![Customs Broker Not Liable for Exporters’ Fraudulent Activities If Documents Were Verified and Actions Taken in Good Faith: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/08/500x300_2094815-customs-broker-liability-cestat-customs-broker-ruling-export-fraud-case-cestat-customs-brokers-licensing-regulations.webp "Customs Broker Not Liable for Exporters’ Fraudulent Activities If Documents Were Verified and Actions Taken in Good Faith: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Customs Broker Not Liable for Exporters’ Fraudulent Activities If Documents Were Verified and Actions Taken in Good Faith: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that a customs broker cannot be held liable for...
![Revenue cannot Question Economic Viability of making use of Low Grade Sponge Iron for the manufacture of High grade Sponge Iron : CESTAT allows CENVAT Credit [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/07/250x150_2094539-revenue-iron-manufacture-cestat-cenvat-credit-taxscan.webp "Revenue cannot Question Economic Viability of making use of Low Grade Sponge Iron for the manufacture of High grade Sponge Iron : CESTAT allows CENVAT Credit [Read Order]")
![CBEC’s 2016 Circular Clarifying Classification of Micronutrients and PGRs is Prospective: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Duty Demands [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/06/250x150_2094396-cbec-2016-pgr-cestat-excise-duty-demands-taxscan.webp "CBEC’s 2016 Circular Clarifying Classification of Micronutrients and PGRs is Prospective: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Duty Demands [Read Order]")
![Micronutrient-Based Products Used for Soil Fertility are Fertilizers, Not Plant Growth Regulators: CESTAT Rules No Excise Duty Payable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/06/250x150_2094398-cestat-kolkata-cestat-rules-excise-duty-taxscan.webp "Micronutrient-Based Products Used for Soil Fertility are Fertilizers, Not Plant Growth Regulators: CESTAT Rules No Excise Duty Payable [Read Order]")
![Silver Granules Not Notified Goods u/s 123 of Customs, Burden of Proof Lies With Revenue: CESTAT Quashes Confiscation of 260 Kg Silver and Vehicle [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/06/250x150_2094243-silver-granules-customs-cestat-quashes-260-kg-silver-taxscan.webp "Silver Granules Not Notified Goods u/s 123 of Customs, Burden of Proof Lies With Revenue: CESTAT Quashes Confiscation of 260 Kg Silver and Vehicle [Read Order]")
CENVAT Credit Cannot Be Denied If Goods Are Received with Valid Invoices and Duty Is Paid and Accepted: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that CENVAT credit cannot be denied to the recipient when goods are received under valid invoices and the ...
![CENVAT Credit Cannot Be Denied If Goods Are Received with Valid Invoices and Duty Is Paid and Accepted: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/06/500x300_2094244-cenvat-credit-taxscan.webp "CENVAT Credit Cannot Be Denied If Goods Are Received with Valid Invoices and Duty Is Paid and Accepted: CESTAT [Read Order]")
No Service Tax Applicable on “Cleaning Service” Provided to Railway Prior to 01.07.2012: CESTAT sets aside Demand [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Kolkata has held that cleaning and sanitation services provided to the Indian Railways prior to 1st July 2012 do not fall within...
![No Service Tax Applicable on “Cleaning Service” Provided to Railway Prior to 01.07.2012: CESTAT sets aside Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092535-activities-of-management-service-housekeeping-falls-cleaning-service-manpower-supply-services-cestat-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax Applicable on “Cleaning Service” Provided to Railway Prior to 01.07.2012: CESTAT sets aside Demand [Read Order]")
Confiscation of 22,120 Kgs of Smuggled Black Pepper Upheld: CESTAT Reduces Penalty under Customs Law [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Kolkata, has upheld the confiscation of 22,120 kilograms of smuggled black pepper of foreign origin while reducing the...
![Confiscation of 22,120 Kgs of Smuggled Black Pepper Upheld: CESTAT Reduces Penalty under Customs Law [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092353-cestat-kolkata-black-pepper-taxscan.webp "Confiscation of 22,120 Kgs of Smuggled Black Pepper Upheld: CESTAT Reduces Penalty under Customs Law [Read Order]")
Lease Rentals Not Taxable as Port Services Prior to June 2007: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Kolkata Port Trust [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Kolkata, has ruled that lease rentals collected by a port authority for temporary use of land and sheds do not fall ...
![Lease Rentals Not Taxable as Port Services Prior to June 2007: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Kolkata Port Trust [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092338-cestat-kolkata-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Lease Rentals Not Taxable as Port Services Prior to June 2007: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Kolkata Port Trust [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Restores Licence with Reduced Penalty in GST-linked Export Fraud [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092350-2069893-gst-penalty-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Restores Licence with Reduced Penalty in GST-linked Export Fraud [Read Order]")
Relief for Eastern Coalfields: CESTAT Rules Recovery of Liquidated Damages from Suppliers for Breach of Contract Not Declared Service [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the recovery of liquidated damages from suppliers for breach of contract is not a declared service...
![Relief for Eastern Coalfields: CESTAT Rules Recovery of Liquidated Damages from Suppliers for Breach of Contract Not Declared Service [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/28/500x300_2092027-eastern-coalfields-cestat-rules-recovery-of-liquidated-damages-declared-service-taxscan.webp "Relief for Eastern Coalfields: CESTAT Rules Recovery of Liquidated Damages from Suppliers for Breach of Contract Not Declared Service [Read Order]")