![Syntel Wins Key Tax Refund Case as CESTAT Backs SEZ Unit on Input Service Classification [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/30/500x300_2082170-sez-unit-taxscan.webp "Syntel Wins Key Tax Refund Case as CESTAT Backs SEZ Unit on Input Service Classification [Read Order]")
Syntel Wins Key Tax Refund Case as CESTAT Backs SEZ Unit on Input Service Classification [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Mumbai Bench has allowed an appeal filed by Syntel Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd.,...
![Absence of Contractual Obligation Shows Branch Transfer, Not Inter-State Sale: CESTAT Remands Matter [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/29/250x150_2081807-cestat-obligation-taxscan.webp "Absence of Contractual Obligation Shows Branch Transfer, Not Inter-State Sale: CESTAT Remands Matter [Read Order]")
![Amprolium HCL Classifiable Under Chapter 29 as Pure Chemical, Not under Animal Feed Premixes: CESTAT Upholds Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/25/250x150_2080481-cestat-upholds-cestat-hcl-taxscan.webp "Amprolium HCL Classifiable Under Chapter 29 as Pure Chemical, Not under Animal Feed Premixes: CESTAT Upholds Demand [Read Order]")
![Dept Audit Findings Alone Insufficient to Invoke Extended Period Without Intent to Evade or Wilful Suppression: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/20/250x150_2078782-dept-audit-findings-insufficient-invoke-extended-period-intent-evade-wilful-suppression-cestat-taxscan.webp "Dept Audit Findings Alone Insufficient to Invoke Extended Period Without Intent to Evade or Wilful Suppression: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Taxability of Software Fee under India-UAE DTAA: Karnataka HC Disposes Revenues Appeal after AO Treats Receipts as Royalty [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/19/250x150_2078339-india-uae-dtaa-taxscan.webp "Taxability of Software Fee under India-UAE DTAA: Karnataka HC Disposes Revenues Appeal after AO Treats Receipts as Royalty [Read Order]")
Relief for Mahindra: CESTAT Rules CENVAT Credit on Factory Canteen Services Admissible Except for Employee-Recovered Amounts [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. was entitled to claim CENVAT credit on outdoor catering services provided at...
![Relief for Mahindra: CESTAT Rules CENVAT Credit on Factory Canteen Services Admissible Except for Employee-Recovered Amounts [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/04/500x300_2073060-relief-for-mahindra-cestat-rules-cenvat-credit-factory-canteen-services-except-employee-recovered-amounts-taxscan.webp "Relief for Mahindra: CESTAT Rules CENVAT Credit on Factory Canteen Services Admissible Except for Employee-Recovered Amounts [Read Order]")
Suppression cannot be alleged by Dept when Service Tax on GTA Service not paid on Bonafide belief: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise AndService Tax Appellate Tribunal Chandigarh bench held that suppression cannot be alleged by department when Service Tax on GTA Service is not paid on bonafide belief. The...
![Suppression cannot be alleged by Dept when Service Tax on GTA Service not paid on Bonafide belief: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/27/500x300_2069690-gta-service-taxscan.webp "Suppression cannot be alleged by Dept when Service Tax on GTA Service not paid on Bonafide belief: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CESTAT Rules Electronic Data Without S. 36B Certification and Statements Without S. 9D Compliance Cannot Be Used for Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that electronic data without certification under Section 36B and statements recorded without...
![CESTAT Rules Electronic Data Without S. 36B Certification and Statements Without S. 9D Compliance Cannot Be Used for Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/24/500x300_2068670-cestat-rules-electronic-data-certification-and-statements-compliance-used-excise-duty-demand-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Rules Electronic Data Without S. 36B Certification and Statements Without S. 9D Compliance Cannot Be Used for Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Waives excess amount more than 10 % deposited u/s 35 F of Excise Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/500x300_2066806-cestat-excise-act-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Waives excess amount more than 10 % deposited u/s 35 F of Excise Act [Read Order]")
Delay Mistakenly Counted as 31 Days Instead of 30: CESTAT Condones Delay and Remands to Commissioner (Appeals) [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) remanded the matter to the Commissioner (Appeals) after condoning a delay that was mistakenly calculated as 31...
![Delay Mistakenly Counted as 31 Days Instead of 30: CESTAT Condones Delay and Remands to Commissioner (Appeals) [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/500x300_2066822-commissioner-appeals-condones-delay-cestat-taxscan.webp "Delay Mistakenly Counted as 31 Days Instead of 30: CESTAT Condones Delay and Remands to Commissioner (Appeals) [Read Order]")
Form DRC-03 Not Valid for Excise Pre-Deposit, Must Use CBIC Challan via ICEGATE or Authorized Bank: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that mandatory pre-deposit for filing an appeal under the Central Excise Act must be made through a...
![Form DRC-03 Not Valid for Excise Pre-Deposit, Must Use CBIC Challan via ICEGATE or Authorized Bank: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/16/500x300_2064423-form-drc-03-form-drc-03-not-valid-for-excise-pre-deposit-excise-pre-deposit-taxscan.webp "Form DRC-03 Not Valid for Excise Pre-Deposit, Must Use CBIC Challan via ICEGATE or Authorized Bank: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Trust Recruiting Students by way of campus selection is liable to Service Tax under category of 'Manpower Recruitment or Supply Agency Service': CESTAT [Read Order]
The Bangalore bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that trusts recruiting students by way of campus selection are liable to the service tax category of...
![Trust Recruiting Students by way of campus selection is liable to Service Tax under category of Manpower Recruitment or Supply Agency Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/16/500x300_2064265-service-tax-taxscan-1.webp "Trust Recruiting Students by way of campus selection is liable to Service Tax under category of Manpower Recruitment or Supply Agency Service: CESTAT [Read Order]")