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![Service Tax Demand Based Only on Income Tax Data without Verification and Corroborative Evidence Unsustainable: CESTAT [Read Order] Service Tax Demand Based Only on Income Tax Data without Verification and Corroborative Evidence Unsustainable: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/14/500x300_2119708-service-tax-demand-based-only-on-income-tax-data-taxscan.webp)
Service Tax Demand Based Only on Income Tax Data without Verification and Corroborative Evidence Unsustainable: CESTAT [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Kolkata held that a service tax demand raised solely on the...



![Even if Service Tax Not Payable on Detention Charges, Credit Cannot be Denied once Tax is Paid: CESTAT [Read Order] Even if Service Tax Not Payable on Detention Charges, Credit Cannot be Denied once Tax is Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/07/250x150_2117616-service-tax-payable-detention-charges-credit-tax-paid-cestat-taxscan.webp)
![Relief for Sun Pharma Lab: CESTAT Grants Excise Duty Refund of Rs. 64.32 Cr Despite Citing Incorrect Exemption Notification [Read Order] Relief for Sun Pharma Lab: CESTAT Grants Excise Duty Refund of Rs. 64.32 Cr Despite Citing Incorrect Exemption Notification [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/04/250x150_2117037-sun-pharma-lab-cestat-excise-duty-refund-despite-citing-incorrect-exemption-notification-taxscan.webp)
![Works Contract Service Tax Demand of Rs. 2.30L: CESTAT Orders Fresh Assessment of Abatement and Reverse Charge Benefits [Read Order] Works Contract Service Tax Demand of Rs. 2.30L: CESTAT Orders Fresh Assessment of Abatement and Reverse Charge Benefits [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/03/250x150_2116874-works-contract-service-tax-demand-cestat-orders-fresh-assessment-abatement-reverse-charge-benefits-taxscan.webp)
![Dept Fails to Re-test Samples Examined by Govt Valuer: CESTAT Quashes Penalties for Lack of Evidence in Precious Stones Over-Invoicing [Read Order] Dept Fails to Re-test Samples Examined by Govt Valuer: CESTAT Quashes Penalties for Lack of Evidence in Precious Stones Over-Invoicing [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/500x300_2112305-dept-fails-re-test-samples-examined-govt-valuer-cestat-quashes-penalties-lack-evidence-precious-stones-over-invoicing.webp)
![Excise Duty Refund on Post-Clearance Discounts Allowed Where Duty Incidence Not Passed On and Dealers are Unregistered: CESTAT [Read Order] Excise Duty Refund on Post-Clearance Discounts Allowed Where Duty Incidence Not Passed On and Dealers are Unregistered: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/22/500x300_2113770-excise-duty-refund-post-clearance-duty-incidence-excise-duty-refund-allowed-unregistered-dealers-taxscan.webp)
![Rough Estimates in Private Diaries Not Sufficient to Prove Clandestine Clearance: CESTAT Sets Aside Central Excise Duty Demand and Penalties [Read Order] Rough Estimates in Private Diaries Not Sufficient to Prove Clandestine Clearance: CESTAT Sets Aside Central Excise Duty Demand and Penalties [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/13/500x300_2111936-cestat-kolkata-rough-estimates-private-diaries-not-sufficient-clandestine-clearance-central-excise-duty-demand-penalties-taxscan.webp)
![Supplementary Drawback Claim Within 3 Months Limitation of AEPC Valuation: CESTAT Sets Aside Customs Rejection Order [Read Order] Supplementary Drawback Claim Within 3 Months Limitation of AEPC Valuation: CESTAT Sets Aside Customs Rejection Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/06/500x300_2110548-supplementary-drawback-claim-months-limitation-aepc-valuation-cestat-customs-rejection-order-taxscan.webp)
![CESTAT allows CENVAT Credit to Adhunik Industries, Holds Denial based on Technical Objections Unsustainable [Read Order] CESTAT allows CENVAT Credit to Adhunik Industries, Holds Denial based on Technical Objections Unsustainable [Read Order]](/images/placeholder.jpg)
![Penalty Not Sustainable when Customs Ignores Assessee’s Valuation: CESTAT Quashes Penalties of Rs 1.57 Crore [Read Order] Penalty Not Sustainable when Customs Ignores Assessee’s Valuation: CESTAT Quashes Penalties of Rs 1.57 Crore [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/13/500x300_2111929-penalty-not-sustainabler-customs-assessee-valuation-cestat-penalties-taxscan.webp)
![Gold Seizure by Customs: CESTAT says Dept failed to prove Seized Gold is Foreign and Smuggled, Orders Release [Read Order] Gold Seizure by Customs: CESTAT says Dept failed to prove Seized Gold is Foreign and Smuggled, Orders Release [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/13/500x300_2111930-gold-seizure-customs-cestat-failed-seized-gold-foreign-smuggled-orders-release-taxscan.webp)