![Customs Broker Not Liable for Employee’s Acts Without Mens Rea: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/27/2122037-customs-broker-not-liable-employees-acts-without-mens-rea-cestat-taxscan.webp "Customs Broker Not Liable for Employee’s Acts Without Mens Rea: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Customs Broker Not Liable for Employee’s Acts Without Mens Rea: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal(CESTAT) ruled that a customs broker could not be penalised under the...
![VAT paid on Sale of Copyright of ‘Kolangal’ Dubbed Serials: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Ananda Vikatan [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/26/2121966-vat-kolangal-dubbed-serials-cestat-service-tax-demand-ananda-vikatan-taxscan.webp "VAT paid on Sale of Copyright of ‘Kolangal’ Dubbed Serials: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Ananda Vikatan [Read Order]")
![Co-Owners of Rental Property cannot be Association of Persons for Joint Service Tax Assessment: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/23/2121600-co-owners-of-rental-property-service-tax-taxscan.jfif "Co-Owners of Rental Property cannot be Association of Persons for Joint Service Tax Assessment: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Paid by Mistake Cannot Be Adjusted Against Future Liability: CESTAT Directs TVS Motor to Seek Refund [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/22/2121289-service-tax-paid-future-liability-cestat-tvs-motor-refund-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Paid by Mistake Cannot Be Adjusted Against Future Liability: CESTAT Directs TVS Motor to Seek Refund [Read Order]")
![Article 243W Does not Grant Tax Immunity to Private Contractors: CESTAT confirms Service Tax on Park & Garden Maintenance [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/21/2121205-cestat-chennai-park-maintenance-garden-maintenance-service-tax-on-park-maintenance-private-contractors-service-tax-park-and-garden-maintenance-service-cestat-service-tax-on-park-and-garden-maintenance.webp "Article 243W Does not Grant Tax Immunity to Private Contractors: CESTAT confirms Service Tax on Park & Garden Maintenance [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Reduces Customs Penalty to ₹5,000 Considering Demise of Importer’s Wife [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/20/2120875-cestat-chennai-penalty-customs-penalty-importer-penalty-penalty-reduction-customs-act-penalty-cestat-penalty-reduction-customs-penalty-reduced-importer-customs-penalty-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Reduces Customs Penalty to ₹5,000 Considering Demise of Importer’s Wife [Read Order]")
Buyer’s Premises as ‘Place of Removal’: CESTAT Reaffirms CENVAT Credit Eligibility on GTA Services in Ramco Cements Case [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal of Chennai Bench (CESTAT) reaffirmed that outward freight qualifies for credit when ownership and risk pass at the buyer’s premises,...
![Buyer’s Premises as ‘Place of Removal’: CESTAT Reaffirms CENVAT Credit Eligibility on GTA Services in Ramco Cements Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/20/2120878-buyers-premises-place-removal-taxscan.webp "Buyer’s Premises as ‘Place of Removal’: CESTAT Reaffirms CENVAT Credit Eligibility on GTA Services in Ramco Cements Case [Read Order]")
Refund arises out of Excise Duty Demand Deletion must be Claimed through Separate Statutory Procedure, Not Before Tribunal: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that refund issues arising out of the deletion of excise duty demand must be claimed through a separate statutory procedure and ...
![Refund arises out of Excise Duty Demand Deletion must be Claimed through Separate Statutory Procedure, Not Before Tribunal: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/19/2120759-refund-excise-duty-demand-deletion-claimed-cestat-taxscan.webp "Refund arises out of Excise Duty Demand Deletion must be Claimed through Separate Statutory Procedure, Not Before Tribunal: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Importer Shifts address without Intimation, Returned Postal Covers: CESTAT Calls Conduct Not Bona Fide, Declines Relief [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Chennai, has ruled that an importer cannot later use non-service of orders as a basis for seeking relief if he moved his company...
![Importer Shifts address without Intimation, Returned Postal Covers: CESTAT Calls Conduct Not Bona Fide, Declines Relief [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/16/2120119-importer-shifts-address-without-intimation-returned-postal-covers-taxscan.jfif "Importer Shifts address without Intimation, Returned Postal Covers: CESTAT Calls Conduct Not Bona Fide, Declines Relief [Read Order]")
CESTAT raises Contradictions in VCES Compliance; Remands 34.68 lakhs Service Tax Demand against Sun Direct Distributor [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has remanded a ₹34.68-lakh service tax dispute involving M. Viswanathan, a Sun Direct Distributor, after ...
![CESTAT raises Contradictions in VCES Compliance; Remands 34.68 lakhs Service Tax Demand against Sun Direct Distributor [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/05/2117142-cestat-raises-contradictions-vces-compliance-taxscan.jfif "CESTAT raises Contradictions in VCES Compliance; Remands 34.68 lakhs Service Tax Demand against Sun Direct Distributor [Read Order]")
Amounts Collected During Central Excise Investigation Must Be Refunded After Demand is Set Aside: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that amounts collected during investigation cannot be retained by the department once the demand itself is...
![Amounts Collected During Central Excise Investigation Must Be Refunded After Demand is Set Aside: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/02/2116750-amounts-collected-central-excise-investigation-refunded-demand-cestat-taxscan.webp "Amounts Collected During Central Excise Investigation Must Be Refunded After Demand is Set Aside: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Cross-Border Cost-Sharing, Holds Downward Price Adjustments are Not Consideration [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise andService Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that inter-company cost sharing and downward price adjustments arising out of software implementation ...
![CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Cross-Border Cost-Sharing, Holds Downward Price Adjustments are Not Consideration [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/01/2116535-cestat-quashes-service-tax-demand-on-cross-border-cost-sharing-holds-downward-price-adjustments-are-not-consideration-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Cross-Border Cost-Sharing, Holds Downward Price Adjustments are Not Consideration [Read Order]")