![Relief for Castrol India: CESTAT Rules SAD Refund Cannot Be Denied Solely Due to Brand Name Change When Product Is Identical [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/15/500x300_2063894-whatsapp-image-2025-04-14-at-10608-pm.webp "Relief for Castrol India: CESTAT Rules SAD Refund Cannot Be Denied Solely Due to Brand Name Change When Product Is Identical [Read Order]")
Relief for Castrol India: CESTAT Rules SAD Refund Cannot Be Denied Solely Due to Brand Name Change When Product Is Identical [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that a Special Additional Duty (SAD) refund under ...
![Relief to Hindustan Petroleum: CESTAT Holds Modernization Services within Refinery are Input Service’ and Eligible for CENVAT Credit [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/07/250x150_2060351-hindustan-petroleum.webp "Relief to Hindustan Petroleum: CESTAT Holds Modernization Services within Refinery are Input Service’ and Eligible for CENVAT Credit [Read Order]")
![CENVAT Credit Cannot Be Denied If Service Tax Is Paid and Accepted: CESTAT Remands All Nippon Airways’s Case for Verification [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/04/250x150_2059082-cenvat-credit-cestat-orders-demand-exempted-and-dutiable-goods-taxscan-1.webp "CENVAT Credit Cannot Be Denied If Service Tax Is Paid and Accepted: CESTAT Remands All Nippon Airways’s Case for Verification [Read Order]")
![Industrial gases in VITT transported by carrier agency upon issue of Consignment Note qualify as GTA service and not renting and leasing: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/04/250x150_2058898-industrial-gases-1.webp "Industrial gases in VITT transported by carrier agency upon issue of Consignment Note qualify as GTA service and not renting and leasing: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Call Centers Providing Direct Services Are Not Intermediaries Under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/26/250x150_2054640-cestat-call-centers-direct-service-under-service-tax-taxscan-2.webp "Call Centers Providing Direct Services Are Not Intermediaries Under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Rebate of Swachh Bharat Cess on Export Services Permissible Even Without CENVAT Credit Mechanism: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that rebate of Swachh Bharat Cess (SBC) on input services used for export of services is permissible even...
![Rebate of Swachh Bharat Cess on Export Services Permissible Even Without CENVAT Credit Mechanism: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/26/500x300_2054635-export-services1.webp "Rebate of Swachh Bharat Cess on Export Services Permissible Even Without CENVAT Credit Mechanism: CESTAT [Read Order]")
14-Year-Old Service Tax SCN yet to be Adjudicated: CESTAT Quashes Subsequent Statements of Demand [Read Order]
In a recent judgment, the Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) quashed a series of subsequent Service Tax demand notices issued following a service tax...
![14-Year-Old Service Tax SCN yet to be Adjudicated: CESTAT Quashes Subsequent Statements of Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/25/500x300_2054380-service-tax-scn.webp "14-Year-Old Service Tax SCN yet to be Adjudicated: CESTAT Quashes Subsequent Statements of Demand [Read Order]")
Setback to CEAT: CESTAT Denies CENVAT Credit Utilisation of AED(GSI) for Pre-2000 Liabilities [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that CEAT Limited is not entitled to utilise CENVAT credit of Additional Excise Duty (Goods of Special...
![Setback to CEAT: CESTAT Denies CENVAT Credit Utilisation of AED(GSI) for Pre-2000 Liabilities [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/23/500x300_2053089-setback-to-ceat-ceat-cestat-cestat-denies-cenvat-credit-cenvat-credit-taxscan.webp "Setback to CEAT: CESTAT Denies CENVAT Credit Utilisation of AED(GSI) for Pre-2000 Liabilities [Read Order]")
CESTAT Remands Transocean Offshore’s Appeals for De Novo Hearing as CIT(A) Rejected Appeal on Limitation w/o Adjudicating on Merits [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), in its recent ruling remanded two service tax appeals for de novo hearing after observing that there was no...
![CESTAT Remands Transocean Offshore’s Appeals for De Novo Hearing as CIT(A) Rejected Appeal on Limitation w/o Adjudicating on Merits [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/22/500x300_2052374-cestat-remands-transocean-offshores-appeals-novo-hearing-cita-rejected-appeal-limitation-adjudicating-merits-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Remands Transocean Offshore’s Appeals for De Novo Hearing as CIT(A) Rejected Appeal on Limitation w/o Adjudicating on Merits [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Weekly Round-Up [June 16 to June 21, 2025]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/21/500x300_2051750-cestat-cestat-weekly-round-up-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Weekly Round-Up [June 16 to June 21, 2025]")
Customs House Agent Cannot Be Penalized Without Direct Evidence or Involvement in Alleged Undervaluation: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that a Customs House Agent (CHA) cannot be penalized without direct evidence or involvement in the alleged...
![Customs House Agent Cannot Be Penalized Without Direct Evidence or Involvement in Alleged Undervaluation: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/18/500x300_2049947-cestat-mumbai-customs-house-penalized-taxscan.webp "Customs House Agent Cannot Be Penalized Without Direct Evidence or Involvement in Alleged Undervaluation: CESTAT [Read Order]")