![Limitation Act Does Not Apply to Conversion of Shipping Bills u/s 149 of the Customs Act: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/20/500x300_2113421-limitation-act-does-apply-conversion-shipping-bills-149-customs-act-cestat-taxscan.webp "Limitation Act Does Not Apply to Conversion of Shipping Bills u/s 149 of the Customs Act: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Limitation Act Does Not Apply to Conversion of Shipping Bills u/s 149 of the Customs Act: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that the Limitation Act does not apply to requests for...
![Inadvertent Wrong Citation of Notification Not Fatal When Eligibility Conditions are same: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹82.84 Crore Demand of Erroneous Refund [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/20/250x150_2113355-cestat-sets-aside-8284-crore-demand-erroneous-refund-taxscan.jfif "Inadvertent Wrong Citation of Notification Not Fatal When Eligibility Conditions are same: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹82.84 Crore Demand of Erroneous Refund [Read Order]")
![PIMS Registration Timeline Directory, Not Mandatory: CESTAT Quashes Confiscation for Delayed PIMS Compliance [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/17/250x150_2112741-pims-registration-timeline-directory-not-mandatory-cestat-quashes-confiscation-delayed-pims-compliance-taxscan.webp "PIMS Registration Timeline Directory, Not Mandatory: CESTAT Quashes Confiscation for Delayed PIMS Compliance [Read Order]")
![Reimbursement of Electricity Charges Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Ubico Network [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/19/250x150_2113168-reimbursement-electricity-charges-taxable-service-cestat-sets-aside-service-tax-demand-ubico-network-taxscan.webp "Reimbursement of Electricity Charges Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Ubico Network [Read Order]")
![Cigarette Packs Lacking Mandatory Declarations Had to be Destroyed, Not Auctioned: CESTAT sets aside Forfeiture [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/19/250x150_2113226-cigarette-packs-lacking-mandatory-declarations-had-destroyed-not-auctioned-cestat-sets-aside-forfeiture-taxscan.webp "Cigarette Packs Lacking Mandatory Declarations Had to be Destroyed, Not Auctioned: CESTAT sets aside Forfeiture [Read Order]")
Reversal of CENVAT Credit Equivalent to Non-Availment: CESTAT Sets Aside Rs. 1.11 Crore Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that proportionate reversal of CENVAT credit amounts to non-availment, rendering the 6%/5% payment demand...
![Reversal of CENVAT Credit Equivalent to Non-Availment: CESTAT Sets Aside Rs. 1.11 Crore Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/19/500x300_2113237-reversal-cenvat-credit-equivalent-non-availment-taxscan.webp "Reversal of CENVAT Credit Equivalent to Non-Availment: CESTAT Sets Aside Rs. 1.11 Crore Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Drawback on Exports Delivered to Dubai Instead of Russia: CESTAT Quashes Rs. 31.66 Lakh Disallowance, sets aside Confiscation Order
The Principal Bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, heldthat export is complete once goods are taken out of India to any place outside India, and...
Entity Not Recognized as Manufacturer or Buyer Cannot Claim Excise Duty Refund Regardless of Who Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that an entity not designated as the manufacturer or the buyer of excisable goods cannot claim a duty...
![Entity Not Recognized as Manufacturer or Buyer Cannot Claim Excise Duty Refund Regardless of Who Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/19/500x300_2113172-entity-not-recognized-manufacturer-buyer-cannot-claim-excise-duty-refund-regardless-paid-cestat-taxcsan.webp "Entity Not Recognized as Manufacturer or Buyer Cannot Claim Excise Duty Refund Regardless of Who Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Steel Manufacturer's Appeal Allowed: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand for Lack of Evidence on Clandestine Clearance [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed the steel manufacturer’s appeal and set aside an excise duty demand of Rs. 71,14,525/- alleging...
![Steel Manufacturers Appeal Allowed: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand for Lack of Evidence on Clandestine Clearance [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/16/500x300_2112515-steel-manufacturer-appeal-cestat-quashes-excise-duty-demand-taxscan.webp "Steel Manufacturers Appeal Allowed: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand for Lack of Evidence on Clandestine Clearance [Read Order]")
![Transporter’s Tax Payment Bars Reverse Charge Liability: CESTAT Drops Double Taxation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/17/500x300_2112799-transporters-tax-payment-bars-reverse-charge-liability-cestat-drops-double-taxation-taxscan.webp "Transporter’s Tax Payment Bars Reverse Charge Liability: CESTAT Drops Double Taxation [Read Order]")
Swachh Bharat Cess Refund Clarified: CESTAT Favors Genpact, Cites No Time-Bar on Export Proceeds [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Chandigarh (CESTAT), has set aside the rejection of a large refund claim involving Swachh Bharat Cess and other input services, holding that...
![Swachh Bharat Cess Refund Clarified: CESTAT Favors Genpact, Cites No Time-Bar on Export Proceeds [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/17/500x300_2112782-swachh-bharat-cess-refund-clarified-cestat-favors-genpact-cites-no-time-bar-export-proceeds-taxscan.webp "Swachh Bharat Cess Refund Clarified: CESTAT Favors Genpact, Cites No Time-Bar on Export Proceeds [Read Order]")
Small-Scale Exemption Cannot be Denied without Evidence: CESTAT Rules Expert Opinion Inadmissible, Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the department failed to prove that the product manufactured was 'Brass Ingots' rather than 'Brass...
![Small-Scale Exemption Cannot be Denied without Evidence: CESTAT Rules Expert Opinion Inadmissible, Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/17/500x300_2112734-small-scale-exemption-cannot-denied-without-evidence-cestat-rules-expert-opinion-inadmissible-sets-aside-excise-duty-demand-taxscan-.webp "Small-Scale Exemption Cannot be Denied without Evidence: CESTAT Rules Expert Opinion Inadmissible, Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]")