![CESTAT Sets Aside Enhanced Penalty on Visa Steel Ltd., Restores Original ₹20k Fine as Delay Not Attributable to Importer [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/31/500x300_2071255-visa-steel-ltd.webp "CESTAT Sets Aside Enhanced Penalty on Visa Steel Ltd., Restores Original ₹20k Fine as Delay Not Attributable to Importer [Read Order]")
CESTAT Sets Aside Enhanced Penalty on Visa Steel Ltd., Restores Original ₹20k Fine as Delay Not Attributable to Importer [Read Order]
The Kolkata Benchof the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) in its recent ruling set aside the enhanced penalty imposed on...
![Reimbursed Expenses Like Other Expenses and Extra Hour Service Charges Not Taxable Under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/28/250x150_2070076-reimbursed-expenses-other-expenses-and-extra-hour-service-charges-extra-hour-service-charges-taxscan.webp "Reimbursed Expenses Like Other Expenses and Extra Hour Service Charges Not Taxable Under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Sulphur Limit in IS 17049 Applies to Calcined, Not Raw Petroleum Coke: CESTAT upholds DGFT Clarification [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/28/250x150_2070061-cestat-raw-petroleum-coke-dgft-taxscan.webp "Sulphur Limit in IS 17049 Applies to Calcined, Not Raw Petroleum Coke: CESTAT upholds DGFT Clarification [Read Order]")
![Value of Clearances of Proprietorship and Pvt. Ltd. Firm cannot Be Clubbed for SSI Exemption: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/28/250x150_2070044-ssi-exemption-taxscan.webp "Value of Clearances of Proprietorship and Pvt. Ltd. Firm cannot Be Clubbed for SSI Exemption: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Mere Purity of Gold would not make it as Foreign origin: CESTAT sets aside Confiscation of Gold Bars in absence of Corroborative Evidence [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/28/250x150_2070013-2061093-foreign-gold-taxscan.webp "Mere Purity of Gold would not make it as Foreign origin: CESTAT sets aside Confiscation of Gold Bars in absence of Corroborative Evidence [Read Order]")
Jharkhand Agricultural Marketing Board Not a Service Provider but Merely Supervisory: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the Jharkhand State Agricultural Marketing Board (JSAMB) was not liable to pay service tax as it was...
![Jharkhand Agricultural Marketing Board Not a Service Provider but Merely Supervisory: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/24/500x300_2068620-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Jharkhand Agricultural Marketing Board Not a Service Provider but Merely Supervisory: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Relief for SAIL: CESTAT Holds By-Products Not Liable Under Rule 6 of CCR, Accepts Proportionate Reversal [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of Customs,Excise and Service Tax Appeal ( CESTAT ) granted relief to Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL ) by holding that by-products like Ammonium Sulphate, Coal Tar, Burnt ...
![Relief for SAIL: CESTAT Holds By-Products Not Liable Under Rule 6 of CCR, Accepts Proportionate Reversal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/22/500x300_2067573-cestat-kolkata-rule-6-ccr-accepts-proportionate-reversal-taxscan.webp "Relief for SAIL: CESTAT Holds By-Products Not Liable Under Rule 6 of CCR, Accepts Proportionate Reversal [Read Order]")
CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demands on Vocational Training Services, Rules Activities Exempt and Barred by Limitation [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside service tax demands totalling around Rs. 52 lakhs, noting that the company’s skill development...
![CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demands on Vocational Training Services, Rules Activities Exempt and Barred by Limitation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/500x300_2066881-cestat-kolkata-cestat-quashes-service-tax-demands-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demands on Vocational Training Services, Rules Activities Exempt and Barred by Limitation [Read Order]")
Customs Appellate Authority Dismissed Appeal citing Delay: CESTAT Sets aside order finding Timely submission u/s 128 of Customs Act [Read Order]
The Kolkata bench of theCustoms, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) set aside the order finding timely submission under section 128 of the Customs Act, 1962, and the appellate...
![Customs Appellate Authority Dismissed Appeal citing Delay: CESTAT Sets aside order finding Timely submission u/s 128 of Customs Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/20/500x300_2066160-customs-appellate-authority-appeal-cestat-customs-act-taxscan.webp "Customs Appellate Authority Dismissed Appeal citing Delay: CESTAT Sets aside order finding Timely submission u/s 128 of Customs Act [Read Order]")
Relief for SAIL: CESTAT Holds By-Products Not Liable Under Rule 6 of CCR, Accepts Proportionate Reversal [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of Customs,Excise and Service Tax Appeal ( CESTAT ) granted relief to Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL ) by holding that by-products like Ammonium Sulphate, Coal Tar, Burnt ...
![Relief for SAIL: CESTAT Holds By-Products Not Liable Under Rule 6 of CCR, Accepts Proportionate Reversal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/19/500x300_2065626-sail-relief-taxscan.webp "Relief for SAIL: CESTAT Holds By-Products Not Liable Under Rule 6 of CCR, Accepts Proportionate Reversal [Read Order]")
Smuggling of 3kg Gold Concealed in Shoes via Airport Staff :CESTAT Reduces Penalty From ₹30L to ₹10L Citing Limited Role [Read Order]
The Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) reduces the penalty from ₹30 lakh to ₹10 lakh in a gold smuggling case involving 3 kg of gold concealed in shoes with the...
![Smuggling of 3kg Gold Concealed in Shoes via Airport Staff :CESTAT Reduces Penalty From ₹30L to ₹10L Citing Limited Role [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/18/500x300_2065083-smuggling-gold-concealed-shoes-via-airport-staff-taxscan.webp "Smuggling of 3kg Gold Concealed in Shoes via Airport Staff :CESTAT Reduces Penalty From ₹30L to ₹10L Citing Limited Role [Read Order]")
Loose Sheets and Pocket Diary Not Sufficient to Prove Clandestine Clearance of Mild Steel Ingots: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that loose sheets and a pocket diary are not enough to prove clandestine removal of mild steel ingots...
![Loose Sheets and Pocket Diary Not Sufficient to Prove Clandestine Clearance of Mild Steel Ingots: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/18/500x300_2065025-pocket-diary-loose-sheets-mild-steel-ingots-taxscan.webp "Loose Sheets and Pocket Diary Not Sufficient to Prove Clandestine Clearance of Mild Steel Ingots: CESTAT [Read Order]")