![No Service Tax on Blasting & Quarrying for Road Works: CESTAT says Registration not required when No Tax Payable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/17/500x300_2120246-service-tax-blasting-road-works-registration-tax-payable-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Blasting & Quarrying for Road Works: CESTAT says Registration not required when No Tax Payable [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on Blasting & Quarrying for Road Works: CESTAT says Registration not required when No Tax Payable [Read Order]
Blasting, quarrying and allied activities conducted for road construction are not liable to Service Tax, held by the Customs, Excise & Service...
![No Exclusion of Limitation Period u/s 14 for Bills Not Prosecuted in Refund Proceedings: CESTAT Dismisses Appeal as Time-Barred [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/10/250x150_2118164-no-exclusion-limitation-period-bills-not-procecuted-refund-proceedings-cestat-dismisses-appeal-time-barred-taxscan.webp "No Exclusion of Limitation Period u/s 14 for Bills Not Prosecuted in Refund Proceedings: CESTAT Dismisses Appeal as Time-Barred [Read Order]")
![License Condition Subject to Notification Not a Mandatory Payment Clause: CESTAT Quashes Customs Duty Demand on Gold Dore Bars [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/11/250x150_2118348-license-condition-cestat-customs-duty-demand-gold-dore-bars-taxscan.webp "License Condition Subject to Notification Not a Mandatory Payment Clause: CESTAT Quashes Customs Duty Demand on Gold Dore Bars [Read Order]")
![Manufacturing Process Cannot Be Taxed as Service: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand of Rs. 18.37 Lakh in Job Work Dispute [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/10/250x150_2118189-manufacturing-process-cannot-be-taxed-service-taxscan.jfif "Manufacturing Process Cannot Be Taxed as Service: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand of Rs. 18.37 Lakh in Job Work Dispute [Read Order]")
![Cargo Forwarder’s Pre-2012 Services Classifiable as ‘Transportation of Goods by Air’, Not BAS: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/08/250x150_2117808-cargo-forwarders-pre-2012-services-classifiable-as-transportation-of-goods-by-air-not-bas-cestat-taxscan.webp "Cargo Forwarder’s Pre-2012 Services Classifiable as ‘Transportation of Goods by Air’, Not BAS: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Coated Paper Imported in Rolls Classified under CTH 4810 13 90, Residual Entry Not Applicable: CESTAT [Read Order]
TheNew Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that coated paper imported in rolls should be classified under CTH 4810 13 90, not under the general...
![Coated Paper Imported in Rolls Classified under CTH 4810 13 90, Residual Entry Not Applicable: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/05/500x300_2117180-cestat-new-delhi-coated-paper-import-classification-classification-of-paper-in-rolls-coated-paper-import-classification-coated-paper-imported-in-rolls-taxscan.webp "Coated Paper Imported in Rolls Classified under CTH 4810 13 90, Residual Entry Not Applicable: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Customs Cannot Enhance Value Without Proof of Undervaluation or Treat Counterfeit Goods as Branded: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal(CESTAT), New Delhi, held that Customs authorities cannot enhance the value of imported goods without proof of...
![Customs Cannot Enhance Value Without Proof of Undervaluation or Treat Counterfeit Goods as Branded: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/05/500x300_2117195-declared-value-site-image.webp "Customs Cannot Enhance Value Without Proof of Undervaluation or Treat Counterfeit Goods as Branded: CESTAT [Read Order]")
‘Input’ vs ‘Input Service’ Mismatch in ST-3 Return a Harmless Error: CESTAT Allows Cenvat Credit Refund u/s. 142(9)(b) [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi, held that a mismatch between ‘input’ and ‘input service’ entries in an ST-3 Return is a clerical error and cannot defeat a...
![‘Input’ vs ‘Input Service’ Mismatch in ST-3 Return a Harmless Error: CESTAT Allows Cenvat Credit Refund u/s. 142(9)(b) [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/10/500x300_2111349-input-input-service-mismatch-st-3-return-harmless-error-cestat-cenvat-refund-taxscan.webp "‘Input’ vs ‘Input Service’ Mismatch in ST-3 Return a Harmless Error: CESTAT Allows Cenvat Credit Refund u/s. 142(9)(b) [Read Order]")
DGFT issues EODC against Imported Cars: CESTAT rules Customs cannot Demand duty Once obligation Discharged and Certified
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed the appeal, holding that once the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued the Export...
Maruti Dealership Incentives Qualify as Trade Discounts Not Taxable Services: CESTAT Quashes ₹2.21Cr Service Tax Demand on Audi Motors [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed the appeals filed by Audi Motors Pvt. Ltd. and its Accountant, setting aside the service tax demand of...
![Maruti Dealership Incentives Qualify as Trade Discounts Not Taxable Services: CESTAT Quashes ₹2.21Cr Service Tax Demand on Audi Motors [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/06/500x300_2110494-maruti-dealership-incentives-trade-discount-taxable-service-csetat-service-tax-demand-audi-motors-taxscan.webp "Maruti Dealership Incentives Qualify as Trade Discounts Not Taxable Services: CESTAT Quashes ₹2.21Cr Service Tax Demand on Audi Motors [Read Order]")
![Works Contract Executed for RVPNL Taxable: CESTAT upholds Invocation of Extended Period [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/26/500x300_2108078-works-contract-executed-for-rvpnl-taxscan.jfif "Works Contract Executed for RVPNL Taxable: CESTAT upholds Invocation of Extended Period [Read Order]")
Transfer of Development Rights Not ‘Service’: CESTAT Sets Aside Common Order Confirming ₹24 Cr Service Tax Demand on Omaxe-Linked Entities [Read Order]
In a major relief to a group of land-owning companies associated with M/s Omaxe Limited, the Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, has set...
![Transfer of Development Rights Not ‘Service’: CESTAT Sets Aside Common Order Confirming ₹24 Cr Service Tax Demand on Omaxe-Linked Entities [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/25/500x300_2107923-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Transfer of Development Rights Not ‘Service’: CESTAT Sets Aside Common Order Confirming ₹24 Cr Service Tax Demand on Omaxe-Linked Entities [Read Order]")