![Supplementary Drawback Claim Within 3 Months Limitation of AEPC Valuation: CESTAT Sets Aside Customs Rejection Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/06/500x300_2110548-supplementary-drawback-claim-months-limitation-aepc-valuation-cestat-customs-rejection-order-taxscan.webp "Supplementary Drawback Claim Within 3 Months Limitation of AEPC Valuation: CESTAT Sets Aside Customs Rejection Order [Read Order]")
Supplementary Drawback Claim Within 3 Months Limitation of AEPC Valuation: CESTAT Sets Aside Customs Rejection Order [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax AppellateTribunal (CESTAT) Bench at Kolkata, has held that a supplementary drawback claim filed after receipt...
![Statements of Absent Witnesses Cannot Override Cross‑Examined Testimony u/s 138‑B of Customs Act: Gujarat HC Quashes Penalty Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/16/250x150_2112640-statements-absent-witnesses-testimony-customs-act-gujarat-hc-quashes-penalty-order-taxscan.webp "Statements of Absent Witnesses Cannot Override Cross‑Examined Testimony u/s 138‑B of Customs Act: Gujarat HC Quashes Penalty Order [Read Order]")
![Insufficient Proof of Clandestine Removal: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand as Department Fails to Supply Seized Documents [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/250x150_2112362-insufficient-proof-clandestine-removal-cestat-sets-aside-excise-duty-demand-department-fails-supply-seized-documents-taxscan.webp "Insufficient Proof of Clandestine Removal: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand as Department Fails to Supply Seized Documents [Read Order]")
![Extended Limitation cannot Be Invoked for Audit-Based Demand: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand against Delphi Automotive [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/08/250x150_2110990-extended-limitation-invoked-audit-based-demand-cestat-quashes-excise-duty-demand-delphi-automotive-taxscan.webp "Extended Limitation cannot Be Invoked for Audit-Based Demand: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand against Delphi Automotive [Read Order]")
![Customs Commissioner Fails to issue Notice within 90 days: CESTAT Quashes Penalty over Custom Brokers License Proceedings [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/250x150_2112285-customs-commissioner-fails-issue-notice-within-90-days-cestat-quashes-penalty-over-custom-brokers-license-proceedings-taxscan.webp "Customs Commissioner Fails to issue Notice within 90 days: CESTAT Quashes Penalty over Custom Brokers License Proceedings [Read Order]")
Commercial Chartering Services by Shipping Ministry liable to service tax on 1% commission, Extended Limitation Period Not Applicable: CESTAT
The Principal Bench ofCustoms, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, ruled that the Ministry of Shipping’s Chartering Wing provided taxable Business Support Services by...
Clandestine Removal Charge Fails: CESTAT Drops ₹97.9 Lakh Excise Demand over Non-Compliance with S.9D and S. 36B [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that THE clandestine removal charge could not be sustained and the demand of ₹97.9 lakh was required to be set...
![Clandestine Removal Charge Fails: CESTAT Drops ₹97.9 Lakh Excise Demand over Non-Compliance with S.9D and S. 36B [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/12/500x300_2111695-clandestine-removal-charge-fails-cestat-drops-excise-demand-over-non-compliance.webp "Clandestine Removal Charge Fails: CESTAT Drops ₹97.9 Lakh Excise Demand over Non-Compliance with S.9D and S. 36B [Read Order]")
Insurance Company's CENVAT Credit Appeal Allowed: CESTAT Rules Services Received Before Restrictive Definition Applied [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed the Appellant’s appeal, holding that credit cannot be denied on grounds not raised in the Show Cause...
![Insurance Companys CENVAT Credit Appeal Allowed: CESTAT Rules Services Received Before Restrictive Definition Applied [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/12/500x300_2111677-insurance-companys-cenvat-credit-appeal-allowed-cestat-rules-services-received-before-restrictive-definition-applied.webp "Insurance Companys CENVAT Credit Appeal Allowed: CESTAT Rules Services Received Before Restrictive Definition Applied [Read Order]")
Failure of Due Diligence Not Enough to Invoke Extended Period for CENVAT Demand: CESTAT Gives Relief to Krishna Art Silk [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that the extended period under Section 11A(1) of the Central Excise Act, 1944 cannot be invoked solely...
![Failure of Due Diligence Not Enough to Invoke Extended Period for CENVAT Demand: CESTAT Gives Relief to Krishna Art Silk [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/10/500x300_2111254-failure-due-diligence-not-enough-invoke-extended-period-cenvat-demand-cestat-gives-relief-krishna-art-silk-taxscan.webp "Failure of Due Diligence Not Enough to Invoke Extended Period for CENVAT Demand: CESTAT Gives Relief to Krishna Art Silk [Read Order]")
No Consignment Note, No GTA Tax: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demands on Indian Tobacco Traders [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Hyderabad (CESTAT), set aside Service Tax which cannot be levied under Goods Transport Agency (GTA) in the absence of a consignment note,...
![No Consignment Note, No GTA Tax: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demands on Indian Tobacco Traders [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/06/500x300_2110467-indian-tobacco-traders-taxscan.jfif "No Consignment Note, No GTA Tax: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demands on Indian Tobacco Traders [Read Order]")
Testing and Technical Support Not Intermediary Services: CESTAT Grants Relief to Wacker Chemie on Refund Denial [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ruled that services provided by an Indian subsidiary to its foreign group company amounted to export of services and could...
![Testing and Technical Support Not Intermediary Services: CESTAT Grants Relief to Wacker Chemie on Refund Denial [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/04/500x300_2110063-cestat-wacker-chemie-refund-denial-taxscan.webp "Testing and Technical Support Not Intermediary Services: CESTAT Grants Relief to Wacker Chemie on Refund Denial [Read Order]")