![Relief for Videocon D2H: CESTAT Rules Viewing Cards Are Smart Cards, Not Set-Top Box Parts, Quashes Customs Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/25/500x300_2090879-videocon-d2h-taxscan.webp "Relief for Videocon D2H: CESTAT Rules Viewing Cards Are Smart Cards, Not Set-Top Box Parts, Quashes Customs Demand [Read Order]")
Relief for Videocon D2H: CESTAT Rules Viewing Cards Are Smart Cards, Not Set-Top Box Parts, Quashes Customs Demand [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) set aside a customs duty demand of Rs. 56 crore and held that...
![Interest Mandatory on Amounts Payable under Provisional Assessment but Not Paid on Due Date: CESTAT in BHEL Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/25/250x150_2090860-relief-to-bhel-cestat-rules-liquidated-damages-not-liable-to-service-tax-taxscan-1.webp "Interest Mandatory on Amounts Payable under Provisional Assessment but Not Paid on Due Date: CESTAT in BHEL Case [Read Order]")
![Setback for FedEx: CESTAT upholds ₹1 Lakh Penalty for Lack of Due Diligence after Red Sandalwood Misdeclared as Copper Wire [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/24/250x150_2090591-setback-for-fedex-fedex-cestat-penalty-lack-of-due-diligence-taxscan.webp "Setback for FedEx: CESTAT upholds ₹1 Lakh Penalty for Lack of Due Diligence after Red Sandalwood Misdeclared as Copper Wire [Read Order]")
![Accountant’s Clerical Error in ST-3 Returns: CESTAT Holds Only Two Instances of Delay Valid, Grants Partial Relief on Interest Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/19/250x150_2088570-proper-filing-st-3-returns-statutory-returns-cestat-service-tax-demand-extended-period-taxscan-1.webp "Accountant’s Clerical Error in ST-3 Returns: CESTAT Holds Only Two Instances of Delay Valid, Grants Partial Relief on Interest Demand [Read Order]")
Revenue Fails to Prove Bags Were Polyethylene Instead of Polypropylene: CESTAT Quashes ₹5,43,963 Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that excise duty demand of Rs. 5,43,963 could not be sustained as the Revenue had no evidence to prove ...
![Revenue Fails to Prove Bags Were Polyethylene Instead of Polypropylene: CESTAT Quashes ₹5,43,963 Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/19/500x300_2088564-excise-duty-taxscan.webp "Revenue Fails to Prove Bags Were Polyethylene Instead of Polypropylene: CESTAT Quashes ₹5,43,963 Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]")
Traffic Police Not a “Person” Under Service Tax Law Before 2012: CESTAT Rules No Service Tax on Crane Hire [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that service tax cannot be levied on the hiring of cranes supplied to the Delhi Traffic Police during ...
No Confiscation Without Authority: CESTAT Rules DRI and Customs Cannot Invalidate BRCs or DEPB Scrips Without DGFT or RBI Action [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has no legal authority under the Customs Act or any...
![No Confiscation Without Authority: CESTAT Rules DRI and Customs Cannot Invalidate BRCs or DEPB Scrips Without DGFT or RBI Action [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/03/500x300_2083779-confiscation-without-authority-cestat-dri-customs-brcs-depb-scrips-dgft-rbi-action-taxscan.webp "No Confiscation Without Authority: CESTAT Rules DRI and Customs Cannot Invalidate BRCs or DEPB Scrips Without DGFT or RBI Action [Read Order]")
CENVAT Credit on Sub-Contractor’s Services Denied as Not Input for Cement Manufacture: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand on Mining Services [Read Order]
The New Delhi bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) in a batch of service tax and excise appeals filed by Prism Johnson Limited and its officers, upheld the demand...
![CENVAT Credit on Sub-Contractor’s Services Denied as Not Input for Cement Manufacture: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand on Mining Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/02/500x300_2083523-mining-service-service-tax.webp "CENVAT Credit on Sub-Contractor’s Services Denied as Not Input for Cement Manufacture: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand on Mining Services [Read Order]")
Dry Dates Found of UAE Origin Not Pakistan, Valid Documents Present and No Fraud Proven: CESTAT Sets Aside Customs Demand [Read Order]
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside the order of the Principal Commissioner of Customs, which had reclassified dry dates...
![Dry Dates Found of UAE Origin Not Pakistan, Valid Documents Present and No Fraud Proven: CESTAT Sets Aside Customs Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/02/500x300_2083521-dry-dates-taxscan.webp "Dry Dates Found of UAE Origin Not Pakistan, Valid Documents Present and No Fraud Proven: CESTAT Sets Aside Customs Demand [Read Order]")
CESTAT Upholds Assessee’s Right to Cenvat Credit on Commission Paid for Flat Sales, Explanation to Rule 2(l) Held Declaratory [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has affirmed the order of the Commissioner allowing Cenvat credit, ruling that the assessee was entitled to...
![CESTAT Upholds Assessee’s Right to Cenvat Credit on Commission Paid for Flat Sales, Explanation to Rule 2(l) Held Declaratory [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/01/500x300_2082902-cenvat-credit-printing-machine-cylinders-taxscan-1.webp "CESTAT Upholds Assessee’s Right to Cenvat Credit on Commission Paid for Flat Sales, Explanation to Rule 2(l) Held Declaratory [Read Order]")
Coal Loading and Transport Classified as Goods Transportation, Not Cargo Handling: CESTAT Upholds Commissioner’s Order [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has dismissed the Department’s appeal and upheld the Commissioner (Appeals)’s order holding that coal loading...
![Coal Loading and Transport Classified as Goods Transportation, Not Cargo Handling: CESTAT Upholds Commissioner’s Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/01/500x300_2082896-coal-coal-loading-and-transport-goods-transportation-cargo-handling-taxscan.webp "Coal Loading and Transport Classified as Goods Transportation, Not Cargo Handling: CESTAT Upholds Commissioner’s Order [Read Order]")