismisses Appeal for Default under Rule 20 [Read Order]")