![Jarda Scented Tobacco Misclassified as Chewing Tobacco to Evade Excise Duty: CESTAT Confirms Demand and Penalty [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Jarda-Scented-Tobacco-Chewing-Tobacco-Evade-Excise-Duty-CESTAT-Demand-Penalty-taxscan.jpg "Jarda Scented Tobacco Misclassified as Chewing Tobacco to Evade Excise Duty: CESTAT Confirms Demand and Penalty [Read Order]")
Jarda Scented Tobacco Misclassified as Chewing Tobacco to Evade Excise Duty: CESTAT Confirms Demand and Penalty [Read Order]
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that Jarda Scented Tobacco was misclassified...
![Supplies Amid Imports and IGST over Inter-State Trade & Supplies have similar Tax Rate: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Supply-of-goods-CESTAT-similar-Tax-Rate-taxscan.jpg "Supplies Amid Imports and IGST over Inter-State Trade & Supplies have similar Tax Rate: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![ONGC wins Service Tax Case: CESTAT rules Liquidated Damages not Taxable u/s 66E(e) [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ONGC-Service-Tax-Case-CESTAT-TAXSCAN.jpg "ONGC wins Service Tax Case: CESTAT rules Liquidated Damages not Taxable u/s 66E(e) [Read Order]")
![No Reverse Charge Liability on Tour Operator When Taxi Operators Have Paid Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reverse-charge-liability-Service-Tax-CESTAT-taxscan.jpg "No Reverse Charge Liability on Tour Operator When Taxi Operators Have Paid Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Rules Food Sales at PVR Cinemas Counters Not Taxable as Services, Except in Gold Class Category [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pvr.jpg "CESTAT Rules Food Sales at PVR Cinemas Counters Not Taxable as Services, Except in Gold Class Category [Read Order]")
‘Comedy of Errors’: Delhi HC Slams CESTAT for Issuing Contradictory Orders in Appeal Barred by Monetary Limits [Read Order]
In a recent decision, the Delhi High Court criticized the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) for passing several contradictory calling it “comedy of errors” and pointed out...
![‘Comedy of Errors’: Delhi HC Slams CESTAT for Issuing Contradictory Orders in Appeal Barred by Monetary Limits [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Monetary-Limits.jpg "‘Comedy of Errors’: Delhi HC Slams CESTAT for Issuing Contradictory Orders in Appeal Barred by Monetary Limits [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on Advertising Agency against Amount Payable to Media Companies on Behalf of their Clients: CESTAT [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that an advertising company is exempt from paying service tax on the money owed to media businesses on...
![No Service Tax on Advertising Agency against Amount Payable to Media Companies on Behalf of their Clients: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ad-agency.jpg "No Service Tax on Advertising Agency against Amount Payable to Media Companies on Behalf of their Clients: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Relief for NRAI: CESTAT finds No 'Actual User' Condition in Exemption Notification, Permits Sale of Imported Arms [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the Exemption Notification No. 146/94-Cus does not impose an 'Actual User' condition and allowed...
![Relief for NRAI: CESTAT finds No Actual User Condition in Exemption Notification, Permits Sale of Imported Arms [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/NRAI.jpg "Relief for NRAI: CESTAT finds No Actual User Condition in Exemption Notification, Permits Sale of Imported Arms [Read Order]")
Relief for South Eastern Coalfields: CESTAT Rules Silo Loading Charges Part of Coal Price, not Subject to Service Tax [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that Silo Loading Charges collected by South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) were part of the coal...
![Relief for South Eastern Coalfields: CESTAT Rules Silo Loading Charges Part of Coal Price, not Subject to Service Tax [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Relief-for-South-Eastern-Coalfields-CESTAT-Rules-Silo-Loading-Charges-Part-Coal-Price-Subject-to-Service-Tax-taxscan.jpg "Relief for South Eastern Coalfields: CESTAT Rules Silo Loading Charges Part of Coal Price, not Subject to Service Tax [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Leviable on Legal & Consultancy Services under RCM: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CESTAT-Delhi-CESTAT-Service-Tax-Service-Tax-Leviable-taxscan.jpg "Service Tax Leviable on Legal & Consultancy Services under RCM: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Service Tax on R&D and Consultancy under RCM: CESTAT sets aside Extended Limitation due to Lack of Willful Suppression [Read Order]
The Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) set aside the extended limitation period for service tax demand on Research and Development ( R&D ) and...
![Service Tax on R&D and Consultancy under RCM: CESTAT sets aside Extended Limitation due to Lack of Willful Suppression [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RCM-Service-Tax-Consultancy-Under-RCM-taxscan.jpg "Service Tax on R&D and Consultancy under RCM: CESTAT sets aside Extended Limitation due to Lack of Willful Suppression [Read Order]")
Time Limit For Filing Refund Application Cannot Rejected Merely Because of Unauthorized Tax Collection: CESTAT [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), the fact that the tax was collected illegally does not mean that the deadline for submitting a refund application...
![Time Limit For Filing Refund Application Cannot Rejected Merely Because of Unauthorized Tax Collection: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Tax-Refund.jpg "Time Limit For Filing Refund Application Cannot Rejected Merely Because of Unauthorized Tax Collection: CESTAT [Read Order]")