![Export Benefit Cannot be Denied Unilaterally by Customs Authorities: CESTAT Allows Appeal, Notes Legal Infirmity [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/03/06/2128103-cestat-allows-appeal-notes-legal-infirmity-taxscan.webp "Export Benefit Cannot be Denied Unilaterally by Customs Authorities: CESTAT Allows Appeal, Notes Legal Infirmity [Read Order]")
Export Benefit Cannot be Denied Unilaterally by Customs Authorities: CESTAT Allows Appeal, Notes Legal Infirmity [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai, allowed an appeal and noted legal infirmity, holding that export benefits...
![Non-Production of BIS Certificate & DGFT Authorisation: Madras HC Orders Provisional Release of 123 Used Digital MFDs [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/28/2127467-non-production-of-bis-certificatejpg.webp "Non-Production of BIS Certificate & DGFT Authorisation: Madras HC Orders Provisional Release of 123 Used Digital MFDs [Read Order]")
![SC Upholds Conviction In Foreign Watch Smuggling Case under Customs Act, Reduces Sentence To Period Already Undergone [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/28/2127432-foreign-watch-smuggling-case-under-customs-act-taxscan.webp "SC Upholds Conviction In Foreign Watch Smuggling Case under Customs Act, Reduces Sentence To Period Already Undergone [Read Order]")
![Customs Appellate Authority Cannot Revisit Final Order on Drawback Entitlement: Orissa HC in Vedanta Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/28/2127413-customs-appellate-authorityjpg.webp "Customs Appellate Authority Cannot Revisit Final Order on Drawback Entitlement: Orissa HC in Vedanta Case [Read Order]")
![Absence Of CHALR Violations In SCN: CESTAT Sets Aside Customs Penalties u/s 112 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/23/2126803-absence-of-chalr-violationsjpg.webp "Absence Of CHALR Violations In SCN: CESTAT Sets Aside Customs Penalties u/s 112 [Read Order]")
Redetermination of Lesser Value Against Higher Transaction Value Impermissible by Customs Valuation Rules: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax AppellateTribunal (CESTAT), Mumbai Bench, held that redetermination of less value against higher transaction value was impermissible by Customs Valuation...
![Redetermination of Lesser Value Against Higher Transaction Value Impermissible by Customs Valuation Rules: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/23/2126817-redetermination-of-lesserjpg.webp "Redetermination of Lesser Value Against Higher Transaction Value Impermissible by Customs Valuation Rules: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Absence of Knowledge of Smuggling: CESTAT Quashes Vehicle Confiscation and Penalty u/s 117 [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise, and ServiceTax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi Principal Bench has set aside the confiscation of a vehicle under Section 115 and the penalty imposed under Section 117 of...
![Absence of Knowledge of Smuggling: CESTAT Quashes Vehicle Confiscation and Penalty u/s 117 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/23/2126789-absence-of-knowledge-of-smugglingjpg.webp "Absence of Knowledge of Smuggling: CESTAT Quashes Vehicle Confiscation and Penalty u/s 117 [Read Order]")
From Caracas to New Delhi: How Venezuela Regime Crisis could Impact India’s Taxes and Oil Imports
In a recent military operation, the U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The couple was then taken to the United States on criminal charges. Venezuela...
![Gold Imports get Costlier as CBIC Raises Customs Tariff Value by $142 per 10 grams [Read Notifications]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/30/2122565-gold-imports-costlier-cbic-customs-tariff-value-grams-taxscan.webp "Gold Imports get Costlier as CBIC Raises Customs Tariff Value by $142 per 10 grams [Read Notifications]")
![CESTAT Rules Alteration of Bills of Lading After LEO Amounts to Misdeclaration [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/27/2122040-cestat-rules-alteration-of-bills-of-lading-after-leo-amounts-to-misdeclaration-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Rules Alteration of Bills of Lading After LEO Amounts to Misdeclaration [Read Order]")
Making Passenger approach Court for 21g Gold Ring Unreasonable: Delhi HC Slams ‘Waste of Customs Resources’, Imposes ₹5k Costs on Dept [Read Order]
The Delhi High Court condemned the Customs Department harshly for forcing a traveler to come to the court to request the release of a 21-gram gold band, calling the entire incident an unjustified...
![Making Passenger approach Court for 21g Gold Ring Unreasonable: Delhi HC Slams ‘Waste of Customs Resources’, Imposes ₹5k Costs on Dept [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/18/2112951-delhi-hc-gold-ring-taxscan.jfif "Making Passenger approach Court for 21g Gold Ring Unreasonable: Delhi HC Slams ‘Waste of Customs Resources’, Imposes ₹5k Costs on Dept [Read Order]")
Writ Jurisdiction Cannot be Invoked to Bypass Pre-Deposit for Customs Appeal: Bombay HC Imposes ₹50K Costs [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court recently ruled that writ jurisdiction cannot be used to bypass the mandatory pre-deposit requirement prescribed for filing a statutory appeal under the Customs Act, 1962, and...
![Writ Jurisdiction Cannot be Invoked to Bypass Pre-Deposit for Customs Appeal: Bombay HC Imposes ₹50K Costs [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/16/2112639-writ-jurisdiction-pre-deposit-customs-appeal-bombay-hc-taxscan.webp "Writ Jurisdiction Cannot be Invoked to Bypass Pre-Deposit for Customs Appeal: Bombay HC Imposes ₹50K Costs [Read Order]")